Herbal Therapy for Burns and Burn Scars

Abstract

Burns are one of the most common trauma occurrences. Burn wound healing are a complicated and highly susceptible to bacterial infection. In traditional medicine, there are various phytochemicals that are used for wound healing supplying enhanced healing process via anti-inflammatory or antioxidant activity. The purpose of this review is to summarize the current knowledge gained in preclinical and clinical studies on topical herbal products with burn wound healing activity.Electronic databases including PubMed, Scopus, and Google Scholar were searched for articles published from 2014 to the present. Total 480 studies, 199 reports were excluded because of duplication. After examining the full text of the 3 studies against the inclusion criteria. This study found that the topical antimicrobial therapy is one of the most important methods of burn wound care. The ideal antibacterial agent for wound infection prevention and control should directly kill pathogens and reduce local inflammation and tissue destruction by absorbing decay products and improved tissue nutrition. Among various herbal preparations, A. sativum, A. vera, C. asiatica and H. rhamnoides have the best wound healing effects through different mechanisms.