Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Helfgott Research Institute, National University of Natural Medicine, Portland, OR, USA.
J Cosmet Dermatol. 2022 Jun;21(6):2338-2348. doi: 10.1111/jocd.14464. Epub 2021 Sep 26.
Acne vulgaris is one of the most prevalent skin diseases, which also contributes to many psychological problems. Despite the recent progress in the treatment of acne vulgaris, the necessity for discovering more effective solutions has motivated many lines of research on natural and medicinal plants. The Traditional Persian Medicine (TPM) introduced some plants and remedies for acne treatment. Given the universal welcome for herbal medicine, this review was performed to formally assess the evidence for herbal medicines for acne vulgaris in TPM.
The medicinal plants used in this study for treating acne vulgaris were selected based on common references to the plants in five famous textbooks of TPM from different time periods. Then, the anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial effects of these medicinal plants were investigated according to the recent literature available in five electronic databases including Scopus, Web of Sciences, PubMed, Google Scholar, and Science Direct.
Twenty-one herbs were commonly references in traditional TPM texts as helpful for topical treatment of acne vulgaris. The data collected from the electronic databases demonstrated most of these plants (eg, Astragalus sarcocolla, Ficus carica, and Hordeum vulgare) have both anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial mechanisms, which may assist to treat acne vulgaris.
This scoping review demonstrated many medicinal plants recommended by TPM books have therapeutic potential for acne vulgaris via multiple mechanisms.
寻常痤疮是最常见的皮肤病之一，也会导致许多心理问题。尽管近年来在治疗寻常痤疮方面取得了进展，但需要发现更有效的解决方案，这促使人们对天然和药用植物进行了许多研究。传统波斯医学（TPM）介绍了一些用于治疗痤疮的植物和疗法。鉴于草药普遍受到欢迎，因此进行了这项综述，以正式评估 TPM 中用于治疗寻常痤疮的草药的证据。
本研究中用于治疗寻常痤疮的药用植物是根据 TPM 五本著名教材中对这些植物的常见引用选择的，这些教材来自不同时期。然后，根据 Scopus、Web of Sciences、PubMed、Google Scholar 和 Science Direct 这五个电子数据库中现有的最新文献，研究了这些药用植物的抗炎和抗菌作用。
21 种草药在传统 TPM 文本中被普遍引用，有助于寻常痤疮的局部治疗。从电子数据库中收集的数据表明，这些植物中的大多数（如黄芪、无花果和大麦）都具有抗炎和抗菌机制，这可能有助于治疗寻常痤疮。
这项范围界定综述表明，TPM 书籍中推荐的许多药用植物通过多种机制具有治疗寻常痤疮的潜力。
