Background: Rosa damascene has a special role in the Iranian traditional medicine due to its sedative, anticonvulsant and analgesic effects. Regarding its alkaloid, flavonoid and other organic compounds, this plant has always been used to reduce nervousness and treat depression and chronic insomnia. In the present time, synthetic drugs with sedative and anxiolytic properties are used for such p...

Background and Aim: The use of plant compounds to treat infections is an age-old practice in a large part of the world. Members of Rosacea family have long been used for food and medicinal purposes. The aim of this study is evaluation of antimicrobial effect of five different brands of rose water, water extract of Rosa damascene in comparison with rose oil. Materials and Methods: Five different...

Objective: Anxiety is mostly considered as one of the biggest issues in humans’ lives and its complications are obvious in their lives. On the other hand, the medical methods that are used to control anxiety can cause physical complications or drug dependence. Therefore, anxiety control is one of the important actions of nursing that can be handled by non-pharmaceutical methods such as aromathe...

Aims: More people, for occupational and therapeutic purposes, is exposed to its harmful effects including chromosomal abnormalities every day. Radioprotective agents are able to reduce these kinds of damages through mechanisms such as free radical scavenging, donating hydrogen to damaged molecules and increasing activity of antioxidant enzymes. Medicinal plants which have been traditionally use...

Introduction: The first step to oral health is the prevention and treatment of the disease in its early stages, which affects the quality of life, self-confidence and social relationships. The aim of this study was to investigate the antimicrobial effect of Propolis, Miswak and Rosa damascene on oral pathogens. Methods: The medicinal plants Miswak, Rosa damascene and Propolis, after preparatio...

Background:Children's Hospital, they were exposed to various therapeutic interventions that can be painful ,Including postoperative pain is the most common complaints, This study aimed to investigate the effect of aromatherapy on pain in children after surgery is performed. Methods: In a double blind placebo-controlled clinical trail we selected 96 children with 3-6 years old in ease way and d...

Abstract Rosa damascene Mill is a plant in the family of Rosaceae. Since many years ago, its flowers have been used in Iran for obtaining rose water. In traditional medicine of Iran, R. damascene was suggested for the treatment of different kinds of illnesses such as gastrointestinal dysfunction, gum bleeding, headache, memory disorders, wounds, and cardiovascular diseases. In the past decade,...