BACKGROUND Many studies were carried out to improve sophisticated dressings to accelerate healing processes and reduce the microbial burden in burn wounds. This study evaluated the healing effect of herbal ointment containing extract of sesame oil, camphor and honey on second degree burn wounds in rats in comparison with daily dressing oil vaseline.  METHODS Forty rats were randomly ass...

Most of the antibiotics were originally derived from micro-organisms while the chemotherapeutic agents are from plants. Herbal medicine refers to the use of any plant's seeds, berries, roots, leaves, bark, or flowers for medicinal purposes. Along with other dosage forms, herbal drugs are also formulated in the form of ointment. An ointment is a viscous semisolid preparation used topically on a ...

"Jinchuang ointment" is a traditional Chinese herbal medicine complex for treatment of incised wounds. For more than ten years, it has been used at China Medical University Hospital (Taichung, Taiwan) for the treatment of diabetic foot infections and decubitus ulcers. Three different cases are presented in this study. "Jinchuang" ointment is a mixture of natural product complexes from nine diff...

Present study deals with Topical Drug Delivery system composed of polyherbals including Neem, Tulsi, Aloe and Fenugreek which are having Antifungal and Antibacterial activity in the form of gel, were formulated using gelling agent as Carbopol 934 and was compared with ointment prepared by taking same herbal drugs using emulsifying ointment base B. P. The gels and ointments were evaluated for va...

Objectives: The purpose of this work was development, formulation and testing of new herbal ointment for the treatment of mild to severe atopic dermatitis in infants and children (4 to 56 months old) as possible alternative therapy to standard corticosteroids and immunomodulants. Patients and methods: 50 patients were treated 8 weeks (every four hours) with the ointment containing the following...

Herbal remedies for skin care with antibacterial and antifungal activities are prepared from a variety of plant parts such as leaves, stem, root, bark and fruits. These medicines are administered topically and may be applied in the form of cream, lotion, soap, sap, solvent extract and ointment, and have been established to possess antimicrobial properties[1]. The delivery of drugs through the s...

background and objectives: the wounds are still the health tribulations at the present time. in the present research the effect of a new herbal ointment (oppyheal) in treatment of rat’s wound has been investigated. the effectiveness of the ointment was compared with the fibrinolysin/dnase. methods: fifty four male wistar rats were used. the wound was created on the back cervical skin of the ani...

background: obesity is a worldwide health problem which is associated with a lot of complications. one of these comorbidities is the metabolic syndrome that is in correlation with abdominal fat thickness and waist circumference. various methods were used to reduce abdominal fat thickness such as liposuction. a noninvasive method is the topical agent. in this study, we investigated the effective...

A female in her late 20s was diagnosed with systemic atopic dermatitis in another hospital 5 years earlier and treated by steroid ointment application to the affected areas and oral steroid administration. She visited our hospital due to the aggravation of dermatitis symptoms over the entire face from 1 week earlier. Lesions were present on the face, chest, neck, and bilateral upper limbs, and,...

Non-specific low back pain (NLBP) is an increasing health problem for athletes. This randomized controlled trial was designed to investigate the effects of Chinese massage combined with herbal ointment for NLBP. 110 athletes with NLBP were randomly assigned to experimental group with Chinese massage combined with herbal ointment or control group with simple massage therapy. The primary outcome ...