Essential Oil Plants Traditionally Used in Wound Treatment: Systematic Review

Abstract

More than 50,000 medicinal and aromatic plants are known in the world, these plants possess essential oils that exhibit antimicrobial, antioxidant, and antiinflammatory properties. 1,2 Treatment in wound healing was utilized ethnobotanically using the ash of Echium italicium L. and the roots of Echium vulgare L., which were known for their wound healing properties in Türkiye. 3,4 Additionally, E. vulgare extract was employed as a skin softener, friction suppressant, aphrodisiac. 5 In 1960s, wounds were treated by Dr.