Document Type: Research article
Authors
1 Traditional Medicine Clinical Trial Research Center, Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
2 School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
3 School of Medicine Shahed University, Tehran, Iran.
4 School of Traditional Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
5 School of Iranian Traditional Medicine, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Ardakan, Yazd, Iran.
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Introduction
Though inflammation has the ability to act as an anti-septic agent, it can also improve the healing process of the wound, together with the whole healing process, have a significant potential to cause afflictions and problems (1).
Among the most significant health problems all around the world are the acute and chronic inflammatory diseases. Although numerous medications are known to treat the inflammatory diseases, their prolonged use mostly leads to gastrointestinal intolerance, bone marrow depression, water and salt retention and etc. (2).
Now, day-by-day, several different synthetic drugs of better efficacy are being introduced. But apart from being effective, most of them induce adverse side effects; especially in the patients with chronic inflammatory diseases (3). Because of this, most of the research is moving towards integrating complementary medicine with the mainstream medicine to increase efficacy and to decrease side effects and costs. So in this study, "Dill", a native plant of Iran with a long history of consumption, less side effects and cost-effectiveness, is used (4).
Dill is a plant from the Apiaceae family characterized by a hollow, straight, branched off 40-120 cm long st