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Sadri M, Parsaei P. A Review of the Most Important Medicinal Plants to Deal with Urinary Tract Infections. pbp 2025; 7 (1) :109-118
URL: http://pbp.medilam.ac.ir/article-1-258-en.html
1- Department of Urology, School of Medicine, Imam Khomeini Hospital, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
2- Department of Food Hygiene, Shahrekord Branch, Islamic Azad University, Shahrekord, Iran , Pouyaparsaei@yahoo.com
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Objective: Infectious disease is a very common disease in the painful system that affects most in women. Infectious diseases occur when a group of harmful microorganisms occupy the tracts, infectious diseases, and indeed all and bladders. In most cases, the disease is caused by diseases. The purpose of this study is to identify medicinal plants that are used in administrative cases in traditional Iranian medicine.
Methodology: In this review study, the key words medicinal plants, office infection, bladder infection, Iran were used to search for articles. Databases such as Google Scholar, SID, Magiran, PubMed, Scopus were used for searching. Related ethnobotanical articles were used to review the texts.
Results: Medicinal herbs such as saffron, blackberry, blueberry, mint, hazelnut, borage, thistle, lemon, oregano, marshmallow, thyme, fennel, yarrow, chamomile, as well as fennel, fennel, and nettle are the most important medicinal plants. They are effective on office infections.
Conclusion: Studies have shown that some medicinal plants and spices with their antimicrobial and antibiotic effects can be effective on urinary infection.
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Received: 2024/07/21 | Accepted: 2024/10/8 | Published: 2025/02/28

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