Wounds and Natural Remedies: A Long Way of Effective Treatment

Pp: 93-110 (18)

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Abstract

Wound healing is quite a complicated process in the human body, consisting of the action of constricting injured blood vessels, activating the immune system, angiogenesis, remodeling, etc. Under intensive mechanical stress, a fibrotic scar, which is unfavorable with respect to the beauty of the skin, can be formed to patch the wound. Moreover, chronic wounds due to the disruption in wound healing are another clinical problem for patients with diabetes or vascular diseases. Of note is that natural remedies, especially natural products, are demonstrated to elicit certain positive effects on many aspects of wound healing. In this chapter, global mechanisms, the role of natural remedies and newly emerging therapeutic targets regarding wound healing are presented, and the remaining hurdle for the natural product-based treatment in wound healing is also introduced.

Keywords: Non-coding RNAs, Diabetes, Fibrotic scar, Natural products, Skin, Wound healing.

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