Herbal remedies for migraine headaches based on knowledge and ethnobotanical studies of the northern border of Iran

Objective: Migraine is a common neurological disease that causes severe headache and throbbing on one side of the head. Migraine is usually accompanied by nausea, vomiting, dizziness. Nowadays, migraine headaches have plagued many people around the world, which cannot always be treated with chemical drugs; Because in addition to low effects due to side effects, researchers are trying to find a solution to reduce migraine headaches, so the purpose of this ethnobotanical study is to identify the knowledge of the people of northern Iran in the use of medicinal plants that are effective against migraine. Method: This review article was conducted by searching the keywords of medicinal plants, traditional medicine, migraine, from databases such as Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus and Google Scholar. Unrelated related articles were removed and finally related articles were used to review the texts. Results: In the ethnobotany of the northern border of Iran (West Azarbaijan, East Azarbaijan, Ardabil, Gilan, Mazandaran, Golestan and Khorasan provinces) of Iran, medicinal plants such as Origanum vulgare, Rosa canina, Asperula odorata L., Zingiber officinale, Valeriana officinalis, Echinum ammonium, Ocimum basilicum, Melissa officinalis, Tragopogon pratensis, Salvia officinalis, Rheum ribes, Viola suavis, Ferulago angulate and Juniperus polycarpos are used for migraine therapy. Conclusion: Medicinal plants with their effective compounds that have analgesic, antispasmodic and sedative effects can be used in migraine cases and have a therapeutic and soothing effect.

کلیدواژه ها:

Brain ، Pain ، Migraine ، Medicinal plants ، Treatment ، Iran