Review of Clinical Studies for Herbal Medicine Treatment on Flat Warts

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate recent clinical studies on the effect of herbal medicine in flat warts in China, and to seek better methods to treat and study for flat warts in Korea. MethodsThe clinical studies from the CAJ (China Academic Journal) of CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure) by key words '扁平疣' in recent 5 years (From January 2011 to December 2015) were searched. Results16 articles were selected from 122 clinical studies, and analyzed. The most commonly used herbs were Isatidis Radix (板藍根), Equiseti Hiemalis Herba (木賊), Cyperi Rhizoma (香附子), Carthami Flos (紅花), Glycyrrhizae Radix (甘草) etc., and the articles all showed effectiveness over the control group. ConclusionBased on analyzing the studies, herbal medicine has shown effective in flat wart. This study may be useful not only as clinical data, but also to determine better treatment going forward.