Abstract

Today, diseases of the kidney and urinary tract are common and cause suffering to the people. Kidney disease is one of the diseases that are associated with pain, which causes pain and discomfort in patients. Identification, production and use of antiinflammatory medicines for pain relief have been reported as the side effects. Medicinal herbs contain active substances that have a therapeutic effect on the kidney and urinary tract system. Since, in Iranian traditional and ethnobotanical medicine, medicinal herbs are used for the treatment of pain caused by kidney diseases and disorders, the aim of this study is to identify and report on Iranian native medicinal plants affecting kidney pain. In this study, at first, the search was done by keywords such as kidney pain, medicinal herbs, extracts, essences and Iran from scientific databases and databases such as Google Scholar, SID, etc. Related articles were selected for review. After reviewing the results, it was found that 40 Iranian herbs are used to reduce kidney pain. Medicinal herbs of this review paper are of the herbs effective in reducing kidney pain in which the impact it is through pharmaceutical active ingredients and bioactive compound. © 2017, Pharmainfo Publications. All rights reserved.