Different medicinal plants have been used in animal and poultry nutrition in last decade. It seems that there are some potential to these medicinal plants to replace with common antibiotics. Licorice root (Glycyrrhiza glabra) is a medicinal plant that extensively was used in different studies. In the present study, the effect of dietary addition of licorice root on performance and blood energy ...

seeds of most herbs such as medicinal plant alyssum bracteatum are known to have a dormancy period in a natural condition. therefore, the identification of factors affecting seed dormancy and germination in order to create optimum conditions for large-scale cultivation of medicinal plants is necessary. the survey was conducted at the research laboratory of biology, university of lorestan in aut...

Today large number of population suffers from kidney stone disease has increasing due to change in living conditions. Kidney stone formation or urolithiasis is a complex process that results from a succession of several physicochemical events including supersaturation, nucleation, growth, aggregation, and retention within the kidney. The treatments used are extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy...

The use of leeches as a highly efficient natural medicine treatment has experienced a resurgence in human therapy, particularly in German speaking countries and the US. The number of leech treatments in Germany has amounted to about 100.000 per year. In addition to the return of diverse applications of medicinal leeches for human treatment, the leech (Hirudo medicinalis/verbana/orientalis) has ...

most seeds of medicinal plants due to ecological adaptation to environmental conditions have several types of dormancy. hence, it's necessary to recognize ecological factors that affect dormancy and provide optimum conditions for germination in medicinal plant species. thirty seed lots were used to estimate germination and dormancy of medicinal plants. treatments were kno3, (2%) and scarificati...

in order to evaluate the effect of different mechanical treatments (application of sulphuric acid, boiling water and flooding) on seed dormancy breaking of licorice, an experiment was carried out in randomized complete block design in 2012. moreover, a factorial scheme in rcbd was performed to assess the application of giberalic acid and potassium nitrate treatment as well as stratification and...

BACKGROUND The use of animal products in healing is an ancient and widespread cross-cultural practice. In northeastern Brazil, especially in the semi-arid region, animals and plants are widely used in traditional medicine and play significant roles in healing practices. Zootherapies form an integral part of these cultures, and information about animals is passed from generation to generation th...

Background: Diabetic foot ulcer is one of the most common problems in diabetic patients. Its treatment is very complicated and needs to be carefully monitored, because inappropriate responses to various therapeutic and surgical treatments may occur. Case Presentation: In this study, 10 patients with second and third degree diabetic foot u...