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Abstract
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The complexity of today's modern society, increasing problems and
changes in lifestyles can lead to stress and anxiety in people. To control
stress and anxiety, sedative drugs that have anxiolytic and sedative
effects and temporarily calm the person and lead to a pleasant sleep are
used. However, it must also be kept in mind that each of these drugs have
their own side effects. The information in this review study was obtained
from scientific publications indexed in databases such as the Information
Sciences Institute, PubMed, Scopus, Scientific Information Database,
Magiran, and Google Scholar that were retrieved by using relevant search
terms including sedative, ethnobotany, herbal drug, Iran, medicinal
plants, extracts, and essential oils. A total of 46 articles were retrieved by
our initial search. The articles were reviewed. Forty three articles were
further reviewed, 16 of which were finally used to review the sedative
effects in ethnobotany. Being sedative is one of the reported properties of
some herbal drugs. The use of these materials can be beneficial and will
not cause side effects like those of conventional sedative drugs. The use
of oral herbal drugs is one of the ancient methods that have been used to
control anxiety, stress and pain. Besides, numerous side effects of
chemical drugs have caused a renewed tendency to using herbal
medicine. Therefore, this study is aimed to introduce some of the most
effective medicinal plants with sedative properties based on Iranian
ethnobotanical documents.
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