Research Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Different types of pre-anesthetic and anesthetic medications and approaches include local, regional, spinal, epidural, arm, and general anesthesics, which are used to induce anesthesia and relieve pain. In this review, medicinal plants used in traditional medicine for pre-anesthetic purposes are reported. To this end, the search terms medicinal plant, extract, essential oil, traditional medicine, anesthetics, pre-anesthetics and Iran were used to retrieve relevant articles indexed in databases Magiran Scientific Information Database, Google Scholar and Scopus. Relevant articles were collected and irrelevant articles excluded. Based on the results, lavender, lesser periwinkle, hops, rosaries, valerians, cannabis and roses are among the most important native herbs of Iran used for pre-anesthetic purposes. Based on the results, lavender, Vinca minor, hops, rosaries, valerians, cannabis and roses are among the most important native herbs of Iran used for pre-anesthetic purposes.