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Medicinal Plants Used for Skin Diseases

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Skin is a shield and barrier against the external environment, helping in the control of the balance of fluids and temperature, thereby protecting us from harmful microbes and chemicals, and at the same time providing safety against sunlight burns. In a living organ, skin consists of the epidermis, dermis, and subcutaneous layers (Tranggono 2000; Altay and Karahan 2017). Human skin exhibits problems that range from simple dryness to severe erythema and scaling. These signs are occasionally complemented by pruritus and inflammation and also associated with edema which increases discomfort. Depending on the causes, skin diseases are generally divided into two groups: the first group covers microorganismic skin infections including warts, shingles, and ringworm, and the second group consists of noninfectious diseases including cholinergic urticarial, allergic urticarial, and acne, etc. (Neamsuvan et al. 2015).

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    Khafsa Malik

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    Mushtaq Ahmad, Muhammad Zafar & Shazia Sultana

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    Münir Öztürk

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    Volkan Altay

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Malik, K., Ahmad, M., Öztürk, M., Altay, V., Zafar, M., Sultana, S. (2021). Medicinal Plants Used for Skin Diseases. In: Herbals of Asia. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-85222-1_5

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