Phytomedicines and conventional drugs in scabies management

TL;DR

This paper reviews natural and conventional treatments for scabies, highlighting the potential of medicinal plants as safer and effective alternatives.

Contribution

The paper provides a comprehensive overview of plant-based treatments for scabies, emphasizing their bioactive properties.

Findings

Medicinal plants like Melaleuca alternifolia and Curcuma longa show potential in treating scabies.

Bioactive compounds in these plants have antibacterial properties useful for scabies management.

Natural treatments could offer safer alternatives to conventional chemical drugs.

Abstract

In some countries, the prevalence of scabies varies from 32.1% to 74%, especially in overcrowded institutions like boarding schools, prisons, and orphanages. The aim of this article is to give an overview of current options for scabies treatment, with the focus on natural treatment choices.

Different research databases including Google Scholar, PubMed, Springer, Science Direct, and NIH also scientific website were searched using keywords like “scabies”, “natural treatment for scabies”, “plant-based oil”, “chemical agent for scabies”, “essential oil used to treat scabies mite”, and “traditional medicine” to collect relevant information.

A lot of medicinal plants have been reviewed for their potential use in treating scabies, including Melaleuca alternifolia, Curcuma longa, Azadirachta indica, Rosmarinus officinalis, Capsicum annuum, Ocimum sanctum, Pongamia pinnata, and Citrus limon. Numerous bioactive chemicals found in all of the plants under study have the potential to treat scabies and can be used to treat this illness.

Medicinal herbs offer a potential, safer, and possibly more successful therapeutic alternative for the treatment of scabies along with conventional chemical drugs because of their richness of bioactive components with antibacterial qualities. This area of research must be continued.

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