Burn is a well-known disorder in Iranian traditional medicine(ITM). In traditional medicine resources, burn is discussed as burn and Harqh. Burn is the main and acute disease which is caused abruptly by increasing heat by external causes. According to the intensity and exposure duration with heat sources, symptoms vary and it can cause abnormal temperaments, dialysis, swelling, causing wound and injury and even causes deformation and destruction of the damaged organin extreme cases. Iranian physicians have divided burns into various types based on the cause and recommended treatment for each type, in traditional medicine resources, burn can be divided into 7 groups based on causing agents. The major symptoms of burn wounds include redness, blisters (smallpox) and pain.Burn wound healing has still remained a challenge to modern medicine. Offered treatments in traditional medicine, are including the topical treatment, specific dietary regimes and in some cases is phlebotomy.
