• Aliasghar Kheiri, Shahideh Amini, Abbas Norouzi Javidan, Mohammad Mehdi Saghafi, and Ghasemali Khorasani.
• Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Division, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• Bmc Complem Altern M. 2017 May 8; 17 (1): 253.

BackgroundA prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial was conducted to compare the healing effectiveness of Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch (Boraginaceae) with standard dressing on wound healing at the donor site after removal of the skin graft.MethodsEnrolled patients were randomly allocated to receive topicalA. tinctoria extract ointment (20%) or standard dressing (dressing with base ointment) daily. Wound healing was assessed using the Bates-Jenson assessment tool at the 2nd and 4th weeks after intervention.ResultsDecreases in wound score were significantly greater in the A. tinctoria group compared with the placebo group (P <0.05). The surface areas of graft donor sites in the A. tinctoria group were significantly reduced as compared with the control group at day 28 of the intervention (P < 0.05). The proportion of patients in the A. tinctoria group achieving complete wound healing within 2 to 4 weeks was 50% and 96.66%, respectively, significantly higher than in patients receiving standard care: 0% and 23.3%, respectively.ConclusionsThis clinical study showed that A. tinctoria dressing accelerates wound healing after graft harvesting.Trial RegistrationIRCT ID: IRCT201511165781N2 .

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