Background & Objectives: Benign neonatal icterus is a common problem in preterm and term neonates. At present current treatments are phototherapy, exchange transfusion and use of certain food products including herbal medicines. In some countries, traditional medicine is being used to relieve icterus. Manna and Milk are among the herbals used to reduce icterus in Persian traditional medicine. The purpose of this review is to discuss and investigate into the effect of herbal medicines on the neonatal icterus.
Materials and Methods: This work was done by referring to the related text books , scientific sites and review of the literature concerning the effects of herbal medicines and icter.
Results: This review was conducted by searching in Google scholar, Pub med and med line. Finally 23 articles were included and studied. Data was analyzed and edited.
Conclusion: According to the results of the previous studies herbal medicines fail to cure icterur alone, but it could be useful along with routine treatments such as phototherapy
Keywords: Icterus,hyperbilirubinemia, herbal medicine,manna,cotoneaster
