Abstract

Many patients refer to complementary methods as well as pharmacological treatments. Phytotherapy is the most used among these methods. For this reason, it is important that the members of the healthcare team and especially the nurses who spend a much longer time with the patient are knowledgeable about phytotherapy. The aim of this review is to enable healthcare team members to have knowledge about phytotherapy and to provide a basis for experimental studies. In this study, CINAHL, EBSCOHost MEDLINE, Ovid, Pubmed, Web of Science The studies which were published in the national databases of ULAKBIM between January 2010 and March 2018 were examined in Turkish or in English. In this database, "Phytotherapy", "Phytotherapy Applications", "Disease Management", "Treatment with Plants" has been reached to work using keywords in Turkish and English words. Studies have shown that phytotherapy is used in a wide range of gynecology, oncology, neuropsychiatry and cardiovascular diseases, orthopedics, lesion treatment. Although it is widely used, it is noteworthy that there is still no specific protocol in many phytotherapy applications, the studies are conducted with small sample groups, and there are uncertainties about how and how to use it in the patient group. In this respect, health personnels should have knowledge about the effects and possible side effects of phytotherapy and should take the lead in the formation of phytotherapy-related care protocols.