Oral mucosal lesions is a common disease in human oral diseases. There are many kinds of oral mucosal diseases, and there are many treatment methods. Natural drugs are widely used in the treatment of oral mucosal diseases because of their good anti-inflammatory, analgesic, antioxidant, antibacterial and wound healing ability, easy to obtain and low cost. In this paper, the representative application of network pharmacology research in the treatment of common oral mucosal diseases by natural drugs is reviewed, and some representative articles on the potential pharmacological mechanism of natural drugs in the treatment of oral mucosal diseases are summarized and analyzed, providing reference ideas for the experimental research on the prevention and treatment of oral mucosal diseases by natural drugs.

Kai Feng, Yilei Chen. Research status of network pharmacology of natural medicine for oral mucosal lesions. Frontiers in Medical Science Research (2023) Vol. 5, Issue 8: 142-147. https://doi.org/10.25236/FMSR.2023.050820.

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