Tehran University of Medical Sciences Traditional and Integrative Medicine 2476-5104 2 4 2017 12 26 166 171 EN Parmis Badr Phytopharmaceutical Technology and Traditional Medicine Incubator, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AND Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Farhad Handjani Department of Dermatology, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran Abdolali Mohagheghzadeh Research Center for Traditional Medicine and History of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran AND Department of Phytopharmaceuticals (Traditional Pharmacy), Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran 2017 12 26 2017 12 26 Vitiligo is an acquired chronic skin disorder characterized by progressive loss of melanocytes from epidermis resulting in depigmented areas. Although various therapies for vitiligo, including topical and systemic corticosteroids, topical immunomodulators, phototherapy plus chemotherapy, tissue grafting techniques and depigmentation of normally pigmented skin are practiced, these modern methods are not always satisfactory. Vitiligo has been introduced in medieval manuscripts of Persia under two categories of Bahaq and Baras. Besides the diagnostic differences between these two disorders, a variety of formulations have been suggested by Iranian scholars for treatment or covering white patches. Extracting the ideas of our ancestors could both revive forgotten medicinal knowledge and also depict the contribution of one nation in progress of medicine and pharmacy. https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/view/119 https://jtim.tums.ac.ir/index.php/jtim/article/download/119/109