[Treatment of open wounds using Mosqueta Rose: a review]

This article is about a literature revision concerning to the main published scientific works in the last two decades about the medicinal properties of the Mosqueta Rose, especially in the treatment of open wounds. The objective is to congregate information demonstrating, by means of scientific and empirical evidences, the importance of the traditional medicine related to the use of the Mosqueta Rose in many clinical applications. This study is characterized as a compilation of significant information about the composition, indications and empirical uses of the extract of Mosqueta Rose, in order to make easier posterior researches, since the production about this subject is scarce. The bibliographical research was carried through the data base Bireme, SciELO, Capes and sites related to the subject in the Internet.