en General General Original Research: Clinical Science Original Research: Clinical Science <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><b>&nbsp;&nbsp;</b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp; Background: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">In Persian Medicine topical use of chamomile and dill oils were used for obesity treatments.&nbsp; The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of topical use of chamomile and dill oils on abdominal obesity.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Methods:</b> This randomized double-blind clinical trial was achieved in 60 women with abdominal obesity at the Behesht Persian Traditional Medicine Healthcare Center in Tehran, Iran, between May 2022 and December 2022.&nbsp; The subjects were divided into the intervention and control groups. They received chamomile oil and dill oil once a day on the entire abdominal area in the intervention group (n = 30) and topical of sesame oil on the entire abdominal area in the control group (n = 30) for 6 weeks. Abdominal circumference (AC) size was measured by tape measure. Abdominal subcutaneous fat thickness in three areas were measured with skinfold caliper at baseline, week 3, and week 6. (Including: the thickness of the skin fold above and below the navel and the left supra iliac skin fold above the iliac crest) Repeated-measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was utilized to examine changes in abdominal size over time</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp; <b>Results: </b>Abdominal circumference reduction was more significant in the intervention group (</span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">P</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal"> = 0.027). In addition, the thickness of the skin fold above and below the navel and the left supra iliac skin fold above the iliac crest at each visit were also more significant in the intervention group (respectively </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">P </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">= 0.005, </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">P </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">< 0.001 and </span></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt">P </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">< 0.001). </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> <span style="font-size:13pt"><span style="text-justify:kashida"><span style="text-kashida:0%"><span style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,serif"><span style="font-style:italic"><span style="font-size:9.0pt"><span style="font-style:normal">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>Conclusion:</b> Topical chamomile and dill oil can reduce the abdominal fat thickness at above and below the navel and the left supra iliac skin fold above the iliac crest, as well as the waist circumference.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br> &nbsp; Abdominal Obesity, Central Obesity, Chamomile, Dill, Persian Medicine 1371 1377 http://mjiri.iums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-9032-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Maryam Bashiri Maryambashiri18@yahoo.com 200319475328460095366 0009-0000-1232-7711 No Department of Traditional Medicine, Institute for Studies in Medical History, Persian and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Fatemeh Eghbalian dreghbalian@gmail.com 200319475328460095367 200319475328460095367 No Department of Traditional Medicine, Institute for Studies in Medical History, Persian and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Bahare Sadat Yousefsani Yousefsani.b@iums.ac.ir 200319475328460095368 200319475328460095368 No Department of Traditional Medicine, Institute for Studies in Medical History, Persian and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Marzieh Isakhani marzi_isa@yahoo.com 200319475328460095369 0009-0000-0094-9222 No Department of Traditional Medicine, Institute for Studies in Medical History, Persian and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Somaye Mahroozade Dr.mahroozade@gmail.com 200319475328460095370 200319475328460095370 Yes Department of Traditional Medicine, Institute for Studies in Medical History, Persian and Complementary Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran