Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disease characterised by high blood level, occured due to the low secretion of insulin and/or decrease in insulin effect. It happens with the contribution of different factors such as environment, genetic and life style. When diabetes is not taken under control, it runs a progressive course; therefore, causes a big health problem for the society and individuals, with the increase in the morbidity and mortality. Diabetic neuropathy, periferal vascular diseases and abnormal cellular activities are the main factors which a prevent the healing of diabetic wounds. The use of medicinal plants has recently been increased throughout the world for the maintenance and improvement of health and for the treatment of various human conditions and diseases. Delayed wound healing and chronic wounds are the complications of diabetes mellitus and are the major therapeutic and economic issues in medicine today. Development of different methods that would yield a recovery in a short period of time merits attention by virtue of limited effectiveness of current approaches for treatment of diabetic wounds. In this review, we summarized general knowledge of wound healing and the current treatment approaches to diabetic wounds and previous works related to medicinal plants to contribute the future studies in this field. Keywords: Diabetes, diabetic wound, wound healing, medicinal plants