Wednesday 23 August 2017

Herbal Therapy: Topical Aloe Vera, The best Whole Food Medicine for Treatment of Burn

Kyle J. Norton, Master of Nutrients
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People who turn to alternative medicine for treatment of disease in avoidance of adverse effects induced by conventional medicine should be patient.
Herbal medicine can only ease symptoms gradually, depending to stage of the treatment which directly address to the cause of disease.

Good news for people working in kitchen, topical Aloe vera may be the next generation of herbal medicine for treatment of burn and promoted burn healing.

Aloe Vera is species of succulent plant in the genus Aloe, belonging to the Family Xanthorrhoeaceae, native to Sudan. It has become very popular for commercial cultivation due to enormous health benefits, used in herbal medicine in treating many kinds of disease, including wound, burn healing, minor skin infections, sebaceous cysts, diabetes, anhe d elevated of cholesterol, etc.

According to review of the data base of studies in MEDLINE, CINAHL, Cochrane Library, HealthSTAR, DARE, South-East Asia Database, Chinese Databases, and several Thai local Databases (1918-June 2004), Aloe vera has found to process a significant effect for burn wound healing with 8.79 days shorter in compared to control group.

Dr. Maenthaisong R, the lead researcher said, " cumulative evidence tends to support that aloe vera might be an effective interventions used in burn wound healing for first to second degree burns".


In fact, the efficacy of topical Aloe vera gel in the treatment of thermal burns is the result of its chemical constituents in exhibition of different pharmacological actions.

Other study support the efficacy of Aloe Vera for treatment of thermo burn, conducted by the Chulalongkorn University Hospital, in a total of 48 male Wistar rats equally divided into 4 groups as follows: sham controls, untreated burn-wound rats, those treated with once-daily application of normal saline (NSS) and those treated with once-daily application of lyophilized Aloe vera gel, topical administration of aloe vera gel after 14 days, showed a arteriolar diameter increased up to normal condition and the healing area of the Aloe vera-treated wound was far better than other experiment groups.

There is no doubt that topical loe vera may be used as potential herbal medicine for treatment of both anti-inflammation and wound healing applied on a second degree burn wound.



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Sources
(1) The efficacy of aloe vera used for burn wound healing: a systematic review by Maenthaisong R1, Chaiyakunapruk N, Niruntraporn S, Kongkaew C.(PubMed)
(2) The therapeutic efficacy and properties of topical Aloe vera in thermal burns by Somboonwong J1, Duansak N.(PubMed)
(3) Therapeutic effects of Aloe vera on cutaneous microcirculation and wound healing in second degree burn model in rat by Somboonwong J1, Thanamittramanee S, Jariyapongskul A, Patumraj S.(PubMed)

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