Healing effect of aloe vera gel,in non-healed ulcers

• Published in: 亚太热带医药杂志（英文版） no. 1; pp. 19 - 24
• Main Author: Majid Avijgan Victoria Beigi Broujeni Ali Akbar Beigi Hojatollah Rohi Borojeni Masoud Hafizi Seyyed Kamyar Mostafavizadeh Iraj Karimi Abbas Ali Javadi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Iranian Traditional Medicine Research Center and Department ofInfectious and Tropical Diseases,Isfahan University ofMedical Sciences%Department ofInternal Medicine,Shahr-e-kord University of Medical Sciences%Department ofSurgery,Isfahan University of Medical Sicences%Department ofPharmacology,Shahr-e-kord University ofMedical Sciences；5 Department ofInfectious and Tropical Diseases,Isfahan University ofMedical Sciences 01.02.2009
• Subjects: Aloe; Chronic; Medicinal; medicine; plan; Traditional; ulcer; Vera; Chronic ulcer; Medicinal plan; Aloe Vera; Traditional medicine
• ISSN: 1995-7645; 2352-4146

<正>Objective:Aloe Vera gel(AVG) has a prominent role as a contemporary folk remedy.The Non-healed chronic ulcers of 16 non-responders to conventional treatment were treated with AVG for which the clinical efficacy was studied.Methods:This study included 16 patients having chronic ulcer(9 males and 7 females) with mean age of 41.8±14.6 who following failure treatment to conventional therapy,were dispensed AVG to apply. AVG is consisted from gel part of Aloe Vera plant plus one preservative material,in this study ECG jelly. The patients were assessed as responder whenever intensity of inflammation,the number and /or the size of ulcers have been reduced.Results:The period of time till healing(complete or reduction in size of ulcer), were from 5 to 160 days with mean of 31.2±36.4 days.The mean time of decreasing for secreting,swelling and redness was from 5-11 days.Spearman coefficient of correlation,showed no significant correlation between first size and depth of ulcer and timing till 50%reduction in size of ulcer.Conclusion:All patients had been treated with conventional treatment all to no avail.There were some full thickness ulcer which at the end of treatment we observed an improvement and normal skin for those ulcers.There was a minor complication like itching in one patient but no leading to stop treatment.These findings suggest that AVG is an excellent and safer choice than current conventional therapeutic management of chronic ulcers.