Salve and Burdock: A Safe, Effective Amish Remedy for Treatment of Traumatic Wounds?
| Autor: | Flurry MD; Mitchell D. Flurry, MD, is Assistant Professor, Plastic Surgery & Aesthetics, Wichita, Kansas. Kelsie L. Herring, BA, Medical Student, graduates to MD in May 2017; Logan W. Carr, MD, is Resident Physician; Randy M. Hauck, MD, is Associate Professor of Surgery; and John D. Potochny, MD, is Associate Professor of Surgery, Pennsylvania State College of Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, Pennsylvania., Herring KL, Carr LW, Hauck RM, Potochny JD |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Advances in skin & wound care [Adv Skin Wound Care] 2017 May; Vol. 30 (5), pp. 213-217. |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.ASW.0000515079.07160.e3 |
| Abstrakt: | Background: Amish patients show a demonstrated preference for traditional, herbal remedies over modern medical interventions such as skin grafting. One such remedy is a mixture of Burn & Wound Ointment (B & W Ointment; Holistic Acres, LLC; Newcomerstown, Ohio) and steeped burdock leaves. Although both have demonstrated some antimicrobial and wound healing properties, burdock and/or the combination of B & W Ointment and burdock has never been studied to determine its purported ability to reduce pain, prevent infection, and accelerate wound healing. Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on 6 Amish patients treated with salve and burdock leaves instead of skin grafting following complex traumatic wounds to determine whether the traditional treatment incurred any patient harm. Results: The time of wound epithelialization and healing complications were noted, among other data points. Time to full epithelialization ranged from 1 to 7 months. Time to full wound healing was proportional to wound size. Conclusions: Although the treatment presented here is unconventional, it did not cause harm to the patients studied. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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