Wonder of Life (kalanchoe pinnata) leaves to treat diabetic foot infections

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Wonder of Life (kalanchoe pinnata) leaves to treat diabetic foot infections in Trinidad & Tobago: a case control study.
Cawich SO, Harnarayan P, Budhooram S, Bobb NJ, Islam S, Naraynsingh V.
Trop Doct. 2014 Jul 31. pii: 0049475514543656

Wonder of Life (kalanchoe pinnata) leaves are commonly used to treat diabetic foot infections. These patients are usually non-compliant with conventional medical therapy. We surmised that these patients would have a higher incidence of treatment failures. Patients admitted with diabetic foot infections were separated into two groups: a Study Group comprised patients who used topical kalanchoe pinnata and a Medical Therapy Group contained patients who were compliant with conventional treatment. The patients were observed over the course of their hospitalisation.
RESULTS:
There were 382 patients in the Medical Therapy Group and 96 in the Study Group, who waited 9.21 ± 5.3 days (Mean ± SD) before seeking medical attention. There were similar rates of all amputations (34.8% vs. 37.5%; P = 0.643) and mortality (0.8% vs. 1.0%; P = 1.000) in the Study and Medical Therapy groups.
CONCLUSIONS:
There may be value in the use of topical kalanchoe pinnata to treat diabetic foot infections.
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Kalanchoe pinnata

Succulent plant native to Madagascar

Kalanchoe pinnata, commonly known as cathedral bells, air plant, life plant, miracle leaf,^[2] Goethe plant,^[3] and love bush,^[4] is a succulent plant native to Madagascar. It is a popular houseplant and has become naturalized in tropical and subtropical areas. The species is distinctive for the profusion of miniature plantlets that form on the margins of its leaves, a trait it has in common with some other members of Bryophyllum (now included in Kalanchoe).^[1]
It is a succulent, perennial plant, about 1 m (39 in) tall, with fleshy cylindrical stems and young growth of a reddish tinge, which can be found in flower throughout most of the year.^[5]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Kalanchoe pinnata (Lam.) Pers". Plants of the World Online. Kew Science. Retrieved 2020-10-14.

^ "Kalanchoe pinnata". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 29 June 2022.

^ Sad, Sadman (12 September 2020). "Goethe plant: A Unique Medicinal Plant". The Green Page. Retrieved 16 November 2023.

^ Acevedo Rodríguez, Pedro; Rojas-Sandoval, Julissa. "Kalanchoe pinnata (cathedral bells)". CABI Digital Library. Retrieved 3 December 2023.

^ Ali Esmail Al Snafi, " The Chemical Constituents and Pharmacological Effects of Bryophyllum calycinum. A review , International Journal of Pharma Sciences and Research (IJPSR), vol. 4, n o 12,2013

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