Natural extract for diabetic foot ulcers

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In the 1930's cereal grass extracts were found to be effective in healing wounds including diabetic foot ulcers. I am a general practitioner and have worked with a wheatgrass extract for 16 years. This has been very successful for wound healing. Recently, we tested the wheatgrass extract (4% solution) on an Indian patient whose ulcer had been present for 4 months.

The results were quite dramatic, as the ulcer healed in 6 weeks. Please see this blog article.

Although I am well aware of abuse on the internet, (the link is to my own commercial site), I would like to show you that something can actually work well for this condition. The photographs speak for themselves. Many patients stand to benefit, and amputations could be avoided. I am more than happy to communicate privately with anyone who is interested and assist with providing the extract. My email address is info@drwheatgrass.com.au

Kind regards,
Dr. Chris Reynolds. M.B.,B.S.
Queensland. Australia.

 

Chris,

Just quoting a section of your blog here,

"These ulcers occur mainly due to reduced oxygen reaching the skin causing a weakening of the tissue. Also, the nerves controlling the blood supply may be damaged (peripheral neuropathy) which further reduces blood supply. The affected skin then becomes vulnerable to even minor trauma which breaks the skin surface. This is the beginning of an ulcer, and often a lot of associated physical and mental pain and stress."

I would contend that the role of peripheral neuropathy is not primarily its vascular effect, but a mechanical effect. There is a saying that it's not what you put on a neuropathic diabetic foot ulcer, its what you take off that makes the difference. When they can't feel the wound, they walk on it. If they could feel the wound, they wouldn't walk on it, and it would heal. Unless other factors are in play, obviously, such as PVD or terrible diabetic control.

I could show you simmilar sets of photos of wounds rapidly healing. These wounds can be complex and determining the limiting factor to healing is important. As is determining in retrospect which intervention actually helped, and which were just coincidence.

What was the previous treatment of this wound prior to yours? What other care did you provide while applying wheat grass? i.e. wound dressings, pressure reduction/ immobilisation, medical review, antibiotics?

Do you have details of any clinical trials showing the effectiveness of wheat grass for wound healing?

Thanks for your contribution!

Phil

 

Phil,

My apologies for the tardy reply.

Regarding your remarks about the mechanical development of diabetic foot ulcers, I think it is fair to say it has been well established that their etiology is a function of microangiopathy and subsequent tissue ischemia that develops from diabetic neuropathy. Trauma may precipitate ulcer development, but it is does not cause the indolence (and far too frequently, the amputation) that may result.

A good case in point is the neuropathic plantar leprosy ulcer which develops and presents in much the same way as DFU’s, and can lead to similar complications. In 2009 we performed a small study in India (19 patients) treating a series of leprosy related plantar ulcers with the wheatgrass spray. The study returned some quite remarkable results. Around 65% of ulcers, some of which had been present for 30 years, completely healed. One patient had a large ulcer on her instep for 15 years but, because of its location, there was no contact with the ground, although initially trauma may have occurred. This rather large lesion healed completely after 4 months’ treatment with the wheatgrass spray. (See pics).

One would therefore have to ask why and how this lesion could have healed after such a long period of time when the only “medical” intervention was wheatgrass extract. Although nothing was taken off, something was put on, and it worked.

See also Healing an ischemic skin graft.

By the way, the patient to whom I referred in my last posting had had no treatment other than daily wheatgrass spray application and light dressings.

Kind regards,
Chris Reynolds.

 

Further to the patient I mentioned in my previous post, I can now present another rather dramatic healing response to a much larger diabetic ulcer on his other foot. This ulcer (amputation was considered likely prior to commencing treatment with wheatgrass extract) has taken 4 months re-epithelialise. However, it was much larger than the ulcer on the other foot which healed in 6 weeks. As you can see in the photographs, effecting closure appeared to be very unlikely. Nonetheless, the patient persevered with daily application of extract and simple gauze dressings and now has made quite remarkable progress, and his foot will be saved.

I have a number of diabetic ulcer cases all doing well which I will publish as the serial results come to hand.

Kind regards,
Dr. Chris Reynolds. M.B.,B.S.
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