A Medical Doctor's Guide to Wheatgrass Healing
by Dr. Chris Reynolds. M.B.,B.S. Australia
by Robert McDowell. Veterinary Herbalist (2003) A horse in a paddock will go to enormous lengths to puncture, rip, graze or tear itself open on anything it can find. It will also strike and bite at its neighbors and try to hang itself up the fences whenever it can. Horse owners…
When I look back, I wonder how I ever managed to practice medicine without wheatgrass extract. As a general practitioner, there are so many areas where it can be put to use. For instance, wound healing, burns and soft tissue injuries, earache and high fever in children. Side effects are…
Orthodox wound management In a moist environment exudate provides the cells involved in wound repair with nutrients, infection control and provides the best environment for healing. (1) Exudate contains a high concentration of protein and cellular debris which helps prevent infection and facilitates wound healing. For instance, it contains growth…
Effect of Triticum aestivum juice on wound healing in rats. Singh, J., Sethi, J. Yadav, M., Sood, S., Gupta, V. Intl. J. Nat. Prod. Sci. 2011; 1: 15-20. Background: We might not think much about the process that takes place when we have a small cut or burn. A healthy…
Is Chlorophyllin a Healer? A Hypothesis for its Activity Brett, DW. Wounds, 17(7):190-195. 2005. Background: Chlorophyllin, derived from the plant pigment, chlorophyll, has been used for many years to accelerate wound healing and to provide odor control. Chlorophyllin also shows activity as an anti-coagulation and an anti-inflammatory agent. These actions…
The effect of the topical application of several substances on the healing of experimental cutaneous wounds. Brush, B., Lamb, C. 1942. Surgery. 12:355-363 Wounds made on the abdominal wall of guinea pigs were treated with various substances, including chloramines, urea crystals and chlorophyll ointment. None were found to consistently exert an accelerating effect on…
Chlorophyll. An experimental study of its water soluble derivatives in wound healing. Smith L, Livingston A. Chlorophyll. Am. J. Surg. 1943. 62:358-369 Wound healing involves an inflammatory (exudative) phase and a proliferative tissue growth and repair phase that presumably involves growth stimulating factors. This study tested various water soluble chlorophyll preparations…
Hi Dr. Reynolds, Here is my testimonial: My wheatgrass extract arrived yesterday…I took before and after pictures. 16 hours apart. The results are truly amazing. My skin graft today is now exactly one month ago. I should have had this product weeks ago. It’s hard to believe that these pictures…
A difficult but remarkable healing event This 55 y.o. non-insulin dependent diabetic female suffered a severe injury to her knee. The wound required 26 sutures (stitches), but it soon became infected and re-opened because the stitches couldn’t hold the wound edges together. Two weeks later, most of the sutures had…
Case No. 1. Healing of large uninfected horse wound with wheatgrass This horse suffered a large full thickness wound when skin was torn off when it ran into a wire fence. There has been significant healing in just 7 weeks after wheatgrass extract applied just twice weekly. Note how clean…