Carqueja
Study of the University of Minho shows that this common plant in the woods is beneficial in healing of wounds in diabetics and pain reduction.
A carqueja Help in healing of wounds in diabetics and pain reduction. The conclusion comes in a doctoral thesis of the School of Sciences of the University of Minho.
The pilot shows that this common plant in the woods has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant propertieswhich can be used in pharmaceutical, food and cosmetics products.
Inês Laranjeira, scientist, incorporated carqueja extract into a cream and applied it to animal wounds with type 2 diabetes and osteoarthritis.
“We had three groups: we didn’t apply the cream with extract, in another the cream without extract and in the third we do not treat; we conclude that the wounds healed significantly faster In the first group, ”explains Inês.
According to this analysis, the cream can also help in the healing of burns by PSORESE in humans or even in veterinarian.
“This topical carqueja extract cream is easy to apply by the owner of the animal and avoids other interventions, but it is difficult if we talk about treating wounds in production animals, there may be implications on meat or milk,” explains another study author, Filipa Pinto Ribeiro.
The compound has clinical potentialities, but has not yet proven aesthetic benefits such as wrinkle or facial treatment.
The plant can be incorporated into shampoo or in formulations like supplements Nutritional, for example, being used regularly in medicine (assists in digestion, is dietary, helps in controlling hypertension and cholesterol) and traditional Portuguese cuisine.
The survey also confirmed the medicinal added value of plants rosemary e star-of-the-Egypt, Read in a statement sent to ZAP. Proved its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects.
The rosemary of the field also helps to control the hyperglycemia, crucial to improving healing in diabetic wounds. The star-of-the-egipto also wages the chronic inflammation linked to the diabetic wounds, assisting in the tissue recovery process.
