<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> Traditional medicine credits yarrow (<italic>Achillea millefolium</italic>) with the ability to accelerate wound healing. The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of yarrow on the epithelization of the lower leg venous ulcers. The study included 39 patients with venous leg ulcers. They were divided into two groups: the first (experimental) group of patients were treated with an ointment containing 7.5% of yarrow extract. In the second (control) group, saline solution dressings were applied to ulcers, within the period of three weeks. In the experimental group, at the beginning of the therapy, the total surface of all the ulcers was 44736 mm2. After three weeks, the total surface of all the ulcers was 27000 mm2 (a decrease of 39.64%). In the control group, at the beginning of the therapy, the total surface of all the ulcers was 46116 mm2. At the end of the study (21 days) the total surface of all the ulcers was 39153 mm2 (a decrease of 15.1%). Herbal preparations are suitable for application in the therapy of venous ulcers, but their efficiency in wound healing is still to be investigated.</p></abstract>

Traditional medicine credits yarrow (Achillea millefolium) with the ability to accelerate wound healing. The purpose of this research was to determine the effects of yarrow on the epithelization of the lower leg venous ulcers. The study included 39 patients with venous leg ulcers. They were divided into two groups: the first (experimental) group of patients were treated with an ointment containing 7.5% of yarrow extract. In the second (control) group, saline solution dressings were applied to ulcers, within the period of three weeks. In the experimental group, at the beginning of the therapy, the total surface of all the ulcers was 44736 mm2. After three weeks, the total surface of all the ulcers was 27000 mm2 (a decrease of 39.64%). In the control group, at the beginning of the therapy, the total surface of all the ulcers was 46116 mm2. At the end of the study (21 days) the total surface of all the ulcers was 39153 mm2 (a decrease of 15.1%). Herbal preparations are suitable for application in the therapy of venous ulcers, but their efficiency in wound healing is still to be investigated.

Treatment of venous leg ulcers with an ointment containing yarrow (Achillea millefolium) extract / Primena preparata sa ekstraktom hajdučke trave (Achillea millefolium) u lečenju venskih ulkusa potkolenice

Clinical Center of Vojvodina, Clinic of Dermatovenereology, Hajduk Veljkova 1, Novi Sad, Serbia

Pediatric Clinic, Institute of Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, Hajduk Veljkova 10, Novi Sad, 21000, Serbia

Radiology Department, Institute of Oncology Sremska Kamenica, Sremska Kamenica, Serbia

Institute of Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia

Serbian Journal of Dermatology and Venereology

Traditional medicine credits yarrow (Achillea millefolium) with the ability to accelerate wound healing. The purpose of this research was to determine the...

Treatment of venous leg ulcers with an ointment containing yarrow (Achillea millefolium) extract / Primena preparata sa ekstraktom hajdučke trave (Achillea millefolium) u lečenju venskih ulkusa potkolenice

Published Online: Feb 12, 2013

Page range: 101 - 106

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10249-011-0009-9

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