Recommendation Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)" Pantothenic acid improves healing by encouraging the migration of cells into the wounded area, thus establishing epithelialization [Weimann et al..."
The Condition"...Nutritional Supplements Research has shown that certain nutrients such as aloe vera, arginine, glutamine, zinc, copper, and vitamin C play key roles in wound healing [Vaxman et al..." Relationship to Zinc Requirement"Many studies have demonstrated enhanced wound and ulcer healing with oral zinc supplementation..." Recommendation Zinc" Zinc can be used topically or orally to encourage wound healing and plays a well-documented role in wound healing..." Recommendation Copper"...Copper also plays a critical role in the synthesis of the natural antioxidant called copper/ zinc superoxide dismutase (SOD)..."
The Condition"...A published case study describes the complete healing of a long-standing abdominal wound by using magnet therapy for one month..."
Recommendation Arginine"Injury significantly increases the need for the amino acid arginine, which is essential for a variety of metabolic functions..." Recommendation Glutamine"The amino acid glutamine is an important substrate for rapidly proliferating cells, including lymphocytes (white blood cells)..."
The Condition"...Signs of infection include red skin around the wound, discharge containing pus, swelling, warmth, foul odor, and fever..." Recommendation Arginine"...surgery for gastrointestinal cancer, supplementation with 25gm of arginine a day for 7 days improved their nitrogen balance as measured 5-7 days after surgery and led to more rapid recovery and discharge from the hospital..."
Recommendation Superoxide Dismutase"...They actually use free radicals to fight bacteria and to dispose of dead tissue..." Recommendation Aloe Vera"...It has been suggested that aloe works as a free radical scavenger and improves blood flow to the wound [Heggers et al..."
Relationship to EFA (Essential Fatty Acid) Requirement"Failure to provide either omega-6 or omega-3 fatty acids in the diet results in poor wound healing..."
Recommendation Centella asiatica (Gotu Kola)"Known for its remarkable wound healing properties, centella has been found to induce levels of antioxidants in wounds and newly-formed tissue, including superoxide dismutase, glutathione peroxidase, vitamin E, and vitamin C..."
Recommendation Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid)"...These "recruited" minerals included copper, magnesium, and manganese, all proven to enhance wound repair..."
The Condition"... White blood cells clean the wound of debris and bacteria..." Recommendation Arginine"...The same study found marked enhancement of the activity and efficacy of peripheral T-lymphocytes ( white blood cells in the bloodstream) [Kirk et al..." Recommendation Glutamine"The amino acid glutamine is an important substrate for rapidly proliferating cells, including lymphocytes ( white blood cells)..." Recommendation Aloe Vera"...Some of these components cause cells to divide and multiply; some stimulate the growth of white blood cells..."
Recommendation Vitamin A" Vitamin A is important for tissue synthesis and enhances resistance to infection..."
Recommendation Vitamin B-Complex"...This leads to higher energy-level requirements in order to heal a wound, and to increased requirements for thiamine, niacin, and riboflavin..."
Recommendation Copper"...It works with vitamin C to create strong collagen, and it creates cross-links in collagen and elastin that give strength to proteins..."
The Condition"...Nutritional Supplements Research has shown that certain nutrients such as aloe vera, arginine, glutamine, zinc, copper, and vitamin C play key roles in wound healing [Vaxman et al..." Recommendation L-Arginine"Injury significantly increases the need for the amino acid arginine, which is essential for a variety of metabolic functions..." Recommendation Glutamine"...An article documented beneficial effects from supplying burn patients with glutamine and arginine in amounts 2-7 times those found in the normal diet of healthy persons [De-Souza et al..."
Recommendation Vitamin C (Ascorbic Acid)"...In a topical solution, vitamin C has shown to be very effective in encouraging healing of the cornea in the wounded eye [Gonul et al..."
The Condition"...When healing is complete, the granulation tissue develops into tough scar tissue..." Recommendation Gotu Kola"...A review article of centella noted the most beneficial effects to date involved the stimulation and mutation of scar tissue by production of Type I collagen and an inhibition of the inflammatory reaction..." Recommendation Bromelain"...This mechanism of action can be helpful in chronic wounds or wounds having too much scar tissue..."
Recommendation L-Arginine"...In patients undergoing surgery for gastrointestinal cancer, supplementation with 25gm of arginine a day for 7 days improved their nitrogen balance as measured 5-7 days after surgery and led to more rapid recovery and discharge from the..." Recommendation Aloe Vera"...Aloe can be applied topically to wounds and taken internally for both skin wounds and gastrointestinal ulcers [Chithraet al..."
Recommendation Vitamin B-Complex"B-vitamins are needed for cell proliferation and for the replacement and maturation of red blood cells lost through bleeding..."