by Donald H.
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April 5, 2006

PINE TREE BARK REDUCES DIABETIC LEG ULCERS

September 15, 2006 08:26 AM UTC (Updated: September 15, 2006 08:42 AM UTC)
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       PINE TREE BARK REDUCES DIABETIC LEG ULCERS

A recent study shows that an antioxidant plant extract from the bark of the French maritime pine tree heals leg ulcers in patients who suffer from diabetic leg ulcerations.

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http://thediabeticnews.com/news/1034.shtml

Comments: 2

Visionaerie B. Sep 15, 2006, 9:20pm UTC
Now you're talking my language! I'm always telling my diabetic mom to use tea tree oil on her sores. Pycnogenol and grape seed extract help to strengthen blood vessels, so maybe they will come up with a skin cream that has those ingredients. Vitamin Shoppe has a great catalog with a huge variety of nutritional products like this. I've also heard that there's some kind of fish or shrimp-based bandage that has been developed for keloids (skin scars) but I haven't heard much about it for a while. Keep posting those medical breakthroughs!
Carolyn K. Sep 15, 2006, 9:42pm UTC
I always wondered what grape seed extract was for. Next trip to the supplement department I will get some for hubby who is just having a bad run with a reacquiring ulcer on one leg. I don't have leg ulcer problems but who knows that it might not help my hands which are always cracked and bleeding or scaly.

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