Dr Wheatgrass Accelerates Skin Graft Healing

This almost invariably results in:

• A faster healing wound
• Virtually pain-free dressing changes. Because the wound surface re-epithelialises i.e. a thin layer of cells spreads over the wound within 24-48 hours, exudate, which can be quite sticky and tends to adhere to overlying dressings, is greatly reduced or eliminated. This provides a "non-stick" surface.
• Absence of bacterial infection
• Minimal scarring
• Elimination of blood, ooze, clot formation, swelling and inflammation
• Significant cost reduction e.g. dressings, nursing care, antibiotics, medical management

Instead of intervening with the natural healing process, Dr Wheatgrass facilitates it.

Fig. 1. DAY 43 - Orthodox management. The antibiotic dressing has been removed leaving a brown discolouration on the skin and a wet surface which is due to exudate.

Note the rough surface of the grafted skin (whitish colour, poor, irregularly contoured attachment to the surrounding normal skin and raised areas of granulation tissue. (These are the yellow and red irregularly shaped areas that indicate the body's attempt to heal the overlying surface. It is not due to infection.)

The wound was cleaned, Dr Wheatgrass extract (4% solution) applied then redressed with a light, non-stick dressing. (Melolin). The patient was asked to change the dressing daily.

Fig. 2. DAY 45. Just two days after the first application of Dr Wheatgrass extract there is dramatic improvement in the surface of the skin graft. Even to the unpracticed eye the wound is looking much healthier. Note the dry wound surface with a thin layer of re-epithelialisation (re-growth of new skin cells) visible over the yellow granulation areas. This seals the wound surface naturally rendering it impermeable to bacteria and preventing infection.

There is substantial filling in of the previously depressed areas, covered by the graft seen in Figure 1. The grafted skin is now looking strong and healthy and has blended seamlessly with the surrounding normal skin. The irregular border has smoothed out as has the surface of the granulation tissue. The wound is quite clean,  free of infection and dry.

Fig. 3. DAY 50. One week after the first application of Dr Wheatgrass extract, skin coverage, which appears strong and increasingly integrated with normal surrounding skin, has progressed significantly as granulation areas continue to contract.

Fig. 4. DAY 55. Twelve days after the first Dr Wheatgrass extract application, the wound is almost completely covered with strong looking skin. Apart from two very small areas of granulation, only scab formation remains. This will now heal naturally with dressings used for protection only.

Fig. 5. DAY 63. 20 days after the first Dr Wheatgrass extract application.  Wound healed. No dressing required.

IN SUMMARY: This series of photographs clearly shows rapid healing of a skin-grafted wound that for six weeks remained indolent and only partially healed with orthodox management i.e. keeping the wound moist.

Dr Wheatgrass extract (4% solution) was applied after 6 weeks of treatment effectively sealing the wound and rendering it dry. Just two days after the first application, significant improvement was observed to the wound surface which continued to improve rapidly. The patient managed his own dressing changes with ease, and, other than returning for photographs, required no further medical or nursing attention.

In this example, as in numerous others I have managed since 1995, I have no doubt that Dr Wheatgrass could revolutionise the effectiveness and economics of skin graft, open wound and burns management.

Please view summaries from medical research articles, Nos. 2, 11, 12, 13, and Nos. 18, 23, 26, 27, that are relevant to cereal grass healing of open wounds, burns and ulcers.

Please contact me for more information.

Dr. Chris Reynolds. M.B.,B.S.
Melbourne, Australia.
6 January, 2007

Dr Wheatgrass - food for thought as well as for a healthy body.

Instead of "chlorophyll", it is probably better to think "Growth Factor Activators".