Bedsores

Also called ulcer or pressure injury

Necrosis of the skin and underlying tissues forming a black crust. These wounds constitute a significant source of pain and disability.

Main risk factors: skin aging, immobility, malnutrition, deficiency in sweating, cellular oxygenation, urinary or fecal incontinence, depressive state, etc.

Among the hospitalized population, 7% of patients present with bedsores.

Nutrition/Hypotoxic living diet, rich in vitamin C and protective antioxidants

Juice of young cereal shoots

Mare's milk

Ginkgo V (Natural Source), 4 to 6 capsules. / day

Pao V (Natural Source), 4 capsules, morning and evening with meals

Omega 7 (sea buckthorn oil [Hippophæ rhamnoides], macadamia oil)

Avoid refined carbohydrates, caffeine, cold meats, dairy products, sauces, creams, fried foods, breadings…

Reduce humidity, pressure or friction which promote bedsores

Local application of liquid honey after cleaning with physiological serum, with Quinton marine plasma (Biocean) or propolis balm

Potaplasm of cabbage leaves. Repeat twice a day. Application of St. John's wort oil, sea buckthorn oil or rosehip

Clay porridge in a horsetail decoction to cover wounds

Reversed lateral decubitus every 4 hours: the patient sometimes lies on the left side, sometimes on the right side, on a natural lambskin

Centella asiatica (Hydrocotyle asiatica) called Gotu Kola in Indian, used to treat leprosy

Oil of Neter

Caution: smoking and second-hand smoke delay wound healing

Naturoderm (Phyt’s): spray on the affected area

E.O. Italian Helichrysum (Helichrysum italicum)