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The use of a water extract from the bark of Choerospondias axillaris in the treatment of second degree burns . Burns are common in Vietnam , and because of economic constraints and limited resources for the import of appropriate treatments , the health authorities are obliged to rely on traditional herbal remedies . It is therefore essential to evaluate current drugs , one of which is the water extract of the bark of the tree Choerospondias axillaris . It has been used for many years in the Vietnam-Sweden hospital at Uong Bi in northern Vietnam . We assessed the efficacy of the remedy in an open , randomised controlled clinical trial , in which 20 patients with second degree burns were treated with the extract of the Choerospondias axillaris and 19 with saline gauze . The mean healing time was significantly shorter for patients treated with Choerospondias axillaris ( 11 days ) compared with patients treated with saline gauze ( 17 days ) ( p < 0.01 ) , and the number of wound infections was significantly lower in the Choerospondias axillaris group ( 7/20 compared with 16/19 , p = 0.003 ) . The bark extract was easy to apply and additional wound care was not usually necessary , while the treatment with saline gauze was laborious for both patients and staff and was much more expensive . The extract from Choerospondias axillaris is a convenient treatment for second degree burns in both children and adults .
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Intervention_Physical
water extract from the bark of Choerospondias axillaris
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Intervention_Physical
water extract of the bark of the tree Choerospondias axillaris
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Intervention_Pharmacological
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Intervention_Pharmacological
extract of the Choerospondias axillaris
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Intervention_Control
saline gauze .
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Intervention_Physical
Choerospondias axillaris
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Intervention_Control
saline gauze
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Intervention_Pharmacological
Choerospondias axillaris
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Intervention_Pharmacological
bark extract
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Intervention_Control
saline gauze
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Intervention_Pharmacological
extract from Choerospondias axillaris
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Outcome_Other
efficacy
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Outcome_Other
mean healing time
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Outcome_Adverse-effects
number of wound infections
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Outcome_Other
expensive
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Participant_Condition
treatment of second degree burns .
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Participant_Sample-size
20
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Participant_Sample-size
19
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Participant_Age
children
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Participant_Age
adults