Medicinal clays may heal ulcers

[Michaelangelica]

There used to be an alternative therapy years ago based on eating clay

All the Docs. 'po-poed' it and said it was rubbish

NOW?

the late French humanitarian worker Line Brunet de Courssou reported that a French clay called Agricur was effective against the flesh-eating disease Buruli ulcer in Africa's Ivory Coast.

 

Now an interdisciplinary team of microbiologists and mineralogists is trying to figure out exactly how the clay cures

and

The World Health Organization (WHO), recently labeled Buruli ulcer an emerging public health threat. The disfiguring disease is increasingly common among children in central and western Africa.

 

If one of the Buruli's rural victims is fortunate enough to get medical help, the infected tissue is generally cut out, which sometimes means amputation. There is no other WHO-approved treatment.

 

But clay therapy is reported to have cured more than 50 cases of Buruli ulcer to date, the team reports.

 

"It not only stops the infection, but allows the body to regenerate tissues," says Giese.