Treatment of wounds, burns, and ulcerous skin ailments, and prevention of
keloid and hypertrophic scars (10, 18–21). Extracts of the plant have been
employed to treat second- and third-degree burns (19). Extracts have been used
topically to accelerate healing, particularly in cases of chronic postsurgical and
post-trauma wounds (19). Extracts have been administered orally to treat stressinduced
stomach and duodenal ulcers (10).