Pat wrote:
I don't remember hearing any of you recommending
bromelain. It helps take antibiotics into the
diseased cells, so I wonder if it would also help with
colloidal silver. I started it a few weeks ago. I
think it helps my knee recover faster from overuse and
have less pain when resting. It has an
anti-inflammatory effect, but still isn't as effective
as Celebrex which I still take one of per day.
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:E51pco4PyeUJ:www.thorne.com/altmedrev/fulltext/bromelain1-4.html+bromelainhl=engl=usct=clnkcd=1
Pat
Bromelain will definitely reduce swelling and bruising and speed healing
of injuries of this sort. I have used it many times.
I understand that for it to be effective, it should be taken with water
on an empty stomach. If there is food in the stomach it will be used
for digestion of the food and not be effective for inflammation, etc.
Thanks for the link Pat.
Bromelain is one of the few substances I have found that works as
advertised.
Dan
http://72.14.203.104/search?q=cache:E51pco4PyeUJ:www.thorne.com/altmedrev/fulltext/bromelain1-4.html+bromelainhl=engl=usct=clnkcd=1
Surgical Procedures and Musculoskeletal Injuries
Bromelain also has therapeutic effects in the treatment of inflammation
and soft tissue injuries. An early clinical trial on bromelain was
conducted on 74 boxers with bruises on the face and haematomas of the
orbits, lips, ears, chest and arms. Bromelain was given four times a day
for 4 days or until all signs of bruising had disappeared. A control
group of 72 boxers were given a placebo. In 58 of the boxers taking
bromelain, all signs of bruising cleared completely in four days, with
the remaining 16 requiring 8-10 days for complete clearance. In the
control group, only 10 had complete clearance within four days, with the
remainder requiring seven to fourteen days for resolution.43
The edema-reducing property of bromelain was investigated in
traumatically-induced hindleg edema in rats. After enteral application
of bromelain a significant reduction of the edema could be observed,
however, parenteral application only resulted in a minimal therapeutic
effect. Although enterally-applied enzymes are thought to be degraded in
the gut, the better results were obtained after oral administration of
bromelain, supporting the observation that bromelain can be absorbed by
the gut without losing its biological properties.11
Fifty-five pre-surgical patients were divided into two groups. Group
one, consisting of 22 patients, took bromelain four times a day for
48-72 hours prior to surgery and continued for 72 hours after surgery.
Group two, consisting of 33 patients, took bromelain starting on the day
of surgery, with the first dose administered one hour prior to surgery.
Fifty percent of group one and 42.4% of group two had complete
disappearance of pain and inflammation within 72 hours. Pain and
inflammation persisted past 72 hours in only one member of the group
supplemented with bromelain for three days prior to surgery, as opposed
to five members of the group that started supplementation one hour prior
to surgery. In a separate study, supplementation of bromelain starting
48-72 hours prior to surgery reduced the average number of days for
complete disappearance of pain from 3.5 to 1.5, and disappearance of
inflammation from 6.9 to 2.0 days, as compared with controls receiving
no bromelain.44
Sixteen patients undergoing oral surgery were given bromelain four times
a day starting 72 hours prior to surgery. At 24 hours after surgery, 75%
of these patients were evaluated as having mild or no inflammation, in
contrast to only 19% of a group receiving a placebo. Twenty-four hours
after surgery, pain was either absent or mild in 38% of
bromelain-treated patients, as opposed to 13% receiving placebo. After
72 hours, this increased to 75% of those in the bromelain group, as
compared to only 38% in the placebo group.45
In an observation study involving 59 patients with blunt injuries to the
musculoskeletal system, the efficacy and tolerability of high-dose
bromelain, in addition to the usual therapeutic measures, was
investigated. Treatment with bromelain resulted in a clear reduction in
all four parameters tested; swelling, pain at rest and during movement,
and tenderness.46
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