The use of onion extracts to prevent and treat acute and chronic cardiac and vascular complications and their sequelae, as well as to resolve hematomas

• US 20090092692A1
• Filed: 10/05/2007
• Published: 04/09/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Juliana Mady, Mady Attila
• Original Assignee: Juliana Mady, Mady Attila
• Inventors: Mady, Juliana, Attila, Mady
• Granted Patent: US 7,588,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 424/754
• CPC Class Codes: A61K 36/8962 Allium, e.g. garden onion, leek, garlic or chives

Abstract

Onions (Allium Cepa and its close relatives, as opposed to Allium Sativum) contain potent coagulation modulators, as well as platelet inhibitors. Clinical, in vivo and in vitro testing confirms that the efficacy of commonly consumed quantities of onions in terms of the efficacy of its impact on coagulation and platelet function rivals and in many respects exceeds the potency of any other modalities available today. Additionally, onion compounds have unique effects as described later in this application. The use of onion extracts is thus proposed to prevent and treat acute and chronic cardiac and vascular complications and their sequelae, to prevent and treat thrombosis, to prevent and treat embolization in the setting of thrombosis, various arrhythmias and cardiac abnormalities, as well as to resolve hematomas

Claims

1-13. -13. (canceled)

14. A method of treating hematomas comprising the steps of:

providing an extract of onion (Allium cepa); and

topically applying the onion extract to or proximate an area of a hematoma, for transdermal delivery to increase and accelaerate hematoma resorption.

15. A method as claimed in claim 14 wherein the step of topically applying includes topically applying the onion extract at multiple time intervals.

16. A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein the time intervals are approximately 6 hours.

17. A method as claimed in claim 14 wherein the step of providing an extract of onion includes obtaining the onion extract at temperatures no greater than 80 degrees Celsius.

18. A method as claimed in claim 17 wherein the step of providing an extract of onion further includes mechanically crushing an onion bulb produce onion juice.

19. A method as claimed in claim 18 wherein the step of providing an extract of onion further includes obtaining water soluble components from the onion juice by filtering the onion juice and removing the water soluble components from the volatile oils.