THE EXPERIENCE OF PATIENTS WITH COLOSTOMA USING THE CARROTLEAF POWDER KNOWN AS GREEN ANGEL

Abstract

　All ostomates hope to lead everyday lives free from unpleasant smells. There is a method using the above-mentioned carrot powder which destroys the bad smell from stomal discharges.
　The carrot leaf powder was prescribed as the deodorant to one hundred patients with colostoma over a period of 2 weeks. In 75％ of them the bad smell more or less ceased after 7 days of treatment and in 2 weeks the number had grown to 85％ in all. The 19％ of cases that reported a good response at the end of the first week had experienced a further improvement by the end of the second week. The 38％ of cases that did not seem to respond to treatment during the first week,improved somewhat during the second week.
　Thus taking carrot leaf powder provides some improvement in the quality of ostomates'life.