New way to heal cuts: cucumber!

Se A cucumbers could be an unlikely new treatment for wound healing.

The four- inch- long, worm- like marine creatures — a delicacy, and used in chinese medicine — have been found to contain antiinflammatory compounds that can aid healing.

A trial involving 25 patients at University hospital malaysia found that using a gel made from sea cucumbers led to faster healing, stimulating the release of compounds involved in tissue repair, according to the results published recently in the Journal of Biomedical materials research.

Previous studies have shown that the creatures are very high in chondroitin sulfate, used to treat joint pain and arthritis.