[ cutaneous leishmaniasis: comparative study between herbal essences preparation in the green clay and intralesional injection of glucantime [R] about 8 cases]

The cutaneous leishmaniasis [CL] is increasing in our country. The conventional treatment is the Glucantime. However, many alternative treatments modalities of the CL have been proposed and one these modalities has been the use of herbal extract applied topically on the lesions. The aim of the study was to compare the efficacity of a preparation based on herbal extracted essences with green clay excipient, and the intralesional injection of Glucantime. Eight patients have been included in our trial having an ulcerated CL with a number of lesions per person lower than 5. Two lesions were treated by two different protocols: one based on topical herbal extract, the other based on intralesional injection of Glucantime. Three lesions were infected and no lesion has been healed after application of our preparation, against 5 lesions that healed by intralesional injection of Glucantime. This preparation seems inefficient in the treatment of the CL in spite of the healing effect known of the herbal essences