Clinical trial of aloe vera linn. for treatment of minor burns.

A randomized controlled trail to assess the efficacy of Aloe vera Linn. for the topical treatment of minor burns was conducted in 38 patients admitted to two community hospitals. Twenty patients were treated with fresh mucilage prepared from Aloe vera Linn. and 18 were treated with silfadiazine. The baseline characteristics of the patients in both groups were not significantly different. The success rates were observed in 95 and 83 percent of the patients in the Aloe vera Linn. group and the silver sulfadiazine group, respectively. About one third of the patients in both groups experienced irritation at the sites of topical treatment