This is an interesting study on anal fissures that I came upon while doing research on cloves during the Anthelmintic Series. I thought I'd post it because people have indicated problems in this area while dealing with parasites or chronic constipation.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17573751?ordinalpos=1&itool=EntrezSystem2....


Colorectal Dis. 2007 Jul;9(6):549-52.

Clove oil cream: a new effective treatment for chronic anal fissure.

Elwakeel HA, Moneim HA, Farid M, Gohar AA.
Mansoura Faculty of Medicine, Surgery, Mansoura University Hospital, Mansoura, Dakahlia, Egypt.

OBJECTIVE: Anal fissure is a common painful condition affecting the anal canal and causes considerable morbidity and reduction in quality of life. Surgical treatment has been associated with a degree of incontinence in up to 30% of patients. This study discussed the results of clove oil 1% cream in healing of chronic anal fissure.

METHOD: A single-blind randomized comparative trial was setup to compare traditional treatment with stool softeners and lignocaine cream 5% against clove oil 1% cream for 6 weeks. RESULTS: 55 patients were included in this study, 30 patients in clove oil group and 25 patients in control group. Healing had occurred in 60% of patients in clove oil group and in 12% of patients in the control group after 3-month follow up (P < 0.001). Patients in clove oil group showed significant reduction in resting anal pressure and almost all other anorectal manometric pressures compared with patients in control group.

CONCLUSION: Topical application of clove oil cream demonstrated a significant beneficial effect when applied to patients suffering from chronic anal fissure.