Bromelain Reduces Swelling, Enhances Healing

Bromelain is natural “pac man,” helping clean up injured tissue and speed the recovery process.  Several new studies continue to demonstrate bromelain’s ability to assist with healing and recovery.

The first study is a human clinical trial involving the use of bromelain to reduce swelling¹ following molar extraction.  The researchers took detailed measurements of the treated area and compared bromelain treatment to no bromelain treatment.  “The results obtained clearly demonstrate the effectiveness of bromelain in treating postoperative edema after third molar surgery.”  The ability to naturally reduce swelling, as opposed to blocking swelling with a drug, means that injured tissue was cleared out faster with the use of bromelain.

In a second animal study researchers crushed the Achilles tendon² and then fed bromelain for fourteen days.  The animals were then sacrificed and a detailed analysis of the injured tendon was undertaken.  The bromelain treated animals had more mature tenocytes in the cellar matrix of the tendons vs. the control group.  Thus indicating that the healing rate was enhanced in the bromelain treated group.

These new studies add to an existing body of literature supporting the use of bromelain as an antiwear-and-tear nutrient.  Bromelain is an excellent nutrient choice following an injury, or when needing to recover more efficiently from surgery.