Sangre de dragon - dragon's blood

[Viennese Furbabies]

Does anyone have any experiences using 'dragon's blood' (I hope that's what it's called in English)?
It's the resin of the dragon's tree. A vet prescribed it for a piggy with sore paws (belonging to an acquaintance of mine), but I have never heard of it before.
Thanks!

 

[Qualcast&Flymo]

Any idea what the scientific name of the plant is? I've not heard of a 'dragon tree' but when I looked it up, the ones I found, "draecena" species, were described as poisonous to cat and dogs. I'm guessing it is an ointment as it is for sore paws, but I don't know if that would make it not toxic.

 

[Qualcast&Flymo]

I had another look for sangre de drago, and found that in S America it is a traditional folk remedy for treating wounds, soreness etc. It comes from trees that are different species to the toxic one, called "Croton".

 

[Viennese Furbabies]

I goggled it and also found the link to folk medicine. Sorry, I don't know any more about it (yet).
It was used as an ointment and seems to have worked, but it was used on a terminaly ill piggy, so maybe it would be toxic, if used on a patient with a longer life expectancy.

I found this paper, but it's about internal use and I haven't read it in detail. But it is about the substance I mean.
Treatment of gastric ulcers and diarrhea with the Amazonian herbal medicine sangre de grado - PubMed

 

[Wiebke]

Sorry, never come across this on this forum. Since it is topical (on the spot) treatment and not ingested or injected, it should not be a big risk.

 

[Viennese Furbabies]

Thank you!
I'll have a further look around and if I find out anything interessting, I'll let you know.