THE PODIATRIC TREATMENT OF HALLUX ABDUCTO VALGUS AND ITS ASSOCIATED CONDITION, BUNION, WITH TAGETES-PATULA

To assess the effectiveness of marigold therapy using Tagetes patula p reparations, a double-blind placebo-controlled trial was designed to b e carried out over a period of eight weeks. Sixty patients were entere d in the trial. Twenty patients with bilateral hallux abducto valgus a nd its associated condition, bunion, were randomly selected from 37 su bjects for group A. For group B, 40 patients with unilateral hallux ab ducto valgus and bunion were randomly selected from 69 subjects and su bdivided into groups Ba and Bb. Patients with ulcerated conditions, th ose on medication and those who had undergone surgery for the conditio n were excluded. The results obtained were highly significant (P<0.001 ), suggesting that T. patula preparations, plus protective pad, were e ffective in reducing the width of the lesion and level of pain of hall ux abducto valgus.