Healing pearl

On 20 May 1992, a Dutch periodical published an article in which they mentioned the possibility of healing fractures with mother-of-pearl and coral. With this method painful operations could be avoided. The article was illustrated with an ancient Maya skull which showed a hole filled with mother-of-pearl. The ancient Mayas were well ahead of their time. 

Pearls from the Golden Cabinet, Subhuti Dharmananda, Oriental Healing Arts Institute, Long Beach, CA, 1988... 

At 3% level in an ointment, pearl has exhibited strong wound-healing activities, ranking second among 39 Chinese traditional drugs tested. Treatment of 20 cases of canker sore due to adverse reactions to chemotherapy by topical application of pearl powder (4 x daily 3 g/time) resulted in complete resolution of the condition in 3-7 days. ... 

Pearl powder is extensively used in skin-care products (e.g., acne and freckle creams and lotions, nourishing creams, etc.) for its healing and traditional skin-lightening, smoothing, and antiwrinkle properties. However, as pearl is a very expensive ingredient and there is no meaningful assays to determine its identity and quality, it is prone to adulteration, especially with mother-of-pearl and other sheU products. 

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