Multiple health benefits are attributed to wheatgrass juice because of its high chlorophyll content. (The plant is 70% chlorophyll.) In 1940, Benjamin Cruskin, M.D., recommended in the American Journal of Surgery that chlorophyll's antiseptic qualities made it good candidate for such practices as neutralizing strep infections, curing chronic sinusitis, reducing varicose veins and healing rectal sores. The supposed healing properties of wheatgrass is also highly touted among alternative medicine practitioners.
Nutrition
The Creighton University School of Medicine's website notes that just 2 ounces of wheatgrass will give you the same amount of nutrients as approximately 4 lbs. of organic green vegetables.
Natural Laxative
Because of the fiber and chlorophyll content in wheatgrass, along with its other nutrients, the juice can help aid with constipation and regularity.
Easing Chemotherapy's SIde Effects
According to a study from the University of California, Berkeley where 60 women who had breast cancer found that when they consumed wheatgrass during chemotherapy, it helped alleviate some of the treatment's side effects.
Oral Health
According to PersonalMD.com, one of the benefits of wheatgrass is its ability to draw toxins from your gums and teeth, and gargling with it can relieve your throat if it's sore.
Fights Thalassemia
The Chandigar Tribune reported that a group of patients suffering from thalassemia (a blood disorder that causes defective production of hemoglobin) who need transfusions every few weeks required fewer blood transfusions after regularly consuming wheatgrass juice.
Colitis
A 2002 study conducted by University School of Medicine found that when 3 oz. of fresh wheatgrass juice was added to medical treatments to help control the symptoms of ulcerative colitis, the patients who drank wheatgrass juice instead of a placebo had less pain, diarrhea and bleeding from the rectum.
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