Tea Tree Oil (Meleleuca Alternifolia) - TEA TREE OIL (Meleleuca alternifolia)
Another important component of the first aid kit is tea
tree oil. It can help with many minor conditions that commonly
occur. Some include athlete’s foot, acne, boils,
burns, warts, vaginal infections, tonsillitis, sinus infections,
ringworm, skin rashes, impetigo, herpes, corns, head lice,
cold sores, canker sores, insect bites, insect repellent and
fungal infections. It is truly a remarkable oil with valuable
properties for healing and to prevent infection.
Tea tree oil is extracted from the leaves of Melaleuca
alternifolia which is a shrub like tree found in the northeast
t ropical coastal region of New South Wales and
Queensland, Australia. There are over 300 different varieties
of tea tree but only a few are known to produce the
valuable, medicinal oil.
Tea tree oil contains at least 48 different organic compounds.
The compounds work together to produce the
healing abilities found in the oil. Research done in the
1950s and early 1960s found that tea tree oil is a germicide
and fungicide with additional characteristics of dissolving
pus and debris.1 Recent studies have found it effective for
thrush, vaginal infections of candida albicans, staph infections,
athlete’s foot, hair and scalp problems, mouth sores,
muscle and joint pain, pain, and boils.2
Tea tree oil is a valuable antiseptic for skin infections. It
is able to penetrate the epidermis to heal from within.
Clinical studies have found that tea tree oil can heal quickly
and with less scarring than other treatments. The oil is
even effective against Staphylococcus aureus, which is
often difficult to treat and is becoming resistant to antibiotic
therapy. The oil can be applied two to three times a
day with full strength or diluted. If an irritation occurs, a
diluted solution can be tried. Even highly diluted concentrations
have been found to heal in clinical studies.
Organisms against which tea tree oil has been shown to
be eff ...
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