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Tea Tree Oil - A miracle oil

What is Tea Tree?

Tea Tree - Mullica Alternifolia is a native plant belonging to northeast coastal region of New South Wales, Australia. Tea Tree has very strong therapeutic and medicinal values. When crushed and distilled, the leaves of this plant yield a 100% natural oil which is an antiseptic, a fungicide and has numerous uses as listed below. Tea Tree oil contains more than 48 compounds, main constituent being terpinen-4-ol which is responsible for tea tree oil's antibacterial and anti fungal properties.

It helps with mouth ulcers, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, fatigue, respiratory infections, strengthening the immune system and the female reproductive system. Tea Tree also helps to clear acne, lice, cold sores and gingivitis.

- Bundjalung aborigines of northern new South Wales - viewed lagoon where tea tree leaves fell and decayed for hundreds of years as having tremendous healing properties.

- World War II - tea tree oil issued to soldiers to use as a disinfectant.

Tea Tree Oil - Uses and Benefits

• antiseptic - considered by many to be the ideal skin disinfectant.
• anti fungal.
• good penetration, lack of irritation.
• Effective against:

Candida alb cans
Propionibactenum acnes
Pseudomonas aerations
Staphylococcus aurous
Streptococcus pyroxenes
Trichomonas virginals
Trichophyton mentagrophytes

Clinical Usage and Dosage of Tea Tree Oil:

Skin infections:

- broad-spectrum antiseptic.
- mixes with sebaceous secretions and penetrates epidermis.
- apply oil two to three times per day.

Acne:

- alternative to benzyl peroxide.
- less side effects (dryness, redness, prorates, stinging, burning).
- 5% tea tree oil gel applied daily.

Common Foot Problems:

- tine pedals (athlete's foot) foot irritation.
- bromhidrosis (severely foul-smelling feet).
- 8% tea tree oil emollient massaged into feet daily.

Fungal Nail Infection:

- 100% tea tree oil twice daily.
- improvement in nail appearance and symptoms (with long-term use).

Vaginal Infections:

- germicidal activity versus Candida alb cans and Trichomonas virginals.
- 40% tea tree oil solution emulsified with isopropyl alcohol and water.
- used tampon saturated with this tea tree oil solution (once wkly for 4 to 6 wks).
- for treatment of servilities and chronic endocervicitis.
- daily vaginal douches (1 quart water with 0.4% tea tree oil) prescribed.
- for treatment of Trichomonas and candidacies.
- no irritation, burning, or other side effects noted.

Cold Sores:

- mix main oil with 10 times its volume of carrier oil.
- dab on affected area as soon as developing cold sore starts to tingle.

Nits:

- eggs of Human head lice on the hair.
- put a few drops of oil on a fine comb and comb hair well.
- OR...add 5-10 drops of oil to shampoo or hair rinse and repeat daily.

Remarks

- extremely safe for topical use.
- oral ingestion not recommended.
- being 100% natural it has no side effects.

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