Essential Oils With Superpowers!

Recent research published in The Irish Times has shown that essential oils such as clove, lemongrass, citronella, thyme, oregano, cinnamon and tea tree oil display significant antibacterial activity. The oils were tested against such nasties as MRSA, a bacteria with a well known history in Irish hospitals, and were found to be effective even in relatively low concentrations. The odd thing is that the report in the I.T. states that up until now there has been little research into the effects of essential oils on resistant bacteria – thus excluding the centuries old use of essential oils as anti-microbial agents, and of those same oils being employed in household detergents. Well we can all breath a sigh of relief now that good old physics has caught up with our hokey practices of adding tea tree to our floor wash or bathing our verucas in oregano oil. Once again empirical evidence of historical uses for natural remedies proves itself in the world of reductive, western science. Let’s hear it for Grandmother’s remedies!

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