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| Tea Tree Oil Research Report
Researched and Written by Brenda Templin
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| Introduction to Tea Tree Oil and Milestones of Scientific Evidence |
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Here's a good, brief introduction by medical journalist, Dr. Christine Horner, MD entitled Tea Tree Oil: Nature's Natural Antiseptic. This article, Australian Tea Tree Oil, which appeared in The International Journal of Aromatherapy, is a good introduction to melaleuca oil. (This review is based on text from Aromatherapy for Everyone by Robert Tisserand, which is published in the UK.) |
| Tea Tree Oil as an Acne Treatment, Shampoo, Antiseptic, Antibacterial, and Fungicide |
| In the article The Benefits of Tea Tree, an excerpt from Australian Tea Tree Oil Guide, Cynthia Olson lists some specific applications for using melaleuca oil to alleviate a variety of conditions.
In the Positive Health article, Tea Trees and Their Therapeutic Properties, Linus Pauling Institute of Science and Medicine Research Associate Anitra C. Carr, Ph.D. report that tea tree oil is active against all three categories of infectious organisms: bacteria, viruses and fungi. |
| A Variety of Specific Conditions Respond Well to Oil of Tea Tree |
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Various Applications for tea tree oil: Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D. recommends using tea tree oil in the Home Health article Tea Tree Oil. Also, here is his fact sheet on Tea Tree Oil. Suture Wounds: Tea Tree Oil For Suture Wounds article. (This article was reprinted from Midwifery Today E-News Vol 1 Issue 44, Oct 29, 1999. Midwifery Today has produced and published several books, offers numerous educational aids, and presents domestic and international annual conferences. Their goal is to actively promote midwifery everywhere in the world.) |
| Related Medical Journal Abstracts and Scientific Studies |
| Ongoing research by the Department of Microbiology at The University of Western Australia Since the early 1990s, research on the medicinal properties of the essential oil of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree oil) has been conducted by a group of scientists in the Department of Microbiology at The University of Western Australia. The primary aim of the group is to investigate and characterize the medicinal properties of tea tree oil, in particular the antimicrobial properties. So far the group has shown that melaleuca oil has broad-spectrum in vitro antibacterial, antifungal and antiviral activity. While the in vitro work is continuing, in vivo studies have commenced. These studies are critical if melaleuca oil is to be accepted as a topical antimicrobial agent.
Tea tree oil in the treatment of tinea pedis. Tinea Pedis is the clinical term for athlete's foot. A comparative study of tea-tree oil versus benzoylperoxide in the treatment of acne Antimicrobial effects of tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) on oral microorganisms Percutaneous treatment of chronic MRSA osteomyelitis with a novel plant-derived antiseptic Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree) oil inhibits germ tube formation by Candida albicans The mode of antimicrobial action of the essential oil of Melaleuca alternifolia (tea tree oil) Time-kill studies of tea tree oils on clinical isolates Tea tree oil appears to stimulate the immune system, as shown in this abstract: |
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