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More on Tea Tree From Herbanite Laura C.

Herbanite — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 15:15:55 +0000

I am a tried and true user of tea tree oil for many things.
I work with young children, 2 drops go in my laundry with each wash to cut down
on illness. a few drops in my kitchen spry bottle keeps things down too.
I’ve used it for years with great results.
Thanks for sharing.What is the
date again for the herb fest please?
(Dates are April 16 – 25 for 2010).

Bacterial Colonization Supports Treating Systemic Infections With Tea Tree and C- Range Ultraviolet Energy

Herbanite — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:07:33 +0000

Tea Tree Oil has been used for acne treatments as well as ultraviolet – C- range light to eradicate systemic infections. Arguments have been made that since acne vulgaris was from a bacterial source, below the surface of the skin, that a topical anti-bacterial, such as Tea Tree could not kill the bacteria since it did not touch the bacteria. The same arguments made are typical of similar arguments originally made about C-range ultraviolet energy being incapable of destroying pathogens of a systemically infected patient.

What is overlooked in that simplification is that all bacteria tends to colonize, ie.forms “pockets” or comes together as a group. This is most common where we use ultraviolet energy, C- range, on bedsores (decubitus ulcers), and the patient has a systemic infection versus a local infection. Systemic simply meaning the bacteria is within the patient’s body and not centralized in the bed sore itself.

With ultraviolet one simply shines the light into the wound bed killing all known pathogens. One would then culture the wound and find there were no detectable traces of bacteria after the treatment. That area just “zapped” is also a great place for bacteria to re-colonize, as there is little competition for the bacteria to live and replicate, so several hours later the bacteria has left the safety of being “under the skin” and emerges into the treated area. It literally is attracted from inside the body, to the bed sore, and exposes so we can use ultraviolet energy to kill it.

Over the course of several treatments the bacterial load is reduced, the immune system takes over, and overwhelms the remaining bacteria and the wound now heals. It’s this migratory process of bacteria that makes systemic infections treatable by ultraviolet light. One literally entices the bacteria to do what it does naturally, which is colonize. The process of colonization is not unique to bacteria treated by c-range ( 254 nanometer) ultraviolet light but is the natural order of things with all bacteria. Tea Tree oil is simply another treatment option which can take advantage of the natural order of bacteria to colonize.

It is highly likely that when Tea Tree Oil is used it immediately kills the surface bacteria and upon killing, the bacteria under the skin’s surface, migrates to the surface. Each subsequent treatment with the Tea Tree oil reduces the bacterial load until the bacteria has been destroyed and acne is no longer a problem.

The issue is not the efficacy of the treatment but an understanding of how treatments by numerous agents can be successfully applied due to bacterial colonization.

Natural Safe Tea Tree Oil For Acne

Herbanite — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:44:06 +0000

Just finished submitting an article for publication about using Tea Tree Oil rather than the prescription drug, Accutane, for treating acne. I posted the article on our web site if you want to read it or paste this url to your browser: http://bit.ly/TeaTree4Acne .

This is a continuum ( that is a word isn’t it???) of how Tea Tree is actually used to treat acne.

What made us realize it’s benefits were the multiple Moms who came to our herb shop, Cameron Park Botanicals, with the problem of the cost and adverse reactions they were seeing in their kids as they tried to treat acne. Many of these Moms did not feel comfortable after looking at the potential short and long term use of the drug. At this time Tea Tree Oil was being widely used in topical antiseptics and it was thought acne was caused by bacteria so maybe it could help.

Many of these Moms were spending up to $350 per month on the prescriptions and were seeing bad reactions to the medicine both physically and emotionally and were going to change. We had seen several articles about Tea Tree for acne and sold the oil itself.

What amazed me was not the first time the oil was used but more importantly the Moms came back for couple of months following and continued to re-order the Tea Tree oil, however it was rare for any to have to use for greater than 3 months. We were later told the acne was no longer a problem and therefore no further treatment was necessary. Of course as always this is not intended as medical advice and make sure you visit your physician before beginning a treatment on a disease you suspect when in actuality it may not be what is assumed.

Here’s how we instructed them to use the oil.

First take a cotton ball and place a small amount of tea tree on it. Rub it on a sensitive area of the body, generally on the underside of the forearm and wait for couple hours to see if any type skin sensitivity.

Second was take a slightly damp wash cloth and sprinkle the tea tree oil on it and wipe over the face after having washed the face. Do not wipe over or into the eyes.

Do this about 3x weekly until the acne disappears.

We had excellent results for the kids and also it was great to see the child’s confidence return as their appearance improved.

Later there was a “study” done that said the bacteria responsible for acne were under the skin therefore this treatment would not work. That does not seem accurate due to the “colonization” aspects of all bacteria due to what is referred to as bacterial colonization.

You might want to look at this video we did on our medical site about how the non cancerous ultraviolet rays actually kill all forms of bacterial known to humans and can do so whether it directly hits them or not. This is due to colonization. As a teaser let me state very clearly that there is “no known bacteria, mold, virus or spore ever in our history that can withstand the lethal effects of ultraviolet-C range rays” which also translates into ultraviolet, unlike drugs, does not allow any mutation or creation of a “supergerm”.

Herbanite Bob