Tea Tree Oil is a Medicine Cabinet Staple
Tea tree oil comes from the Tea Tree, and can be purchased at your local health food store. The leaves are boiled and then squeezed to obtain the oil. The Tea Tree is a fast grower so this magical oil is easily obtained.
The Tea Tree is not the same as the Tea Plant, which makes black tea and green tea; nor is Tea Tree Oil is to be ingested. It is a medicine cabinet staple to be used as a topical substance only.
Tea tree oil has several properties, none of which damage human tissue.
Anti-viral: Fights infectious disease
Antimicrobial: Low risk of skin irritation
Antiseptic: Fights bacteria in cuts, scrapes, and infections, dissolves pus
Anti-inflammatory: Penetrates deep tissue
Repairs skin: Stimulates the skin to build scar tissue
Anti-fungal: Kills fungal diseases
The Tea Tree was introduced to the Europeans by the people of the aborigines. They used these crushed leaves along with mud packs to fight infection. The leaves of the Tea Tree also created what is known as the magical healing waters in the local bodies of water. Fast forward to WW II. Foot fungus ran rampant until an Aboriginal medic put the pure oil on the soldier's feet. It cured them within days! In fact, it was so effective, that the soldiers eventually carried the oil in their first aid kits for all kinds of first aid uses.
Uses for tea tree oil:
Laundry: Add a few drops to help deodorize clothes while washing.
Cleaning: Add to cleaning solution to repel insects in the home.
Infections: Helps with pulmonary infections when the aroma is inhaled, cuts, scrapes, clods and flu.
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