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Health See other Health Articles Title: Lavender Is Effective Against Drug Resistant Staph Infection Lavender Is Effective Against Drug Resistant Staph Infection Posted on: Friday, February 1st 2013 at 5:00 am Written By: Heidi Stevenson Lavender has long been a favorite plant for use in essential oils and for its lovely scent in sachets. Those are useful and pleasant effects, but hidden inside this unassuming and easy-to-grow plant are abilities that modern medicine can't provide. Among other benefits, lavender can counteract drug resistant staph infections (MRSA) and fungal infections. And that's not the end of lavender's health benefits. It's one of nature's great gifts, providing all of the following benefits: Treatment for Drug-resistant Infections The most common preparation from lavender is as an essential oil from the species Lavandula angustifolia, commonly known as English or common lavender. There are 39 species and most have similar applications. However, because it's most commonly used and studied, this article refers specifically to L. angustifolia, unless stated otherwise. The oil is used both for its scent and as a topical application. There have been claims that the oil is allergenic to some people when applied to the skin. However, many of those instances appear to be focused primarily on incidents of a single chemical that can be isolated from lavender, rather than from the oil itself. Single chemicals isolated from plants can prove to be dangerous when their symbiotic effects in coordination with the whole plant material are safe. Linalool and linalyl acetate have been isolated and called the active ingredients. However, the effects noted here are associated with lavender oil, not chemicals isolated from it. Drug Resistant Infections MRSA, methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, is becoming commonplace. It originated in hospitals as a result of overuse and misuse of antibiotics and has become symbolic of out-of-control mainstream medicine. The disease created by antiobiotics used for treatment of staph infections is often far worse than the original. A large number of studies have demonstrated lavender oil's ability to treat both staph infections and MRSA. Most commonly, L. angustifolia has been used. However, at least one study looks at three other varieties, L. latifolia, L. stoechas, and L. luisieri. It found them all effective, but also noted that combinations of different varieties appeared to provide even better curative ability. Most exciting, though, is that lavender oil has been found 100% effective in lab testing to treat some infections, including MRSA. That means it could be used to treat staph infections that drugs can't touch. That, of course, begs the question of why hospitals let people suffer and die, rather than trying natural products proven to be effective, such as lavender oil and manuka oil. Though the range of bacteria that succomb to lavender oil is not known, many do. If you wish to try it, first be sure that you aren't allergic to it by applying a bit of oil on normal skin. If you don't have a bad reaction—and very few people do—then simply apply the oil to the infected area. Poster Comment: I told doctor about Lavender essential oil. He said it will not work. But he is only trained in allopathic medicine and in prescribing pharma drugs and doing other procedures. He cares not about natural cures and will not look into them since he thinks the do not work. Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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