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1,000-year-old onion and garlic eye remedy kills MRSA
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-32117815Scientists recreated a 9th Century Anglo-Saxon remedy using onion, garlic and part of a cow's stomach.
They were "astonished" to find it almost completely wiped out methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA.
Their findings will be presented at a national microbiology conference.
The remedy was found in Bald's Leechbook - an old English manuscript containing instructions on various treatments held in the British Library.
They were "astonished" to find it almost completely wiped out methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, otherwise known as MRSA.
Their findings will be presented at a national microbiology conference.
The remedy was found in Bald's Leechbook - an old English manuscript containing instructions on various treatments held in the British Library.
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Use for mrsa won't effect the price of menudo...
[FONT SIZE=3]How Honey Curbs the MRSA Superbug[/FONT]
Ker Than
for National Geographic News
September 8, 2009
A dark, bitter kind of honey can cripple infection-causing bacteria, including the highly virulent strain known as MRSA, and now researchers think they know how the honey fights the superbug.
Manuka honey is made when honeybees primarily consume the nectar of the manuka bush, a flowering plant native to Australia and New Zealand. Researchers already knew that manuka honey has antibacterial properties, but why and how it works has been a mystery.
"Manuka honey has an extra [unidentified] component that isn't found in other honey, which gives it an extra kick," said study team member Rowena Jenkins of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090908-mrsa-staph-manuka-honey.html
Ker Than
for National Geographic News
September 8, 2009
A dark, bitter kind of honey can cripple infection-causing bacteria, including the highly virulent strain known as MRSA, and now researchers think they know how the honey fights the superbug.
Manuka honey is made when honeybees primarily consume the nectar of the manuka bush, a flowering plant native to Australia and New Zealand. Researchers already knew that manuka honey has antibacterial properties, but why and how it works has been a mystery.
"Manuka honey has an extra [unidentified] component that isn't found in other honey, which gives it an extra kick," said study team member Rowena Jenkins of the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/09/090908-mrsa-staph-manuka-honey.html
Here's the one I use for any kind of bacterial infections:
- Now you stop that!!! You're embarrassing your little brother.....
