tea tree oil, internally

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My research has found only one site that promotes the use of tea tree oil (tto) internally to combat Candida. Common sense dictates that if caution is used there should be no reason why one could not do so since the Aborigines did chew the leaves and made tea with the leaves. Granted, the natural whole leaf is not the same as a highly concentrated oil. This site instructs you to use only 1 drop of tto in juice or water, once a day for one week, then increase by one drop per week till you reach 5 drops. The problem is oil and water don't mix and the tto tastes awful. I was thinking of placing the single drop into an empty gelatin capsules along with a few drops of olive oil and then down the hatch with a full glass of juice or water. Anyone see any problem with doing this? Barb

 

p.s. check out the site here (scroll down to "Candida):

http://www.theherbsplace.com/teatreeuses.html