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Essential oils have been found to kill the deadly MRSA bacteria

 

Posted By: News-Medical <editor in Medical

Research News

Published: Tuesday, 21-Dec-2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

Essential oils usually used in aromatherapy have been found to kill the

deadly MRSA bacteria according to research carried out at The University

<http://www.manchester.ac.uk/> of Manchester.

 

 

Tests revealed that three essential oils killed MRSA and E. coli as well

as many other bacteria and fungi within just two minutes of contact. The

oils can easily be blended and made into soaps and shampoos which could

be used by hospital staff, doctors and patients in a bid to eradicate

the spread of these deadly `super bugs'.

 

Researchers are now desperately looking for funding to develop their

work and carry out a clinical trial. Peter Warn from the University's

Faculty of Medicine who worked on the research said: 'We believe that

our discovery could revolutionise the fight to combat MRSA and other

`super bugs', but we need to carry out a trial and to do that we need a

small amount of funding ' around £30,000.

 

'We are having problems finding this funding because essential oils

cannot be patented as they are naturally occurring, so few drug

companies are interested in our work as they do not see it as

commercially viable. Obviously, we find this very frustrating as we

believe our findings could help to stamp out MRSA and save lives,' added

Peter, who is based at Hope Hospital.

 

Essential oils are chemical compounds found within aromatic plants,

which the plants use to fight off infections. Researchers tested 40

essential oils against ten of the most deadly bacteria and fungi. Two of

these oils killed MRSA and E. coli almost instantly, while a third was

shown to act over a longer period of time, meaning that any soaps or

shampoos made by blending these three oils would be effective over a

period of time.

 

Jacqui Stringer who is Clinical Lead of Complementary Therapies at the

Christie Hospital instigated the research and said: 'The use of plants

in medicine is nothing new but some people regard the use of essential

oils as unconventional. Our research shows a very practical application

which could be of enormous benefit to the NHS and its patients.

 

'The reason essential oils are so effective is because they are made up

of a complex mixture of chemical compounds which the MRSA and other

super bug bacteria finds difficult to resist. The problem with current

treatments is that they are made of single compounds which MRSA

relatively quickly becomes resistant to, so treatment is only successful

in around 50% of cases.

 

'While a wide range of products currently exist to help prevent the

spread of MRSA these are often unpleasant for patients as their

application can cause skin irritation. MRSA is often carried inside the

nose which means that patients often have to insert treatments up their

nostrils, whereas these essential oils can simply be inhaled to prevent

the patient being at risk,' added Jacqui.

 

Jacqui works with leukaemia patients at the Christie Hospital using

essential oils to help in their treatment. Patients receiving treatment

for cancer and leukaemia are often left with weakened immune systems

which makes them vulnerable to infection from MRSA.

 

The National Audit Office estimates that infections such as MRSA kill

5,000 people each year and hospital-acquired infections cost the NHS

around £1 billion a year.

 

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G'day Chris and all.

 

 

 

You wrote on 4 February 2005 4:22

 

 

 

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Lots of EO will give MRSA a real fright - but as the Manchester researchers

(and a number of others who shall remain nameless!) have found, funds for

further research are hard to come by when those putting up the money can't

get patents (or some other means) to recover their investment. Sad but true

- and even more sad when the numbers of infections and deaths in hospitals

continues to increase. A web search on iatragenic and nosoconial will give

you a plethora of figures that will shock. Or talk to workers in the

hospital or retirement home industries. A subject close to us, and a battle

we continue.

 

Dennis Archer

http://www.toona.com.au