Scientifically
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With a long history of traditional use, Medicinal Spice Oils have proven themselves time and again as safe yet potent healers and preventers of disease. Modern science has verified these traditional uses. See articles and research below on the following:

Alzheimer's Disease
Antibiotic Resistant Infection
Asthma
Bacterial Infection
Bacterial Infection 2
Cancer
Cancer 2
Candida
Childhood Infections
Common Cold
Drug-Resistant
Bacteria
E. Coli
Free Radicals
Free Radicals 2
Fungal Infections
Heart Attack
Malaria
Poor Memory
Poor Memory 2
Prostate Cancer
Stroke
Ulcers
Fungus, Yeast,
Parasites, Bacteria

Oil of oregano fights bacterial infections

American College of Nutrition, October, 2001

findings of two studies presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Nutrition held this month in Orlando, Florida, revealed that oil of oregano is as effective as pharmaceutical antibiotics at killing bacteria. The news comes at a welcome time due to the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria attributed to overprescribing of these drugs.

Research led by Harry G. Preuss, MD, MACN, CNS, professor of physiology and biophysics at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington DC, tested the effects of the herb on the common bacteria staphylococcus, which is becoming more drug-resistant, and is the culprit in many infections. In one in vitro study, oregano oil was compared to the drugs streptomycin, vancomycin and penicillin, and was found to inhibit staphylococcus growth as effectively as the pharmaceutical antibiotics. A second study involved eighteen staphylococcus-infected mice, of whom six received oil of oregano and six received a substance known as carvacrol, believed to be oregano oil's active ingredient against bacteria. The carvacrol used in the study was derived from olive oil, not oregano oil. The remaining six mice received olive oil. After thirty days, half of the mice receiving oregano oil were alive, but none of the carvacrol treated mice lived longer than twenty-one days. The mice in the group receiving olive oil did not survive beyond three days. The study was repeated with the same results, which demonstrates that other ingredients in oil of oregano are responsible for its antibiotic effect.

Dr Preuss stated, "While this investigation was performed only in test tubes and on a small number of mice, the preliminary results are promising and warrant further study. The ability of oils from various spices to kill infectious organisms has been recognized since antiquity. Natural oils may turn out to be valuable adjuvants or even replacements for many antigermicidals under a variety of conditions."