thanks for the details, below! On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 9:34 AM, mex sara <[email protected]> wrote:
> be very careful of Melaleuca alternifolia - narrow leafed paperbark or > tea tree oil ... only ever use it in solution ... 5% works for foot > fungus scabies and such like never use more than 1% for chest infections > ... here you can get a solution that has been specially mixed > with ethanol that will mix with water for washing floors etc ... it > generally wont mix as a pure oil unless the water is quite hot ... it is > so very strong a drop or two of pure oil will work > it breaks up into very fine droplets > for chest infections get a big basin ... fill it with steamy water ... > add a drop or two of tea tree oil > towel over the head breathe it in ... the oil is very fine and mixes in > the steam and will kill a lung infection but not much good for the flu ... > but be very careful > too much and it will make you throw up .... and not much more is too much ! > > it is much better if you can make it the traditional way which is to soak > the leaves in water for a week or so... make tea out of it but never drink > it of course rather than use the distilled oil > there are river pools and lakes that are surrounded by paperbark and the > water is this wonderful shiny light brown colour [ its called tea tree for > that reason] ... they are extraordinary to swim in ... as the oil in the > water makes it amazing to glide through ... the oil sort of coats you and > when get out > the water/oil just beads off you no need for a towel and takes any grime > or recently dead microbes with it ... your hair is all shiny and squeaky > clean > > and again check any products with tea tree oil in it shampoos etc if they > don't indicate the % strength or it is higher than 5% quite probably they > don't really have actual tea tree in it but chemically created "flavour" > or a created scent of tea tree > > never ingest it .... using too much in an aromatherapy burner thingy will > make you dizzy actually don't even be tempted to try that > > even the 5% or less solutions test on a little of skin first to find out > if you are too sensitive to it some people are > > I use it all the time for just about anything that need cleaning or > killing [ die mould die ] stopped throat infections and bronchitis in their > tracks .... > > Mugsy is right about the cats not so good for dogs either it vaporises > very easily and lands on their fur which as you know they lick all the > time and so they inquest it and well its for killing stuff > > all the above info is good for Eucalyptus oil as well except for the > swimming the eucalyptus > is much denser > the most interesting thing is that they exist to vaporise in the heat and > make sure the bushfires burn at a high enough temp to open the seed cases > .... they also keep the ground around the trees free of other plants > > > On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 10:37 PM, Mugsy Lunsford <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Aug 16, 2012, at 3:09 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> >> > >> > On Aug 16, 2012, at 11:38 AM, Mugsy Lunsford wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> On Aug 16, 2012, at 2:32 PM, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> > >> > Well, It's dense, the paper's title is "Triclosan impairs >> excitation–contraction coupling and Ca2+ dynamics in striated muscle". >> > >> > <http://dbdev2.pharmacy.arizona.edu/miscjunk/triclosan_impairsmuscle_activity.pdf> >> > >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> Recently started making my own cleaning products, after realizing that >> the fresh lemonade/limeade booth at the market throws away a 5 gallon >> bucket worth of rinds every week. Fill big glass jars with rinds, pour >> white vinegar in up to the brim, cover, shake, let sit 2 weeks, decant. >> High acid content, strong citrus scent, can be used diluted for almost >> anything. >> > >> > Substitute vodka for vinegar you also get a useful product. :-) >> >> That'll be my winter project :D >> >> >> >> >> If you wipe surfaces down with vinegar, and then lightly mist over >> that with hydrogen peroxide, it's a more effective anti-bacterial than >> chlorine, without the toxicity. >> > >> > Well, any bacteria that isn't killed by the mere presence of air is >> largely unaffected by hydrogen peroxide, absent long soaking it the stuff. >> H202 is an intracellular byproduct of aerobic metabolism. If aerobic >> organisms didn't have hydrogen peroxidase in their cells they'd dissolve >> from the inside out. It's why it foams up when you put it on cuts. >> > >> > H2O2 IS an effective bleaching agent, good on stains, but less >> antiseptic than usually thought. >> >> The argument I read was that the layered application of the two had a >> much greater effect than either singly or both mixed together. Since >> Teatree oil is also antibacterial, some folks put that in white vinegar, >> but it's fatal for cats, so I'm looking for other options. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "StrataList-OT" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "StrataList-OT" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/stratalist-ot?hl=en. > -- Time for you to man up and accept the results, and stop calling them stupid because things didn't go your way. oh please...i'm going to copy this ^ one sentence missive and insert it every time you wet your diaper and blather on about being chafed by your own urine. knowledge and wisdom come from knowing a ""republican conservative"" is an oxymoron. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "StrataList-OT" group. 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