Posted on 03/30/2015 2:58:04 PM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
A thousand-year-old medieval remedy for eye infections which was discovered in a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill the superbug MRSA.
Anglo-Saxon expert Dr Christina Lee, from the School of English, at Nottingham University, recreated the 10th century potion to see if it really worked as an antibacterial remedy.
The 'eyesalve' recipe calls for two species of Allium (garlic and onion or leek), wine and oxgall (bile from a cow’s stomach).
It describes a very specific method of making the topical solution including the use of a brass vessel to brew it, a strainer to purify it and an instruction to leave the mixture for nine days before use.
None of the experts really expected the concoction to work. But when it was tested, microbiologists were amazed to find that not only did the salve clear up styes, but it also tackled the deadly superbug MRSA, which is resistant to many antibiotics.
“We were genuinely astonished at the results of our experiments in the lab,” said Dr Lee.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
There are anglo-saxon cows??
Garlic apparently also has some antibiotic properties.
“I have the garlic thing down - garlic stuffed olives and vodka martini’s .”
So do I,.....I use garlic in and on everything!!
I have no problem with vampires .. or is that zombies. I get confused. Easy rule of thumb is to put your olives in a glass and just add enough vodka to cover them. I usually start at twelve.
I think it has to do with the sulfur compounds in Garlic and heating may or may not break them down. I heard once that swallowing garlic cloves like vitamin pills was the best way to get it into your system.
I wouldn't suggest it
In 2007 I was told that without heart surgery, I had 6 months to live. Three days later I went into surgery.
I suffered a stroke during surgery and contracted MRSA. Instead of the 6-8 days of hospital stay, I fought for my life for 2 months. The MRSA required 3 additional surgeries.... and minute by minute pain.
I became addicted to Morphine and oxys. Once home, I was bedridden for over a year.
I beat MRSA, most of the stroke damage is gone, my heart is not good, but it is much better than before surgery.
While I won the fight with MRSA, I would have sucked bile from a cows butt if I had thought it would have saved me all of that pain and suffering. ;>)
Now, what animal bile must I drink to stop my prostate cancer??
That’s right. Of course so does Nile crocodile dung.
Yup, sounds like the brass was very important.
Very interesting!
I read about garlic juice stopping the spread of superbug infection some time ago.
Ping.... possibly of interest
April Fool
It probably kills the patient to try it. So, in time, the virus dies too.
Please tell me you don’t add garlic to jello and ice cream.
“A thousand-year-old medieval remedy for eye infections which was discovered in a manuscript in the British Library has been found to kill the superbug MRSA.”
UNREAL. I worked with someone killed by a Staff Infection (he was in his 30s). He was just having a minor surgery...but never made it back to work. Horrible.
In many areas, DESPITE the TRILLIONS of dollars, the medical profession is simply in the STONE AGE. Given that they have admitted it, over and over (think eggs, butter, etc.), then maybe they should STOP BEING SO ARROGANT and actually look at what is out there, as in this case.
It’s a 1000 years ago - but perhaps ‘someone’ or ‘something’ gave them a hint. Whatever. The BOTTOM LINE is that they documented something that worked and they DID NOT attend John Hopkins back then...but they NAILED IT (apparently).
So how about they ADMIT that they are CLUELESS and seriously look at EVERYTHING that was claimed from the past (including from primitive African and Amazon tribes)...because they otherwise have NO CLUE as to how to deal with these voracious microbes.
I hate to break this to you but MRSA is not viral. It stands for Methicillin resistant Staph aureus which is a bacteria.
You don’t know whether it is vampires or zombies that is bothering you?
;)
Because 0prah wasn't available?
“Now, what animal bile must I drink to stop my prostate cancer??”
Lots of natural stuff for that. Saw Palmetto, Zinc, Pomegranite, Selenium...
What’s not to like?
Garlic is loaded with antibacterial agents.
The compounds in wine responsible for antibacterial activities are succinic, malic, lactic, tartaric, citric, and acetic acid.
And bile from a cow’s stomach strongly inhibits gram positive bacteria.
Between the three it is very likely that they would suppress the vast majority of external eye infections.
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