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 ...
Just eat lots of garlic and you will feel better
olive oil too
Thanks, I am always looking nowadays.
My PSA about a week ago is at 36. It was 37 for months ago. I am still learning about this disease and it makes me nervous.
Although it’s expensive, I love Pomegranate. ;>)
The candirú.
You’ll forget all about your prostate...
I may have it now. Waiting on culture results. Do I pour garlic juice on it or what?
We have given up all store bought salves for back and muscle pain and use a peppermint essential oil with a lavender essential oil. First you rub on the peppermint and then layer the lavender oil over it. It works better than Icy Hot or Stop Pain.
At first I thought this was about cow bell, not bile.
Well, two out of three of those items I like.
Guess which Two? :-)
MRSA is bacterial not viral...
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methicillin-resistant_Staphylococcus_aureus
Here are articles about some more recent efforts of medical science to deal with MRSA. Use of the words “May” and “in mice” noted.
“New compound overcomes drug-resistant Staph infection in mice”
http://news.illinois.edu/news/13/0107UPPS_inhibitor_EricOldfield.html
“New approach may render disease-causing staph harmless”
http://news.illinois.edu/news/08/0214oldfield.html
Never tried it but they do offer garlic ice cream at garlic festivals.
Haven’t been to a garlic festival either:)
“you should never pee in the Amazon River lest a certain fish swim upstream into your penis and lock its fins in place in your urethra.”
I had to look it up. You’re right!!! I would forget about ANYTHING and EVERYTHING!! LOL
Have you checked out POM Wonderful brand pomegranate juice?
Don’t forget the brass container. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, both of which have antimicrobial properties. All those acids, brewing in a brass container for several days, would mean a significant amount of metal leached into the brew.
Thanks for the ping!
I have all that stuff in my kitchen.
Where did you get the cow bile?
Those things are all great for prostate enlargement but they won’t do a thing for cancer, sorry to say.
Wow have you been through the wringer. Best of health to you!
Cow bell is if you have a fever.
It’s included in some digestive enzyme formulas.
I was just kidding.
Mostly.
:)
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