1,000-year-old onion and garlic eye remedy kills MRSA

BBC News ^ | March 30,2015 | Tom Feilden

[Hojczyk]

The leechbook is one of the earliest examples of what might loosely be called a medical textbook

It seems Anglo-Saxon physicians may actually have practised something pretty close to the modern scientific method, with its emphasis on observation and experimentation.

Bald's Leechbook could hold some important lessons for our modern day battle with anti-microbial resistance. line break

n each case, they tested the individual ingredients against the bacteria, as well as the remedy and a control solution.

They found the remedy killed up to 90% of MRSA bacteria and believe it is the effect of the recipe rather than one single ingredient.

Dr Freya Harrison said the team thought the eye salve might show a "small amount of antibiotic activity".

"But we were absolutely blown away by just how effective the combination of ingredients was," she said.

Dr Lee said there are many similar medieval books with treatments for what appear to be bacterial infections.

She said this could suggest people were carrying out detailed scientific studies centuries before bacteria were discovered.

The team's findings will be presented at the Annual Conference of the Society for General Microbiology, in Birmingham.

[Jewbacca]

Just in time, it appears.

[needmorePaine]

1,000-year-old onion and garlic eye remedy kills MRSA

And helps make a great tomato sauce.

[prisoner6]

It might work but where do you get a 1,000 year old onion?

[bert]

Here's one of the ingredients if you want to roll your own. ( I posted this to the wrong thread yesterday )

[knarf]

Many years ago I came across the statement that the medicinal property of the leek family was anti-biotic

I don't know where I got that, but I remember it

To this day, I eat a lot of raw onion in salads, sandwiches, and of course I cook with a lot of onions

I don't know if the anti-biotic thing is real or not, but I get sick about once every five years or so and THAT has been going on since my 20's .. well over 40 years

[PUGACHEV]

The eye of a garlic clove, if the green shoot is meant by “eye”, will make you sick.

[JRios1968]

Where the heck do you find 1000 year old onions?

[driftless2]

"where do you get....1000 year old onion"

I've got a few in my pantry. I'd be glad to ship them to you for a measly ....oh... 5.....uh....50.....uh.....5000 dollars...yeah 5000 for each one. Minimum order of ten...packaging and shipping charge not included. Yeah, 5000 clams per onion...that's the ticket. You send me the money, and I'll send you the onions. I promise...no, really....trust me. Just give me your credit card info and...

[The_Reader_David]

No, not with the other ingredients — the wine would go well in your tomato sauce, but oxgall (bile from an ox or cow) not so much.

[KarlInOhio]

They found the remedy killed up to 90% of MRSA bacteria

Leaving the other 10% to multiply as a new onion-resistant super bacteria.

[needmorePaine]

No, not with the other ingredients — the wine would go well in your tomato sauce, but oxgall (bile from an ox or cow) not so much.

Italians will eat the oxgall. Fix it up nice, just like mama used to make.

[exPBRrat]

‘They found the remedy killed up to 90% of MRSA bacteria’

“”Leaving the other 10% to multiply as a new onion-resistant super bacteria.””

I was thinking the same thing...after all tptb tell us to take all the antibiotics so a resistant strain doesn’t emerge.

[The Great RJ]

How many years would it take to get this recipe approved by the FDA for human use?

[old gringo]

i raise garlic and eat the greens all the time very good with beer.never got sick.

[Suz in AZ]

Forget the onions and ox bile.

Lactoferrin, lactoferrin, lactoferrin

Do a search for MRSA + lactoferrin

Can’t find it right now but there is a case study of a woman with MRSA who didn’t respond to antibiotics and was treated with 50mg lactoferrin a day and was clear of it in three weeks.

[mjp]

Do a search for MRSA + lactoferrin

interesting

Comparable efficacies of the antimicrobial peptide human lactoferrin 1-11 and gentamicin in a chronic methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus osteomyelitis model.

Synergistic antibacterial efficacies of the combination of bovine lactoferrin or its hydrolysate with probiotic secretion in curbing the growth of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus.

Utilization of lactoferrin to fight antibiotic-resistant mammary gland pathogens.

[grumpygresh]

Well, you don’t need to take it by the oral route. I know many would never consider it, but the rectal route for garlic will give you better absorption (via hemorroidal veins) because it not be destroyed via stomach acids and you can avoid first pass liver metabolism.

Garlic can reduce BP, reduce HDL cholesterol as well as anti-microbial effects.

[A Formerly Proud Canadian]

You live in Nigeria, I take it.

[minnesota_bound]

I think the wine is there as clean water was unavailable.
The person who thought of adding a cows stomach must have moved to Scotland and become a chef.