Re: BBC News: Aromatherapy oils 'kill superbug'

[Guest guest]

> One wonders if the " secret oils " used could be Thyme and Oregano.

> I was in the first Purdue essential oils class and my project for completion

> was to test 20 essential oils in a zone of inhibition study. The bacterial

> strains were B. subtilis and E coli. The two oils that definitely inhibited

> the E.coli were Thymus vulgaris, Spain and Oregano Thymus capitus, Spain.

The key is -cidal or -static. -cidal, maybe if neat for a long period.... AND

what is the source of the oils?

Was the researcher on site for the oil distillation/extraction (eg: no

stabilizers added by the supplier? Any tampering along the way?). Did they use

multiple sources of oil (vendors)? We need to see the test protocol, and source

of oil.

IMHO, my experience leads me to think that the oils are not -cidal, if so, there

may have been a preservative added to the oils.

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