ladysailor > wrote in
:

> On Nov 19, 7:14 pm, Peter Lucas > wrote:
>
>> Grab a large bottle of Tea Tree Oil from Woolworths. It'll cost you
>> about $4-5 for a 100ml bottle.
>>
>> It's great for any rashes, cuts etc.
>>
>> Stings like all buggery, but kills any infection.
>>
>> A good 1st line of defence.
>
> You know Peter, when I arrived in Sydney to see to my husband he was
> in a ward with three other people. The gentleman in the bed next to
> Mike talked up the Tea Tree Oil and in fact his wife bought us some.
>
> We had never heard of it and quite frankly, I’m a little scared to use
> it. Maybe it’s the large lettering molded into the side of the bottle
> that say POISON!


It's only poison if you *drink* it :-)


>
> Does it work for mosquito bites?
>


Yep, it works for just about everything.

Crutch rash, toe jam, mozzie bites, hives, midgie bites..... cuts and
scrapes (be prepared for the antiseptic *burn*!!), pimples, boils.. it
can even be added to vaporisers for nasal and chest congestion.

In one hospital I was at (and it only *ever* happened in that
hospital!!) after an op I would suddenly break out in a rash on the top
of my foot (under the cast) and a *severe* rash in my crotch.

The first two times they gave me their synthetic pharmacy crap which
took 3 weeks to work..... meanwhile I was going crazy with the itching.

The 3rd time, the SO started applying Tea Tree Oil straight after the op
and it took about 3 days.

The 4th time, we started to apply the oil days *before* I even went in
for the op, and I had nothing afterwards.

Never did figger out why that hospital used to give me that particular
outbreak. Maybe one of the drug cocktails they used..........

But anyways, that sold me on TTOil.

We take a bottle and cotton buds with us whenever we travel.....
especially o/s.

--
Peter Lucas
Brisbane
Australia

"People are more violently opposed to fur than leather because it is
safer to harrass rich women than motorcycle gangs."