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Tea tree oil

Natural tea tree oil is an essential oil of the tea tree, melaleuca alternifolia, which is native to eastern Australia. Tea tree oil (TTO) is isolated by distilling the oil contained in the stems and leaves of the paperbark tree Melaleuca alternafolia. Tea tree oil has unique medicinal properties including antimicrobial and antifungal characteristics. Tea tree oil has been used as a broad spectrum topical antiseptic for more than 70 years. In recent times, the anecdotal evidence as to the antimicrobial efficacy of tea tree oils has been substantiated by scientific evidence. Tea tree is recognized for its ability to promote healing in a very broad range of bacterial, fungal and viral infections. Tea tree oil has been used for years to fight infections, both fungus and bacterial, and has been documented as an anti-infectious, anti-fungus, and antiseptic oil. It has been used in treatment of fungal infections, infected ulcers and sores, cold sores, rashes, genital herpes, genital pruitis, and low immune system conditions. Tea tree oil is particularly effective as a disinfectant in both the vapour and liquid states particularly in situations where rapid lipid solubility is a factor in biocidal mechanisms.

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