Garlic beats MRSA

[kay9_medic]

The ingredient which gives garlic its distinctive smell is the latest weapon in the battle to beat the hospital "superbug" MRSA.

University of East London researchers found allicin treated even the most antibiotic-resistant strains of the infection.

MRSA (Methecillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) causes an estimated 2,000 deaths in UK hospitals each year.

Researchers are now testing allicin products in a six-month study.

Dr Ron Cutler and his team discovered the effectiveness of allicin in laboratory tests five years ago.

They found it can cure MRSA within weeks.

It is even effective against the newer strains which cannot be treated by the "last line of defence" antibiotics Vancomycin and Glycopeptides.

BBC News Health Watch (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/3344325.stm)

Note to self - add another raised bed for garlic.

Just a quick reminder... unless it's labeled otherwise most 'store' bought garlic is from China... If you thought lead painted toys were bad, you should see the sh*t they spray on garlic.

[kay9_medic]

Common herb thyme 'could stop spread of MRSA' (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1273868/Cooking-herb-Thyme-stop-spread-MRSA.html)

Scientists have found that the common cooking herb, thyme, could be a miracle cure for the deadly MRSA bug. Researchers at the University of Brighton, East Sussex, discovered that oils extracted from the plant can kill the bug - linked to at least 8,000 deaths each year - within two hours.

Sage advice. I did not see this cumin but it makes sense, thyme heals all wounds. The trick is to catch the infection before it reaches the basil level of the skin. They'll make a mint on this now that it is scientifically proven that thyme is on your side (yes it is). Thyme may go by so slowly, but it can also do so much.

[Vega]

I love my herbs and this is just another reason to put more herbs on my food and in my cooking. When I was reading this, I thought of hospitals smelling like garlic now. Although it would cover up the smell of the antibiotic cleansers they use. Not only would you scare away MRSA from the hospital, you'd probably scare away the patients too.