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What is tea tree oil?
Tea tree oil is obtained by steam distillation of the leaves of Melaleuca alternifolia . Tea tree oil is purported to have antiseptic properties and has been used traditionally to prevent and treat infections. While numerous laboratory studies have demonstrated antimicrobial properties of tea tree oil (likely due to the compound terpinen-4-ol), only a small number of high-quality trials have been published. Human studies have focused on the use of topical tea tree oil for fungal infections (including fungal infections of the nails and athlete's foot), acne, and vaginal infections. However, there is a lack of definitive available evidence for the use of tea tree oil in any of these conditions, and further study is warranted.
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Also known as tto, melaleuca oil, Melaleuca alternifolia Oil, oleum melaleucae
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Tea Tree Oil
Tea Tree Oil is an herbal medicine used to treat fungal infections, such as athletes foot and toenail fungus. It is also used to treat acne.
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Boils and carbuncles
Tea tree oil, which is extracted from the leaves of the Australian tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia), has been used for centuries as an antiseptic, antibiotic and antifungal agent. It may help relieve discomfort and speed healing.
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Tea
Tea is a drink used to prevent cancer and heart disease. It may also be used to treat type 2 diabetes, tooth cavities, and high cholesterol (ko-LES-ter-all). Tea will be called "medicine" in other parts of this leaflet.
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Budwood
Dogwood is a native American, our most showy deciduous tree, growing to 30 feet high, the bark is brown and rough, the leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, and darker green above than beneath. Latex threads appear at veins when leaves are split apart. The flowers are small and greenish-yellow but are obscured by the large, white or pink bracts so that the whole looks like a large white or pink flower. Flowers are in clusters, April-May. The fruit is a glossy, dry, scarlet berry two celled and two seeds, is inedible and very bitter, October-November. Other varieties: Chinese dogwood (Cornus machrophylla), Chinese name Sung-yang, in Japan this tree is Celtis muku or Ehretia serrata, Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erythrina) used medicinally for panic attacks and excessive stress, and Osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) used by the Native Americans, the inner bark has properties of quinine used as tea internally.
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Dogtree
Dogwood is a native American, our most showy deciduous tree, growing to 30 feet high, the bark is brown and rough, the leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, and darker green above than beneath. Latex threads appear at veins when leaves are split apart. The flowers are small and greenish-yellow but are obscured by the large, white or pink bracts so that the whole looks like a large white or pink flower. Flowers are in clusters, April-May. The fruit is a glossy, dry, scarlet berry two celled and two seeds, is inedible and very bitter, October-November. Other varieties: Chinese dogwood (Cornus machrophylla), Chinese name Sung-yang, in Japan this tree is Celtis muku or Ehretia serrata, Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erythrina) used medicinally for panic attacks and excessive stress, and Osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) used by the Native Americans, the inner bark has properties of quinine used as tea internally.
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Dogwood
Dogwood is a native American, our most showy deciduous tree, growing to 30 feet high, the bark is brown and rough, the leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, and darker green above than beneath. Latex threads appear at veins when leaves are split apart. The flowers are small and greenish-yellow but are obscured by the large, white or pink bracts so that the whole looks like a large white or pink flower. Flowers are in clusters, April-May. The fruit is a glossy, dry, scarlet berry two celled and two seeds, is inedible and very bitter, October-November. Other varieties: Chinese dogwood (Cornus machrophylla), Chinese name Sung-yang, in Japan this tree is Celtis muku or Ehretia serrata, Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erythrina) used medicinally for panic attacks and excessive stress, and Osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) used by the Native Americans, the inner bark has properties of quinine used as tea internally.
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False Box
Dogwood is a native American, our most showy deciduous tree, growing to 30 feet high, the bark is brown and rough, the leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, and darker green above than beneath. Latex threads appear at veins when leaves are split apart. The flowers are small and greenish-yellow but are obscured by the large, white or pink bracts so that the whole looks like a large white or pink flower. Flowers are in clusters, April-May. The fruit is a glossy, dry, scarlet berry two celled and two seeds, is inedible and very bitter, October-November. Other varieties: Chinese dogwood (Cornus machrophylla), Chinese name Sung-yang, in Japan this tree is Celtis muku or Ehretia serrata, Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erythrina) used medicinally for panic attacks and excessive stress, and Osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) used by the Native Americans, the inner bark has properties of quinine used as tea internally.
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Florida cornel
Dogwood is a native American, our most showy deciduous tree, growing to 30 feet high, the bark is brown and rough, the leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, and darker green above than beneath. Latex threads appear at veins when leaves are split apart. The flowers are small and greenish-yellow but are obscured by the large, white or pink bracts so that the whole looks like a large white or pink flower. Flowers are in clusters, April-May. The fruit is a glossy, dry, scarlet berry two celled and two seeds, is inedible and very bitter, October-November. Other varieties: Chinese dogwood (Cornus machrophylla), Chinese name Sung-yang, in Japan this tree is Celtis muku or Ehretia serrata, Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erythrina) used medicinally for panic attacks and excessive stress, and Osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) used by the Native Americans, the inner bark has properties of quinine used as tea internally.
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Florida dogwood
Dogwood is a native American, our most showy deciduous tree, growing to 30 feet high, the bark is brown and rough, the leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, and darker green above than beneath. Latex threads appear at veins when leaves are split apart. The flowers are small and greenish-yellow but are obscured by the large, white or pink bracts so that the whole looks like a large white or pink flower. Flowers are in clusters, April-May. The fruit is a glossy, dry, scarlet berry two celled and two seeds, is inedible and very bitter, October-November. Other varieties: Chinese dogwood (Cornus machrophylla), Chinese name Sung-yang, in Japan this tree is Celtis muku or Ehretia serrata, Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erythrina) used medicinally for panic attacks and excessive stress, and Osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) used by the Native Americans, the inner bark has properties of quinine used as tea internally.
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Green Ozier
Dogwood is a native American, our most showy deciduous tree, growing to 30 feet high, the bark is brown and rough, the leaves opposite, ovate, pointed, and darker green above than beneath. Latex threads appear at veins when leaves are split apart. The flowers are small and greenish-yellow but are obscured by the large, white or pink bracts so that the whole looks like a large white or pink flower. Flowers are in clusters, April-May. The fruit is a glossy, dry, scarlet berry two celled and two seeds, is inedible and very bitter, October-November. Other varieties: Chinese dogwood (Cornus machrophylla), Chinese name Sung-yang, in Japan this tree is Celtis muku or Ehretia serrata, Jamaican dogwood (Piscidia erythrina) used medicinally for panic attacks and excessive stress, and Osier dogwood (Cornus stolonifera) used by the Native Americans, the inner bark has properties of quinine used as tea internally.
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Pygeum
The Pygeum africanum (African plum) tree is a tall evergreen of the family Rosaceae found in central and southern Africa. Its bark has been used medicinally for thousands of years. Traditional African healers have used the bark to treat bladder and urination disorders, particularly symptoms associated with benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH), which is an enlarged prostate. Historically, the bark was powdered and used to make a tea, which was taken by mouth for these conditions.
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