Use these natural remedies to fight and overcome superbugs
by Sarka-Jonae Miller
NaturalNews
May 6, 2012
(NaturalNews) Nearly half of the meat sold in the United States has been found to contain methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MSRA), a strain that causes a staph infection but is resistant to antibiotic drugs. Antibiotic resistance caused by overusing antibiotics in people and animals creates superbugs, germs that cannot be killed with regular antibiotics. To combat antibiotic resistance, doctors try stronger meds. However, essential oils, garlic and vinegar can work as a natural MRSA treatment. These and other natural remedies for infections can not only combat a staph infection, but also the growing cycle of antibiotic resistance.
What is a MRSA infection?
The majority of antibiotics sold in the U.S. are given to animals in their feed to reduce spreading infections among livestock. The abundance of antibiotics in feed creates antibiotic resistance. In the case of the MRSA superbug, a staph strain went from humans into pigs where it was transformed into a germ with an antibiotic resistance, according to a study published in the mBio journal. The new antibiotic-resistant germ was then transmitted back into humans.
Around 25 percent of MRSA cases in humans are caused by this livestock-derived strain in the Netherlands. Failing to cook meat thoroughly and handling meat improperly create a greater risk of staph infection from MRSA in people, but a safer alternative is to avoid meat from conventionally raised animals. Organic farms do not use antibiotics.
What is antibiotic resistance?
People who get exposed to too many antibiotics can develop a resistance. Eating meat flesh containing antibiotics is one cause of antibiotic resistance. Doctors over-prescribing antibiotics is another. MRSA is a type of superbug called a gram-positive bacteria. The other type of superbug, gram-negative bacteria, are even more sophisticated and tougher organisms. K. pneumoniae (KPC), a germ linked to thousands of deaths, is an example of a gram-negative bacteria.
KPC is a pneumonia-causing superbug that has spread through the U.S., Hungary, Cyrpus, Austria and Italy. In early 20120, it was responsible for hundreds of deaths at a hospital in Greece. However, KPC is not the only superbug responsible for killing people. Around 25,000 people die in Europe every year because of antibiotic-resistant infections.
Natural remedies for MRSA treatment and other infections
How are doctors treating the infections caused by antibiotic resistant drugs? With more drugs. Greek doctors tried some of the strongest antibiotics available, from Merrem to Doribax, to fight KPC with little success. Instead of trying natural cures, many doctors turned to a 50-year-old medication called colistin, a drug so potent it can lead to kidney damage.
Natural infection remedies are less expensive and less damaging. They are likely more effective. An antibiotic comprises a single chemical component, usually, whereas essential oils comprise sometimes thousands of chemical components. These multiple components are challenging for bacteria to develop a resistance to and therefore a better choice for MRSA treatment and combating other superbugs.
Tea tree oil has a proven ability to fight a staph infection because it quickly kills staph bacteria. Tea tree oil is used as a topical application, going directly onto infected skin.
Another topical treatment for a staph infection is mixture of apple cider vinegar and baking soda. The two substances combine to make a paste that can be applied to a skin infection.
Garlic is another smart choice because it has a complex makeup, comprising 27 known active ingredients as well as dozens of other ingredients. Garlic is an effective MRSA treatment and helps fight other infections by boosting the body’s ability to kill off invading bacteria.
Sources for this article include:
http://www.ehow.com/about_5057374_natural-cures-staph-infection.html
http://www.businessweek.com
http://www.npr.org
http://mbio.asm.org/content/3/1/e00305-11
http://www.staph-infection-resources.com/mrsa-natural-remedies.html
http://www.staph-infection-resources.com
About the author:
Sarka-Jonae Miller is a former personal trainer and massage therapist. Get more health and wellness tips on Sarka’s blog, www.NaturalHealingTipsBlog.com, or join her on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sarka-Jonae-Miller/168691386526181
Israel election results show crisis for leadership: Hezbollah
PressTV
January 26, 2013
Hezbollah leader Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah
The secretary general of Lebanon’s resistance group Hezbollah says the results of the general elections in Israel indicate that the regime will suffer from a deep political leadership “crisis.”
“The Israeli election results showed a retreat of parties that founded and led the entity, such as Likud” Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah said in a speech broadcast on Al-Manar television channel on Friday.
The results of the polls show incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line Likud-Beitenu bloc and their allies have won a narrow majority in the Israeli general election. The right wing coalition secured only 31 seats, losing a quarter of its seats in the Knesset.
Nasrallah went on to say that no party had achieved a decisive victory, “as Netanyahu hoped in order to lead Israel.”
He added that the results demonstrated a “crisis for the new political leadership, a crisis for the parties and a crisis of confidence” in the new Israeli cabinet.
The new centrist party, Yesh Atid (There is a Future), led by journalist-turned-politician Yair Lapid, won 19 seats, followed by left-leaning Labor, with 15 seats.
In the end, the right-wing bloc won 61 of the 120-seat Knesset, while 59 seats went to center-left parties.
After the election, Netanyahu vowed to reach out to other parties to form a large coalition. “Tomorrow we start anew.”
“Netanyahu’s victory is a Pyrrhic victory, and it is not clear he will be the next prime minister,” Israeli political analyst Yaron Ezrahi said on Wednesday. “Netanyahu will face difficulty in constructing a viable coalition,” he added.
Ezrahi said he believed the next Israeli government would only last about 18 months.
DB/MA
Your Thoughts Are Not Your Own – Neil Sanders [video]
108morris108
January 22, 2013
Mind Control is a documented fact. The control of the actions and emotions of an unsuspecting victim has been a reality since at least the 1950’s. Neil shows the origins, objectives and architects of mind control.
Neil’s web site is at http://www.neilsandersmindcontrol.com and he is also on Facebook – Neil Sanders
From the Tribal instinct to Advertising to the reasons why Neil was drawn to his type of work….
Rense & Dr. Pat Flanagan – High Tech Mass Mind Control [video]
Rense
September 10, 2012
Lilly Waves, Radio Waves and propaganda ….
Libertarian philosophy is not unchecked “corporatism” [video]
Ryan Dawson
January 19, 2013
http://www.rys2sense.com/anti-neocons/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=31420
The best home remedies for eczema
by PF Louis
NaturalNews
June 26, 2012
(NaturalNews) Eczema is an irritating skin disease that ranges from chronic, itchy minor rashes to raging acute eczema flare-ups with open, oozing sores that require bandaging.
Eczema is often attributed to some sort of food or airborne allergy and can be minimized by determining the allergens and adjusting accordingly. Most eczema sufferers resort to using pharmaceuticals pills, creams, or steroids.
Of course, what many tend to ignore is that improving life style choices of diet and exercise does more to curb skin problems than topical or oral pharmaceuticals.
Eliminating chemically sprayed veggies and fruits, processed foods (even so-called “natural” cereals), junk foods, sugars, and artificial sweeteners goes a long way toward curing chronic, adverse health of any type, including skin conditions.
Minimizing stress and adding moderate exercise has also proven to be effective. Sweat can act as a trigger or exacerbate eczema. So avoid sweating whenever possible or shower immediately afterward sweating.
Increase your omega-3 intake with avocadoes, fresh salmon or tuna from unpolluted waters, eggs, organic raw nuts, and organic hemp, chia or flax seeds. Two tablespoons or more of flax seeds need to be ground with a coffee grinder just before consuming them.
While you’re working on a permanent cure, there are natural, homemade applications that help relieve symptoms without the dangerous side effects of prescribed or over the counter (OTC) pharmaceuticals.
Ten home remedies for symptomatic relief
(1) Organic cold pressed virgin coconut oil is better than those pricey creams that a dermatologist offers.
(2) Apply vitamin E oil, especially natural D-alpha tocopherol with mixed natural tocopherols. You can break open gel capsules for the oils. Avoiding synthetic vitamin E oil is tricky. So read labels closely, research, or ask a reliable sales person. Avoid vitamin E acetate.
(3) Make a strong brew of chamomile tea from fresh dried herbs by steeping for 15 minutes minimally. Apply to the eczema area with gauze for 20 minutes. This can be done more than once daily to relieve acute symptoms.
(4) Aloe vera gel, especially when mixed with vitamin E oil, is a useful symptom remedy. Gels from freshly cut aloe vera leaves are optimum.
(5) Ten drops of gentian tincture before each meal helps the digestive system eliminate toxins that can irritate the skin. Take as often as needed.
(6) Cut thin slices of a whole organic cucumber and allow the slices to soak for at least two hours. Filter the liquid and apply it with a clean cloth or gauze where needed.
(7) Place 50 grams of ground horsetail plant or herbs in a quart or liter of water and boil for 10 minutes, allow some cooling, then filter the liquid into your bath water for a 10 minute bath.
(8) Flower power: Make a tea of calendula, a marigold flower, with five drops of lavender essential oil added, then apply to the affected area twice a day until the irritation is relieved.
(9) Skin three organic carrots and boil them till they’re soft. Mash until you get a smooth paste, and then apply to affected areas for 15 minutes. Rinse with cool water when finished.
(10) Mix a tablespoon of medical or food grade ground juniper berry (3), with a tablespoon of sage and a tablespoon of thyme into a cup of boiling water, cover and let stand for five or more minutes. Drink the whole cup after your main meal.
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Sources for this article include:
(1) http://www.homeremediesforeczemax.com/
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The Reason There are So Many Refugees
Friends of Syria
January 25, 2013
Residential Houses are Made Barracks by FSA
In photos , how residential houses are made as military barracks by FSA ;destroying people properties after displacing them.
This is dedicated to all those who say “FSA is protecting us ” !!!!!!
PN 