| Natural preventative pet care isn't a new thing but it | | | | Manchester, England which treats cancer patients, the |
| certainly isn't fully mainstream yet. One of the | | | | reason that essential oils are so effective is because |
| challenges is being able to re-educate the public to | | | | they are made up of a complex mixture of chemical |
| think outside of the box. For so many years we've | | | | compounds which super bugs such as MRSA find |
| been told over and over again by traditional care | | | | difficult to resist. I would add that because these |
| providers that our pets need yearly vaccinations, | | | | compounds are naturally occurring and derived from |
| prevention medicines for heartworm, fleas, and ticks, | | | | plants -the "blood" of plants - no two oils are exactly |
| and feeding premium kibble. We've been told these will | | | | alike ever, which is the perfect complex compound to |
| all lead to ultimate wellness in our pets. Nothing could | | | | combat a mutating super bug! Current treatments, |
| be further from the truth. | | | | according to Stringer, are made up of single |
| While we continue to struggle with conquering the | | | | compounds (like antibiotics) so the MRSA becomes |
| mountain of "alternative care is for new age, crystal | | | | resistant very quickly and leaving only 50% success in |
| toting, chanting hippies", our pets are getting sicker | | | | the cases of MRSA. Think about that: only a 50/50 |
| rather than healthier. One of the most challenging | | | | chance of survival. Those are not good odds. The |
| problems on the rise is super resistant bacteria that | | | | hope comes with this new alternative approach to |
| are increasingly resistant to the traditional use of | | | | battling these superbugs. |
| antibiotics. Most notably is the rise of MRSA | | | | Another added benefit of using essential oils to |
| (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus). This is a | | | | combat and help prevent (prevention is the goal in |
| staph infection that the antibiotic methicillin can no | | | | stopping MRSA) the spread of MRSA is the |
| longer kill. MRSA is passed from humans to pets and it | | | | application: inhaled either directly or by diffusing them. |
| is still mutating into strains in different species animals. | | | | MRSA is often carried inside the nose so inhaling the |
| Horses have developed their own strain and antibiotics | | | | essential oils is all that is needed to prevent patients |
| are not the answer! In fact, the overuse of antibiotics is | | | | being at risk. This makes them very easy to administer |
| part of the main reason that these bacteria have | | | | to both humans and pets. |
| mutated and evolved. | | | | The biggest deterrent to progressing further in the |
| This staph infection is deadly and can and does kill | | | | research with the essential oils and combating these |
| humans and animals. In fact, this very thing happened | | | | superbugs has been funding. In January 2005, the |
| to Jill Moss' most beloved white Samoyed, Bella. Jill lost | | | | Manchester researchers were having problems |
| Bella to this staph infection a little over a year ago. It | | | | obtaining the £30,000 needed for their research |
| prompted Jill to take serious action and bring the | | | | to continue. Shortly after finding out about this, Jimmy |
| knowledge of this deadly strain of bacteria to the | | | | Savile the former host of the British television program |
| world so that other pet owners and people would not | | | | 'Jim'll Fix It", has donated £40,000 for the |
| have to suffer the loss she has. Jill has instituted the | | | | research to continue! The problem with the funding |
| Bella Moss Foundation and Pets-MRSA to help bring | | | | was that since essential oils are naturally occurring as I |
| not only knowledge about MRSA, but hope, help and | | | | stated above, drug companies are really not interested |
| healing. | | | | in helping this type of work because they can't profit |
| Research has already begun on finding ways to stop | | | | from a product that is naturally occurring since they |
| these virulent bacteria. Scientists at the University of | | | | can't be patented. |
| Manchester in England have found that three essential | | | | This is really reprehensible since this kind of research |
| oils destroyed MRSA! Dr. Peter Warn, who was | | | | could potentially help save thousands of lives and |
| involved in the research, told the BBC (British | | | | completely stamp out MRSA. |
| Broadcasting Company) back in December of 2004 | | | | I for one am very excited to see more and more |
| that when he tested the oils in the lab, "absolutely | | | | research being done in bringing healing and hope to |
| nothing grew. Rather than stimulating bacteria and | | | | many, using what God created for us to use in the first |
| fungi, the oils killed them off." | | | | place! |
| One diligent product formulator for a therapeutic | | | | You can find the references for this article on my |
| essential oils company discovered that two of the oils | | | | "Articles of Interest" on my website. |
| used were Melaleuca alternafolia and geranium. | | | | DISCLAIMER: The only oils we use and refer to in ALL |
| So why are essential oils proving so effective at killing | | | | articles are Young Living Essential Oils. We DO NOT |
| even the most virulent bacteria such as MRSA? | | | | use any other brand and would not state what we do |
| According to Jacqui Stringer, the Clinical Lead of | | | | about using essential about any other brands. |
| Complementary Therapies at the Christie Hospital in | | | | |