Category: Health and Wellness
,Who knew tea tree oil could do so much??? It even gets rid of skin tags! WOW!!!!
80 USES OF TEA TREE OIL
Tea tree oil is a concentrated plant oil from the leaves of a tree native to Australian coastal areas.
WARNINGS: Tea tree oil should not be swallowed.Avoid tea tree oil if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Keep tea tree oil out of the reach of children and pets.
Abrasions & Minor Cuts: After cleaning the area well, apply a few drops of the oil directly. If a bandage is needed, allow a few drops of the oil to penetrate a cotton ball, then lay it face down on the wound with a bandage on top.
Acne: Add a drop to your normal cleansing routine or dab a very small amount on acne breakouts. You can also add 20 – 40 drops of the oil to your regular face wash.
Air Freshener: Keep a supply of cotton balls soaked in tea tree oil packed away in a plastic bag or tin. When confronted with foul smells from cooking, musty orders from dampness or even the medicinal smell in a sick room, take a few out the freshen the air and remove the nasty smell.
Allergies: Use topically by massaging into the chest, abdomen or the reflex points of the feet.
Arthritis: To help reduce pain associated with the swelling of arthritis, add 20 drops of tea tree oil to 2 ounces of grapeseed or other carrier oil. Massage into affected area 2-3 times a day.
Asthma: Add a few drops of oil to a pan of water and heat on stove. When cooling, drape a towel over head and breath in for a few minutes.
Athletes Foot: Clean feet thoroughly, especially between toes. Add oil directly to feet every two weeks, dusting with corn starch after. Or add 10 drops oil to 1 tbsp of grapeseed or other carrier oil and massage on feet and between toes daily.
Baby Care: Keep your diaper pail clean and fresh with a spray of tea tree oil mixed with water.
Bacterial Infections: Use topically, either massaging into the reflex points of the feet, adding several drops to a bath or cautiously applying over an infected site.
Bad Breath: Rinse with 1 ounce water and 1 drop oil. Do not swallow!
Bladder Infection: In a shallow bath, add 10 – 15 drops of oil. Sit and wash area carefully.
Blisters: Wash area carefully, then apply as for cuts and wounds.
Boils: Apply a warm washcloth for a few minutes. Then apply a drop or two of oil to the area – the infection should rise to surface and eventually be released.
Bronchial Congestion: Use as directed for Asthma. Add 5 – 10 drops to 1 ounce of carrier oil, and massage into chest and throat 2 – 3 times daily.
Bronchitis: Add 1-2 drops to a pan of hot water and breath in the steam, or massage the oil over the chest.
Bruises: After icing, apply oil as directed for Arthritis.
Bunions: Massage area with 5 drops oil to 1 tbsp. of carrier oil.
Burns: Run icy cold water on area. After a few minutes, add a mix of 5 drops oil with 1 tsp. raw honey. Repeat 3 – 5 times daily.
Calluses & Corns: Massage area with 5 drops oil to 1 tbsp. of carrier oil. Repeat 2 times daily. Once the corn or calluses have become soft use tweezers to remove, and apply a few drops of tea tree oil and cover with bandage.
Canker Sores: Apply a drop or two of oil directly to infected area with a cotton swab, 2 times daily. Also, rinse as directed for bad breath.
Carbuncles: Add a drop or two of oil to cotton swab and apply directly to carbuncle. Repeat twice daily.
Chapped Lips: Add 1 or 2 drops of oil to lip balm. Apply to lips as necessary.
Chicken Pox: Apply a drop of oil directly to blisters. Allow to dry, then dust with corn starch. Repeat every few hours or until blisters disappear.
Chigger Bites: Apply a drop of oil directly to bites.
Cold Sores: Apply a drop or two of oil directly to the sore with a cotton swab. Re-apply 2 – 3 times daily.
Coughs: Use as directed for bronchial infections. For a vaporizer, add 10 drops to steamer and leave on 5 – 10 minutes.
Dandruff: Add 20 – 30 drops oil to any shampoo. Apply a few drops to scalp and massage after washing.
Dermatitis: Add 10 drops oil to 1 tbsp of grapeseed or other oil and massage into affected areas. Repeat 2-3 times daily.
Dry Skin: Add 5 drops oil to 1 tbsp sweet almond oil. Massage into skin.
Earache and Infection: Add 2 – 3 drops of oil to 2 tbsp warm olive oil. With a dropper, drop a small amount into aching ear, tilting head to one side for a moment. Use cotton swab to absorb oil. Repeat 2 – 3 times daily.
Eczema: Add 10 drops oil to 1 tbsp grapeseed oil or coconut oil and massage into affected areas. Repeat 2-3 times daily. Also can be applied undiluted.
Emphysema: Use as directed for bronchial infections. For a vaporizer, add 10 drops to steamer and leave on 5 – 10 minutes.
Flea Bites: Apply a drop of oil directly to bites.
Gout: Add 10 drops of oil to 2 tbsp of carrier oil; massage into affected area 2-3 times a day.
Gum Disease: Create a mouthwash with purified water, 1 drop of peppermint and 1 drop of tea tree oil.
Head Lice: Add 20 drops of oil to 2 tbsp shampoo. Massage into scalp and hair, leave on for 10 minutes. Rinse. Repeat 3 – 4 times daily, until eggs are gone.
Hives: Add 10 drops of oil to 4 tbsp of witch hazel. Apply with cotton ball. Or, mix with coconut oil (which is naturally healing and soothing itself) and gently apply to the infected areas.
Homemade Mouthwash: Make a simple homemade mouthwash with purified water and tea tree oil.
Household Cleaning: Can be used aromatically or added to homemade cleaners to kill germs and prevent the spread of colds and flus. You can make a general tea tree cleaner by combining 2 teaspoons of tea tree oil with 2 cups of water in a spray bottle. Shake to blend and use for household cleaning tasks. This is especially good in the bathroom and in toilets.
Immune System: To stimulate the immune system, diffuse through the air on a regular basis, massage into the soles of the feet to increase your immune response.
Infected Wounds: Adding the oil to steaming water, hold the infected area over the steam. Or dilute 1 drop of tea tree with 1 cup of water and rinse the infected area 1-2 times a day, as needed.
Inflammation: Massage over the inflamed areas, gently and always toward the heart, or diffuse and inhale the tea tree oil directly or indirectly.
Ingrown Hairs: Add 1 – 2 drops of oil directly to area. Repeat every 2 hours or until signs of infection disappear.
Insect Repellant: Add 15 drops to a quart of water and use as an effective insect repellent.
Jock Itch: Apply 10 – 15 drops of oil to 2 tbsp of carrier oil. Apply 2 times daily. Dust with corn starch, to reduce chapping.
Laryngitis: Add 5 – 10 drops of oil and pinch of sea salt to 1 cup of warm water, gargle 2-3 times a day. Do not swallow!
Laundry Helper: Add 1/2 teaspoon tea tree oil to your laundry for towels and other fabric prone to getting moldy.
Mildew and Mold Remover: Spray an all-purpose cleaner made with 2 teaspoons of tea tree oil and 2 cups of water on growing mold and mildew. Shake well before using and do not rinse.
Mosquito Bites: Apply a drop of oil directly to bites.
Muscle Aches and Pains: Add 10-15 drops of oil to half cup Epsom salts, and dissolve in bath. Add 10 drops of oil to 2 tbsp of carrier oil. Massage well.
Mumps: Massage over the body and into the feet, and diffuse through the home.
Nail Fungus: Add 1 – 2 drops of oil directly to nail and the surrounding tissue. Allow to dry completely on hands before touching anything. Repeat morning and night for a week.
Pest Control: Household ants and other pests dislike Tea Tree Oil, so a few drops put at the point of entry will deter them. Wipe cupboards out with an oil and water solution to keep ants away.
Plantar Warts: Apply oil undiluted to affected area 2-3 times daily.
Psoriasis: Add 10 drops oil to 1 tbsp carrier oil and massage into affected areas. Repeat 2-3 times daily. Also can be applied undiluted.
Rashes: Mix with coconut oil and massage over the affected areas.
Rheumatism: To help reduce pain associated with rheumatism, add 20 drops of tea tree oil to 2 ounces of carrier oil. Massage into affected are 2-3 times a day.
Ringworm: Apply a drop or two of oil undiluted, repeat 2 times daily. Can also mix 1 drop of tea tree oil with 1 drop of lavender oil for added benefit.
Rubella: Dilute as needed and massage into the affected areas.
Scabies: Apply 1 – 2 drops of oil directly to area in the morning and at night.
Sciatica: Add 10 drops oil to 1 tbsp carrier oil and massage into affected areas. Repeat 2-3 times daily. Also can be applied undiluted.
Seborrhea: For skin: Add 10 drops oil to 1 tbsp of carrier oil and massage into affected areas. Repeat 2-3 times daily. For scalp: Add 10 drops of oil to 2 tbsp shampoo. Massage into scalp and hair, leave on for 10 minutes. Rinse. Repeat 3 – 4 times daily. Bath: Add 10-15 drops of oil to bath.
Shingles: Add 10-15 drops of oil to half cup Epsom salts, and dissolve in bath. Add 10 drops of oil to 2 tbsp of grapeseed oil or coconut oil and massage well.
Shock: Massage tea tree oil into the soles of the feet as needed.
Sinusitis: Use as directed for bronchial infections. For a vaporizer, add 10 drops to steamer and leave on 5 – 10 minutes. Also add 2 drops to a neti pot.
Sore muscles: Fill your bathtub with warm water. Add a few drops of tea tree oil to the water to relax tight muscles.
Sore Throat: Add 2 drops of oil to 1 cup of warm water with pinch of sea salt, gargle 2-3 times a day. Do not swallow!
Staph Infection: Best used topically, rubbed into the soles of the feet to increase the immune response and fight infection.
Stye: Add 5 drops oil to a pan of steaming water. Drape towel overhead and steam 5 minutes. Apply warm compresses directly to stye.
Sunburn: Mix 1 TB coconut oil with 1 drop of tea tree and 1 drop of lavender and gently apply to to sunburned areas.
Tattoos: Apply after tattoos to avoid infection. Use undiluted, diluted with coconut oil or as a spray with purified water.
Thrush: Gargle with sea salt, warm water and 1 drop of tea tree.
Ticks: Apply a drop or two directly to the tick and the surrounding area.
Toenail fungus: Rub the tea tree oil directly onto the affected toenail and underneath the tip of the nail. Apply 1 to 2 drops of tea tree oil. Apply the oil once a day, preferably at bedtime.
Toothbrush Cleaner: Apply oil directly to toothbrush 1-2 times a week to kill bacteria.
Tonsillitis: Inhale from steaming water with tea tree, gargle, and massage into neck and soles of feet.
Vaginal Infection: Add several drops to the bath water.
Viral Infections: Diffuse tea tree oil throughout the home or inhale from steaming water.
Warts and Skin Tags: Apply undiluted directly to wart. Use morning and night, until wart/skin tag fall off. Dilute if necessary for sensitive skin.
Wounds: Soak wounded area in water with tea tree oil, or spritz from a bottle of water with several drops of oil. Depending on the wound and your own sensitivity you may be able to apply directly.
WARNINGS: Tea tree oil should not be swallowed.Avoid tea tree oil if you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Keep tea tree oil out of the reach of children and pets.
Yeah, I use it for zits all the time, along with lavender.
Three things. One, anything that says it will work if you massage it into the
massage points of the feet, is lying to you. There are no massage points of the
feet. That whole idea that there are pathways from your feet that will conduct
healing to another part of the body is absolute bullshit. There are no pathways
from your feet other than veins and arteries, and those transport blood, not
healing. Putting something on your feet will effect your feet, and only your feet.
A foot massage might make you relax, but that's all.
second, a lot of these deal with the anti-bacterial properties of the oil, and
that's true. It does have anti-bacterial properties. But do you know what else
does? Literaly every other oil in existence. They're all anti-bacterial because of
the chemical makeup of oils. The thing that makes them repel water, which is
why they don't mix with water, is the same thing that makes them anti-
bacterial. Because bacteria need water to survive, just like you do.
Third, a lot of these ones that say they'll cure asthma or some other lung
problem all have one thing in common, they involve steam. Steam by itself
would do the same thing. Asthma is caused by the little tubes that carry air
through the lungs contracting, so they can't carry as much. So you get short of
breath, and feel like you can't get a lung-full, because you physically can't.
Steam relaxes those tubes, and helps relieve the symptoms. You can catch your
breath again. But its the steam doing the work, not the oil. Know how I know?
Remember that part about oils not mixing with water? Well, how do you expect
the oil to mix with steam if it doesn't mix with water? What do you think steam
is? Steam isn't going to carry the oil anywhere. You're just making a really
expensive puddle at the bottom of the pan you're using.
Now yes, oil does have some uses. It is good for burns, and stings. The
whole acne thing is questionable, since acne would go away in a day or two
anyway. So is it the oil, or is it the fact that you've done something, so you now
feel better about waiting the day it would have taken anyway. But there is a
consideration that maybe the oil dries them out. But again, its going to take
time either way. Plus, its acne, who really cares?
But things like bronchitis? Go to the doctor and get some medication for that.
Don't breath in steam. That can lead to pneumonia, which can easily kill you.
Get treatment. And no, treatment does not mean going to a naturopath who
gives you some snake oil. Go to the hospital. A real hospital. With people who
actually know what they're talking about.
Smile. Cody, you should tell people that use several products, one being drugs how it is they don't get high when it is used on the feet.
It is the one way drug use is hidden.
Now, if you could convince them of this, you'd have something going on. I doubt it, but.
Snake oil? Is there anyone who still sells that?
Cody, until you experience the effectiveness of tea tree oil, which I can tell you haven't by your post, you have no leg to stand on here--I for one can say that it does treat, and heal, all kinds of things. Pimples, fungle infections, blisters, relieves pain, just to name a few things. It's been used by many people for years, and cures fungle infections much better than anything a doctor would prescribe.
Ok chelsea, one question. How does it cure fungal infections exactly?
Cody, I don't think you're asking a question because you want an answer; you're asking cause you wanna be argumentative. However, I'll answer your question anyway.
There is something in the tea tree oil that has a healing/pain relieving component to it, which is how it can cure all kinds of things--I know it cures fungle infections because I've had a horrible fungle infection that I've been treating tea tree oil with for almost two years now. Most of my toes were all yello, excruciatingly painful and extremely thick. This made it very hard for me to do things in my normal day-to-day life so someone recommended I try tea tree oil.
So, aside from my own personal experience with it, I know it works because its been proven to work for more years than you are old. So next time, before you pop off at the mouth with regards to something you know nothing about, I suggest you do your own research as you're so fond of doing, or for once, shut up.
Another benefit of tea tree oil is the fact it helps your hair stay healthy by helping you have less dandrif. But really, I don't think I need to spell it out anymore, because the first post detailed its uses quite well.
Although, I will add that my toes are now all white, which is the correct color, and a lot less thick than they used to be. The fungus is probably still there, but mostly deep in the skin. It will dicipate eventually as the other things did.
Also, another favorite oil in the African American hair community. I can also say that this oil works.
I've used teatree oil on spider/mosquito bites, for tooth aches, and on my scalp. I've also found it very beneficial. I do feel like there are many varying qualities of the product out though. I've bought a few different brands and I feel like the extremely cheap ones that claim to be 100% teatree oil aren't as effective as the smaller dropper bottles I've bought.
Yes, it can work on things like bites. I'm fond of it for stings personally.
Though like I said, I don't know if that's the oil doing anything, or us thinking
we've done something so it feels better. However, the idea that it can cure a
fungal infection because you've been fighting one for two years literally made
me laugh. Lets not get carried away with our sudo-science. If you're using it on
bites and stings, fine. You're not going to be made ill of a bite. But two years
with an infection, get yourself some real medication. I'm betting those years can
be turned into weeks
Oh, and Natalie gave me a thought. I wonder how much of the oil that is sold
as this oil or that oil is actually what is claimed on the label. I know that several
studies done on herbal remedies found that most of them don't have any of the
herb on the label in the capsole, but I don't think I'eve ever seen anything
about oil.
Its not like you would know. I doubt any of us could point out the tree, let
alone the oil it comes from. So how do we know they're not just bottling cheap
oil and slapping a label on it? Its not illegal for them to do that after all. They're
not regulated. They could easily just sell you olive oil. How would you know?
It contains vitamins. It has anti-inflammatory agents, and also fights infections.
Many other benefits.
The doctors and other people that suggest it say if you have something serious, you use it alongside your medications.
For us that have minor things, it does work, and does work well.
We have many natural agents that do many things, so medication isn’t always necessary, nor desirable.
If you could take care of something because you felt it was doing good, you could simply rub water on it and get the same affect.
Not so.
Especially for the hair and healing of cuts and such.
It works.
You do need to get the pure from just like anything else. A good brand, or company that provides it is best to buy it from, because some of it will be mixed with other things to make it cheaper.
Buy quality, you get better benefits.
Cody, I know because it is an anti-inflammatory. I am not making it up that it's cured my fungle infection, relieved pain, healed blisters, ETC. If the meds the doctor prescribed me had worked, I wouldn't have had to try tea tree oil in the first place. Because, let's face it: the reality is that I didn't get the fungus in weeks, so it takes time to heal. Anyone who uses their brain oughta know that. Come on Mr. I Like To Do Research, what's going on with you?
PS. That stuff stank bad!
I don't like the smell of the stuff.
I use dove bar soap and wash my face twice a day. Then apply vitem E Fruit of the Earth cream. I use a face mask once or twice a week.
No pimples.
Soft as a babies bottom.
actually had an Uber driver ask me if I was out of high school yet. I'm 28.
Chelsea, a dictionary would be a wonderful christmas gift for you I feel. You
clearly need one.
My grandma told me she use to wipe my face with my pee diaper.
No pimples.
Smile.
Oh forereel
that is just disgusting,
and child abuse these days. LOL!
You know it works, so stop pretending you don't know.
The acid in there cleans the skin.
Laughing.
I've never used tea-tree-oil before so I can't say anything good or bad about it. Someone shared it on face-book where I usually get some of those things and I share it here for those who may want to discuss. So don't put others down if someone said that it never worked for them. Everyone is different and something might work good on you and different on another person. So don't turn it in to a fight. Be respectful of others.
I used that stuff on my nose when i got the bump after cleaning the piercing to much. It smelled awful, but did the trick pretty well. It is also really cleaning on my hair. I have white hair, and after tea tree oil is used on it my hair is very clean and bright. I do not get the same effect with other oils.
It beats the hell out of drying out your skin with Clearasil and other such products.
In the case of a facial piercing, one typically uses an nonabrasive soap, such as the Dial brand soap. Or one can use a saline solution, but that can have the drying effect morso than the Dial. The best bet however is Dial alternated with tea tree oil.
If cleansed too much piercings can acquire a rather nasty looking red bump, almost like a pimple. it is not a pimple however, it is a type of minor infection of the skin. Some believe that if you get this bump, commonly referred to as "the bump", that you must remove your piercing. This is not true. Tea tree oil will clear it right up.