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MRSA and Thyme

October 4, 2018 by Julia Lawrence LMT

Now, researchers at the Technological Educational Institute of Ionian Islands in Greece have found that plant oils are a powerful weapon against multi-drug-resistant staphylococcus aureas or MRSA, a bacterium that causes hospital-acquired infections and is dangerous because it frequently does not respond to a range of antibiotics.

Thyme – a spice frequently used in Mediterranean cooking – killed almost all of the bacterium in a petri dish within an hour.  Almost as effective was cinnamon oil.

it is not know which Thyme was used- there are many and the chemical ‘makeup’ of each one is notably different.

Some Thyme can inhibit blood clotting.
Some Thymes can cause skin irritation.

Thyme is an incredibly skin reacting essential oil. It is not recommended for use on the skin in an undiluted form – (no matter what company that sells oils tells you- it’s NOT safe).

1% dilution is considered safe.

That being said, it is useful in a diluted form

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About Rev. Julia Lawrence LMT, MCA

Rev. Julia Lawrence took her first class in aromatherapy 1991. She was ordained in 1997 . She was a part of the alternative health industry for over 15 years using art, energy work (including chakra balancing) crystals and aromatherapy to help people heal themselves prior to transitioning to the massage side of things in 2009.

She has been a full-time Massage Therapist since 2010. In 2014 she published a book on a modality she developed- BodyArt Therapy. In 2015 she graduated with her degree in applied science: Massage. She was honored to be one of the LMT’s for 2016 USA Swim Team Trials. In 2018 she graduated as a Master Clinical Aromatherapist. She has been teaching healing workshops since 1997 and specifically massage workshops and continuing education classes since 2012.

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