Guest guest Posted January 14, 2008 Report Share Posted January 14, 2008 Hi all, Anyone know how to treat a staph infection herbally? I just tested positive for it on a nasal culture. Not sure if it's an MRSA. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Hi , I just looked up this very same question for my boyfriend in Buhner's book about antibiotic herbs. From what i remember, grapefruit seed extract, garlic, wormwood, cryptolepsis (sp?) usnea were mentioned. Also aloe vera. I'm probably leaving some out ;-) To your peace, health and joy, yarrow > > Hi all, > Anyone know how to treat a staph infection herbally? I just tested > positive for it on a nasal culture. Not sure if it's an MRSA. Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Well, , I hope it's not MRSA! I read an article on BBC web site that honey is considered one of the few treatments for MRSA. You might do a search on that and see if you can turn up more details. If I find anything, I'll post. Do you have Buhner's book on Natural Antibiotics? If not, if you want me to look in there, send me a post off-line. best, ellen > > Hi all, > Anyone know how to treat a staph infection herbally? I just tested > positive for it on a nasal culture. Not sure if it's an MRSA. Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Thanks yarrow and Ellen, I don't know yet if it's an MRSA; I find out tomorrow. I don't have my Buhner book with me. I just bought raw honey this morning to take with horseradish. If anyone knows how much honey would work on MRSA, please let me know. Otherwise I need to keep it to a small amount so it doesn't feed my systemic candida. Thanks!! > > Well, , > I hope it's not MRSA! > > I read an article on BBC web site that honey is considered one of the > few treatments for MRSA. > > You might do a search on that and see if you can turn up more details. > If I find anything, I'll post. > Do you have Buhner's book on Natural Antibiotics? > If not, if you want me to look in there, send me a post off-line. > > best, > ellen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Hey, I also heard that french green clay kills MRSA. Heidi N " Hi all, > Anyone know how to treat a staph infection herbally? I just tested > positive for it on a nasal culture. Not sure if it's an MRSA. Thanks! > " **************Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp00300000002489 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 testing positive for anything on nasal or even skin swab is not necessarily a cause for alarm. MANY of us naturally harbor some " pathogenic " or potentially harmful bacteria along with the good guys. The problem is when their numbers overtake the good guys and/or start causing an " infection " or inflammation ( usually with symptoms) Did you know many naturally harbor STREP A and while they dont have an actual " strep throat/infection " thay MAY then passit to another and if the timing is right ( immune status etc) that second person WILL become infected!! as in symptomatic. Many public health groups have flip flopped thru the years and still we have no clear cut plan as to whether we should " treat " these silent carriers...many studies show that for the most part it doesnt really keep Strep cases down, and with abx resistance rising may be more harmful to the community. BUT, if for example it is a classroom where there are a few kids with immune challenges or serious chronic illness ( Celiac, Cystic Fibrosis, cancers etc) and there are 1-2 " carriers " , the school nurse may ask those 2 to be treated to protect the others. Sometimes though the bacteria simply repopulate anyway. Almost the same? with MRSA " carriers''. Many hospitals ( not enough IMHO) are now routinely swabbing staff and everyone who stays in ER past 4 hrs or is admitted as baseline. They will try to isolate MRSA positives and at least try to keep them from those negative and immune challenged or at higher risk ( like cardiac and transplant pts). I havent yet seen a definitve plan to actually treat them all Plus as MRSA and VRSA are pretty harmful to many of the hospital population, so some DO consider treating non sx carrier with prophy abx. Regular staph, is NOT a cause for tx. it depends on how high the colonies number is, the sx if any, and the health status of the pt and family member or those exposed to. ( health care field workers?have to be more careful obviously) many of us would be surprised ( and Im guessing disgusted) if they swabbed a?recently showered arm or other body part and cultured it!!! Many in the " hygienics " field feel that skin soap and lotion antibacterials do too good a job of killing off too many bacteria and its the imbalance that causes more troubles!! NOT the presence of any particular critter. the nasal cavity is a particular swamp...after all the mucus is designed to capture and mire down bacterial invaders, so its expected that nasal swabs will come up with some ugly critters!! Many bacteriologists dont use nasal swabs unless there is a particularly valid reason ( monitoring carriers, very dangerous stuff like MRSA, etc) as they know that " routine " swabs will inevitably come up positive and may NOT indicate anything at all. Finette ] ________________________________________________________________________ More new features than ever. Check out the new AOL Mail ! - http://webmail.aol.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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