Re: battle against molds
- Subject: Re: battle against molds
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Tue, 08 May 2001 22:57:54 +1200
Gemcopley@cs.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 4/24/2001 9:58:50 AM GMT Daylight Time,
> theryans@xtra.co.nz writes:
>
> << "Mould" is just a popular general term for any growth of fungus over
> other material, be it plant or animal tissues or merely your bathroom
> tiles or shower curtain. Some moulds are good and others are not, each
> needs to be examined in context. >>
>
> This was a really helpful and interesting thread and I wondered if anyone
> could comment on the following:
> one can now buy a concentrate extracted from the pips of grapefruit which is
> extremely efficacious against fungal infections. The literature I have in
> front of me mentions 23 human conditions for which it is helpful, and as well
> against some nasty bacterial infections including legionnaires.wish I had !
Jennifer.
I too have seen this literature on the Internet, but I always tend to be
bit wary of such universal remedies, which tend to sound a bit like
"snake oil" and may not entirely live up to what they promise. All I can
suggest is to try it out wherever appropriate and see if it performs as
claimed.
I think though it is a pity to get fixated on a single substance. Modern
research is continully rediscovering useful remedies from the plant
world which were well known to our forbears, but forgotten for a while
in the twentieth century's "love-affair" with the synthetics.
In recent times we have had available an oil from our native Manuka
(Leptospermum scoparium) which is definitely very efficaceous against
fungus infections, and even honey made from the nectar of this species
has healing properties also (as the Maori knew long ago), especially
when combined with the gel from the base of NZ flax leaves. There is an
excellent balm with these ingredients available here which very quickly
and effectivly sooths all sorts of minor skin problems like insect bites
abrasions and small burns. The flax gel interestingly is very comparable
in its action to Aloe vera.
So far I have not seen the grapefruit seed preparation offered for sale
here in NZ, though we do have an excellent organic outlets which deal in
similar preparations.
I have however noticed for some time that citrus extracts in general
have become increasingly prominent in the organic cleaning industry with
many products, from general cleaners to ones to clean toilet bowls,
being based on them, so evidently Citrus oils have both cleansing and
disinfecting action. Whether the grapfruit extract offers much more than
all the others I cannot say.
Incidently, the shine on my hair, which has been admired, comes I am
sure from the final rinse with a good squeeze of lemon juice it gets
after shampooing. I think it removes any traces of soap film. My mother
introduced me to this when I was very small and I used to love trying to
catch drops in my mouth to taste the juice, soap traces notwithstanding
<G>
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata (near Wellington, capital city of New Zealand)
