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 I know this one hit home for my brotherinlaw went in for some surgery at a big hospital in Gainesville fl, we wont name any names. But he was supposed to only be in there for about 4-5 days and with all of the complacations from the surgery he also wound up with MRSA on top of every thing else and wound up being there about 4-5 months this past year. The so called super bug which is super staff infection MRSA comes from simply being dirty it can be from the doctors not changing their scrubs,nurses not changing gloves or dirty equipment. I know that everthing I went through with my wife and her breast cancer I feel like I am a better nurse than most that I met in this place it is sad that when I told a nurse there that I would not even bring my dog into the place she agreed with me. Any how I found an article on one of my news letters that I get and checked it out so here it is for you to check out to all I know is that it works and that is all that counts here is the information that I came up with and it was well worth the research.

16 November 2007

MRSA faces defeat from wild flower

By Ailín Quinlan
A WILD flower growing in West Corkcould hold the key to wiping out the deadly superbug MRSA, it has emerged.


Researchers at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT) haverevealed the bright yellow flower known as inula helenium kills the lethal bug,which is resistant to some of the strongest antibiotics on the market.

Inula helenium is a tall plant which grows wild in westCork and blossoms in late summer. It’s one of two herbs involvedin a €35,000 research project carried out at CIT. The other, pulsatillavulgaris, also proved highly effective against the potentially fatal MRSA bug.    

Extracts from both plants weretested against a group of 300 staphylococci including MRSA and inula heleniumproved 100% effective against the superbug.

The trials were carried out by postgraduate studentSusan O’Shea of CIT’s biological sciences department as part of a two-yearresearch project, under the supervision of Dr Brigid Lucey, a senior medicalscientist with the microbiology department of Cork University Hospital and DrLesley Cotter, a lecturer in biomedical sciences at CIT.   

Here is some more info related to the above.

http://www.drugdigest.org/DD/DVH/HerbsWho/0,3923,4099%7CInula%2Bhelenium,00.html

Inula helenium
Scientific Name: Elecampane
Other Names: Alant, Elf Dock, Elfwort, Horse-elder, Horseheal, Pushkarmoola, Scabwort, Velvet Dock, Wild Sunflower, Yellow Starwort

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Traditionally, elecampane has been taken to treatrespiratory conditions such as asthma and bronchitis because chemicalsin it cause mucus to become thinner. Consequently, congestion in thelungs may be lessened and the elimination of excess mucus may beeasier. Elecampane may also help to decrease coughing.   

Because it contains mucilage, elecampane has been used to relievegastrointestinal irritation, as well. Mucilage is a natural gummysubstance that does not dissolve in water, but forms a thick, gooeymass when exposed to fluids. Like other mucilage-containing substances,elecampane swells up and becomes slick when it is exposed to fluids.The resulting slippery material coats and soothes irritated tissue inthe mouth, throat, stomach, or intestines.    

Elecampane is a source of inulin (also known as fructosan), acarbohydrate-based fiber that is broken down and absorbed in the coloninstead of in the upper digestive tract where most other foods aredigested. Also unlike most other carbohydrates, which are converted toglycogen and stored temporarily in the liver, inulin is converted intofatty acids that spread out to many different tissues in the body.Inulin is often substituted for other carbohydrates in food productsfor individuals with diabetes because it provides a sweet taste withoutcausing drastic changes in blood sugar levels. As shown in a fewlaboratory and animal studies, it may have a general lowering effect onblood sugar levels, as well. Additionally, inulin is thought to protectbeneficial bacteria in the colon while suppressing harmful bacteria.Therefore, inulin may help prevent bowel diseases, including coloncancer. However, research in humans is limited for all of thesepossible uses.
   

  I bought some of this for my brotherinlaw and for my wife and I know it works well even I took some after being up there around people in that place and if you need to know where to get it go to WindRiver Herbs they were the best I found and I will be a long time customer of theirs that is for sure. We all know there are cures out there for a lot of things but between the insurance companies and the government they dont stand to make money on natural cures lord forbid they ok them. But they do work and work well. Godbless and take care. cw