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Latin names : Melaleuca alternifolia Maiden
French names : Tea-tree m.a., Mélaleuque à feuilles alternes, Arbre à thé
Other english name : Tea tree
Extracted from : Brances (Australia)
Aaah, the famous legend of Tea Tree ...
Let alone that the love the English have for Tea goes along with their knowledge of Tea Tree.There is anyway a truthfully truly true legend about the real Tea Tree, but this is not what is told in books and lectures. So let's start with the untrue one to see the real-real one afterwards.
The untrue one first:
It is incorrectly stated that James Cook 'discovered' Australia (well, the Aborigines were not supposed to know they were in Australia ...), drank a tea made of Tea tree leaves and got confused with Tea leaves.
Tea tree is a tree with a big-true trunk. Its leaves are linear and are never more than a millimeter wide. Tea grows tiny leaves on a small bush. The leaves of the Tea tree are very fragrant and smell ... of their essential oil. A rather medicinal smell though - it's true, we must admit. Tea leaves smell like ... tea. Well there already, it is quite hard to confuse an Englishman.
But that would be going one step too far to say that on board James Cook's vessel (HMB Endeavor) was one of the most famous botanists of all time: Joseph Banks.
However, Aborigines used to prepare tea with the leaves of another tree that also belongs to the family Myrtaceae: Leptosperm Peters. And that one was named Tea Tree. Name shared by several trees, hence the little 'm.a' next to 'Tea Tree' on your favourite website.
The real one now:
There is a lake in Australia in which Aboriginal people used to go when they were sick. A high-energy place. Local Lourdes if you want.
It is very shallow. The sun is strong there and it is lined with tea tree with alternate leaves (our Tea Tree ma). The leaves fall in the water and make the lake a giant cup of herbal healer with antibacterial, antiviral, immunostimulatory properties, specific of its essential oil. Combining the energy of the place and the physical properties of Tea-tree, it is quite something to soothe ailments.
And this is the true real truth about the name of Tea Tree m.a.
Allows to feel that we are all in symbiosis with the surrounding Nature.
Diminishes feelings of being a victim.
Helps to understand that wanting children (or not) is your own choice, irrespective of any social programmation.
Anti-infectieux général
Antibactérien
Vulnéraire, Cicatrisant, Participe de plusieurs façons à la guérison de plaies
Antitartre, Combat le tartre
Anti-poux
Antifongique, Antimycosique
Antiviral
Immunostimulant, Stimulant immunitaire
Antiparasitaire, Vermifuge
Antiprurique, Antiprurigineux, Combat les démangeaisons
Insectifuge, Eloigne les insectes
Anti-inflammatoire
Boutons, folliculites, Furoncles, Anthrax, Abcès, Escarre
Plaies, Coupures, Cicatrices, Abrasions, Egratignures
Tartre dentaire
Poux, Pédiculose
Mycose unguéale, Mycose cutanée
Maladie infectieuse, Faiblesse immunitaire, Immunodéficience
Grippe ORL, Pneumonie, Bronchite, Bronchiolite, Toux grasse, Sinusite
Cystite, Infections urinaires, Candidose vaginale
Aphtes
Brûlures, Coups de soleil
Parasites intestinaux, Vers intestinaux, Amibiase, Ascaridiase, Oxyurose
Verrues
Démangeaisons, Prurit, Piqûres d’insectes
Moustiques et insectes volants
Infections digestives, Grippe intestinale, Gastro-entérite, Turista, Choléra
Alcools monoterpéniques (terpinène-4-ol 25-45%)
Monoterpènes (gamma-terpinène 15-20%, paracymène 2-20%, alpha-terpinène 6-10%, terpinolène 2-10%)
Oxydes (1,8-cinéole 2-10%, 1,4-cinéole)
Cétones : aucune
Furanocoumarines : aucune
Batch, TEAB890N33 (PDF, 322 Ko, French)
Batch, TEAB891N001 (PDF, 304 Ko, French)
Batch, TEAB891N007 (PDF, 607.5 Ko, French)
No contraindication within physiological dosage.
Keep out of reach of children.
Children and pregnant women: no contraindication within physiological dosage.
Potentially toxic to cats (paracymene oxidation).
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