Article: Tea Tree Oil Takes Off in Thailand.

Article: Collaborative Group distributes Main Camp's ...
Household & Personal Products Industry;  August 1, 2002 ;     486 words ... ... Stony Brook, NY, was named the exclusive North American distributor for Main Camp tea tree oil and SNP specialty products. Main Camp executives said the company's tea tree oil is a broad-spectrum antimicrobial, acts as an anti-inflammatory ...

Article: Australian tea-tree oil: EU safety concerns.
Nutraceuticals International;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... and thus the profile of tea tree oil in cosmetics and therapeutics ... John Bax, director of Main Camp Plantations, agreed that ... all essential oils and tea tree was just the 'first cab off the rank.' Main Camp, as the world's largest ...

Article: Tea Tree Oil
Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine;      700+ words ...Tea tree oil Description Tea tree oil ( Melaleuca alternifolia ) is a multi-purpose herb that traces ... making a mudpack. However, the plant didn't receive the name "tea tree" until 1770, when the name was given by the British explorer ...

Article: Tea tree oil: An oil from down under for all over
Better Nutrition;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...The tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia), a member ... common name). The essential oil of the tea tree is renowned for its antifungal and antiseptic ... appreciated the health-giving benefits of tea tree for many centuries. Tea tree was an important ...

Article: Tea tree oil-
Better Nutrition;  August 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... for many years before Cook's arrival. Tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia), as Cook and ... introduced the healing properties of the tea tree to the British landing party in the form ... trees growing near the water's edge. Tea tree comes of age By the early 1900s, tea ...

Article: Tea tree oil.(ALTERNATIVE MEDS UPDATE)(Medical ...
Clinical Advisor;  January 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... solution is found in an age-old remedy. Tea tree oil is one such entity. Having been used ... years as an all-purpose antiseptic, tea tree oil has enjoyed a surge of popularity ... Background Australian Aborigines have long used tea tree oil for healing skin lacerations, burns ...

Article: Tea tree oil: panacea or placebo?(News, Views & ...
Journal of Drugs in Dermatology;  May 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ...The History of Tea Tree Oil From the leaves of the Melaleuca ... inhaled vapor to treat colds. Interest in tea tree oil peaked in the 1920s and 1930s, when ... component of medical and herbal products. Tea tree oil is composed of a number of terpene ...