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The Tea Tree Oil Bible: Your Essential Guide for Health and Home Uses/Your First Aid Kit in a Bottle
Book by Ali, Elvis, Vecotsky, Ken, Vegotsky, Ken
246 pages, Paperback
First published May 1, 1999
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September 13, 2022
Month of September 2022 - Essential Oils (Health)
“The Tea Tree Oil Bible: Your Essential Guide” (1999) by Dr. Elvis Ali, Dr. George Grant, Dr. Selim Nakla, Don Patel, and Ken Vegotsky.
Tea Tree Essential oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) originally only grew wild in Australia, and in Northern Australia at that. As of the printing of this book, 1999, California had begun growing Melaleuca alternifolia for making tea tree oils...not sure if they still are. In any case, with over 300 varieties of tea trees, you want to make sure your label reads: Melaleuca alternifolia. It’s interesting to note that it takes 2000 pounds of leaves to produce 11 quarts of tea tree oil. Picking off the leaves encourages new, bushier growth, so at least, that's one good blessing.
All species have certain amounts of healing properties, but this particular species, in its pure, 100% unadulterated (no fillers) form, has high Terpinen-4-ol (greater than 30%) and low amounts of cineole (less than 15%), making it safer to use on a wider range of health conditions with no side effects what-so-ever. It is actually the balance between these two particular chemicals which gives the oil the ability to even promote healing.
Research began on tea tree oil in the 1930’s and 1940’s. It has been proven that Melaleuca alternifolia kills 99% bacteria ON CONTACT. It is an excellent antibacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral agent, a natural germicide, so much so, that it had become standard issue in the Australian armed forces. Tea tree oil was still being used, at least up until 1999 when this book was published, in hospitals as a disinfectant and Australian dentists were using tea tree oil as a disinfectant before putting fillings in teeth.
Once the synthetic and more profitable pharmaceutical germicides was pushed to the forefront, tea tree oil, and other natural remedies, as we all know, fell to the wayside, especially here in the U.S. It would be interesting to know if Australia still uses this medicinal oil, or did they sell out to the pharmaceutical companies?
This book is well indexed for the health conditions Melaleuca alternifolia can be used for, which is a lot more than I ever imagined. It is separated into health conditions, beauty and hygiene, household cleaners, and pets. The authors provide exact instructions on how to make the mixtures and use the oil. I like that! Although they are very repetitive in their formulas and instructions for different, but similar, health conditions (bronchitis, colds and flu, for example), that's okay. It just reinforces what you read. This will be a great reference book!
They do not lean toward any particular brand of oils, except that you should buy from a reputable company that is trusted. And, if unsure, then they suggest you write them and ask. Although, I’m not sure I could trust even that step. Essential oils are not regulated by the government; therefore, anything goes as far as labels are concerned. If the company hires a third party lab for periodic testing of their oils, then you are at least closer to the truth.
Prices as of today, 9/12/2022, from a few companies I do trust:
- Young Living (1/2 oz. $30.00)
- doTerra (1/2 oz. $30.67)
- Mountain Rose Herbs (1/2 oz. $10.50; 1 oz. $16.00; 4 oz. $51.25; 16 oz. $164.00). NOTE: This is one company online that you don’t have to be affiliated with, prices are lower because you don't have a pyramid of people above you that take a cut.
A few things I’ll try right off the bat from this book
Dentistry: Add 1 drop of Melaleuca alternifolia to my toothpaste and then brush. This helps remove plaque from teeth and makes for healthier gums by killing bacteria. Since your mouth absorbs anything that enters, it will absorb the tea tree oil and help with internal healing, such as fungus, or bacteria overgrowths, even if on a very limited scale. The book goes into more depth on this, using tea tree oil in other ways.
Shampoo (for that cool, clean feeling in the scalp): 80 drops to 1/2 c. pH neutral shampoo [Hmmm….need to research this].
Disinfectant hand lotion for on the go…just multiply each ingredient to make as much as you need [I'm thinking maybe some kind of reusable travel squeeze bottle]: 2 T. Vegetable glycerin, 30 drops tea tree oil, and 1 T. Vodka (more gentle on skin) or you can use rubbing alcohol.
WARNING: Tea Tree Oil is NOT to be ingested by the drops in water like some other oils unless it is in the form of a tea, preferably a commercially blended tea that is perfectly safe and beneficial for certain health conditions, such as fungus or bacterial infections, or if you have some kind of candida yeast overgrowth, genital herpes and all sorts of other health conditions. The book goes more into all this.
The book mentions “Thursday Plantation”, an Australian company that makes a variety of tea tree oil products that are still sold here in the U.S. and can be found at Walgreens, Walmarts and on Amazon, or from their website online. I've never heard of them and have no idea of their reputation.
“The Tea Tree Oil Bible: Your Essential Guide” (1999) by Dr. Elvis Ali, Dr. George Grant, Dr. Selim Nakla, Don Patel, and Ken Vegotsky.
Tea Tree Essential oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) originally only grew wild in Australia, and in Northern Australia at that. As of the printing of this book, 1999, California had begun growing Melaleuca alternifolia for making tea tree oils...not sure if they still are. In any case, with over 300 varieties of tea trees, you want to make sure your label reads: Melaleuca alternifolia. It’s interesting to note that it takes 2000 pounds of leaves to produce 11 quarts of tea tree oil. Picking off the leaves encourages new, bushier growth, so at least, that's one good blessing.
All species have certain amounts of healing properties, but this particular species, in its pure, 100% unadulterated (no fillers) form, has high Terpinen-4-ol (greater than 30%) and low amounts of cineole (less than 15%), making it safer to use on a wider range of health conditions with no side effects what-so-ever. It is actually the balance between these two particular chemicals which gives the oil the ability to even promote healing.
Research began on tea tree oil in the 1930’s and 1940’s. It has been proven that Melaleuca alternifolia kills 99% bacteria ON CONTACT. It is an excellent antibacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral agent, a natural germicide, so much so, that it had become standard issue in the Australian armed forces. Tea tree oil was still being used, at least up until 1999 when this book was published, in hospitals as a disinfectant and Australian dentists were using tea tree oil as a disinfectant before putting fillings in teeth.
Once the synthetic and more profitable pharmaceutical germicides was pushed to the forefront, tea tree oil, and other natural remedies, as we all know, fell to the wayside, especially here in the U.S. It would be interesting to know if Australia still uses this medicinal oil, or did they sell out to the pharmaceutical companies?
This book is well indexed for the health conditions Melaleuca alternifolia can be used for, which is a lot more than I ever imagined. It is separated into health conditions, beauty and hygiene, household cleaners, and pets. The authors provide exact instructions on how to make the mixtures and use the oil. I like that! Although they are very repetitive in their formulas and instructions for different, but similar, health conditions (bronchitis, colds and flu, for example), that's okay. It just reinforces what you read. This will be a great reference book!
They do not lean toward any particular brand of oils, except that you should buy from a reputable company that is trusted. And, if unsure, then they suggest you write them and ask. Although, I’m not sure I could trust even that step. Essential oils are not regulated by the government; therefore, anything goes as far as labels are concerned. If the company hires a third party lab for periodic testing of their oils, then you are at least closer to the truth.
Prices as of today, 9/12/2022, from a few companies I do trust:
- Young Living (1/2 oz. $30.00)
- doTerra (1/2 oz. $30.67)
- Mountain Rose Herbs (1/2 oz. $10.50; 1 oz. $16.00; 4 oz. $51.25; 16 oz. $164.00). NOTE: This is one company online that you don’t have to be affiliated with, prices are lower because you don't have a pyramid of people above you that take a cut.
A few things I’ll try right off the bat from this book
Dentistry: Add 1 drop of Melaleuca alternifolia to my toothpaste and then brush. This helps remove plaque from teeth and makes for healthier gums by killing bacteria. Since your mouth absorbs anything that enters, it will absorb the tea tree oil and help with internal healing, such as fungus, or bacteria overgrowths, even if on a very limited scale. The book goes into more depth on this, using tea tree oil in other ways.
Shampoo (for that cool, clean feeling in the scalp): 80 drops to 1/2 c. pH neutral shampoo [Hmmm….need to research this].
Disinfectant hand lotion for on the go…just multiply each ingredient to make as much as you need [I'm thinking maybe some kind of reusable travel squeeze bottle]: 2 T. Vegetable glycerin, 30 drops tea tree oil, and 1 T. Vodka (more gentle on skin) or you can use rubbing alcohol.
WARNING: Tea Tree Oil is NOT to be ingested by the drops in water like some other oils unless it is in the form of a tea, preferably a commercially blended tea that is perfectly safe and beneficial for certain health conditions, such as fungus or bacterial infections, or if you have some kind of candida yeast overgrowth, genital herpes and all sorts of other health conditions. The book goes more into all this.
The book mentions “Thursday Plantation”, an Australian company that makes a variety of tea tree oil products that are still sold here in the U.S. and can be found at Walgreens, Walmarts and on Amazon, or from their website online. I've never heard of them and have no idea of their reputation.
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