The Secret to Preventing MRSA (Mur-Sa) Naturally

It's been years since I worked as a nurse in the hospital but I can remember even back then we were starting to see infections (usually staph) that were not responsive to antibiotics.

MRSA (Methicillin Resistant Staph Aureus) was starting to show up in patients in the hospital. Mostly in the Intensive Care Unit where I worked.

MRSA is a staph infection that does not go away when given the typical course of antibiotics such as methicillin - a penicillin based medication.

The worst part was that when patients got MRSA it was "hospital acquired" - meaning it came from either other patients or somewhere else in the hospital.

Just like most hospital acquired infections, MRSA would travel from one patient to another, and usually from someone on the patient care team who wasn't washing their hands.

Hand washing and cleanliness is the primary preventative for any infection.

I remember we used to talk about this as ICU nurses and guess that the culprits to the spread were some of the doctors who would rush in to evaluate their patients and go from patient to patient real quickly - and not wash their hands in between. These were the days before the hand sanitizers showed up everywhere on hospital walls.

Since then MRSA has become a threat not only in the hospital environment but in the community as well.

People typically don't think about contracting MRSA in the community until a family member or friend ends up with that diagnosis from some silly little sports injury. "Community acquired" MRSA is prevalent in the sports arena with contact sports.

>>>>>>>>> What is the best way to prevent MRSA? <<<<<<<<<

(Community CA-MRSA or Hospital Acquired HA-MRSA)

Here are some general tips and a research-based Secret Weapon:

--Live more consciously by being aware of your environment especially outside of your household

--Incorporate more cleanliness routines when you are in public places such as schools, gyms, churches, grocery stores

--Be aware of the things that you touch that many other people in the public are touching - like grocery carts, computers and keyboards such as in the library, remote controls in hotel rooms

And the research based Secret Weapon I suggest you carry and use:

>>>> Essential Oils <<<<

Here's the deal -

These staph infections that are growing more and more virulent and resistant to antibiotics are doing so because of this:

There is intelligence in nature. These microbes are pretty smart. They have been slaughtered by antibiotics for decades now and they have learned a way to protect themselves by morphing themselves into something that the drugs can't kill.

What these pathogenic microbes (like staph etc) respond to are other forms of nature that know how to fight them naturally -such as the essential oils.

These microbes cannot outwit the essential oils - they cannot develop resistant strains to essential oils because the plant kingdom is not a consistent chemical that the microbe can identify. There is effective variety in the plant kingdom (of which essential oils are made) that can eradicate the presence and overgrowth of pathogenic organisms that lead to infection.

Nature knows how to take care of nature. Its so simple.

What nature always wants to do is maintain balance and harmony.

In this situation the most brilliant approach for prevention is to use is the plant kingdom (essential oils) to work with and control the microbial kingdom (MRSA, etc).

It's natural, non-invasive, no side effects, and inexpensive.

So how do we do this on a practical every day level?

This, too, is simple.

And I suggest the reader, if not already involved, join the herds of forward thinking folks who are using essential oils in their everyday life to stay well, prevent infections and disease, have more energy and feel more balanced.

Let's get more practical and apply this to MRSA (CA and HA):

For Daily Use and Prevention of CA-MRSA

--As a daily routine use your personal care products that have therapeutic grade essential oils in them such as your shampoos, soaps, and even toothpaste and mouthwash.

--Diffuse essential oils in your home and in your car

--Apply your essential oils on your body such as the bottom of your feet before you put your shoes and socks on - and on your wrists, belly, back of your neck.

--Put a drop of your essential oil on your palm and rub your hands together and cup them around your nose for a deep inhalation - do 3 inhalations.

--Use what is on your fingertips from this palm routine and line the inside of your nostrils.

--Carry your essential oil hand gel in your purse, along with your essential oil hand wipes and your essential oil purse size spray.

--Carry your essential oil bottle in your purse for inhalations and applications (or make your own nasal inhalers - directions in an upcoming newsletter / video).

--When in public have your arsenal ready and use it often (gyms, hotels, public transportation, libraries, locker rooms, restaurants, grocery stores).

You may ask:

"Why not antibacterial soaps and commercial hand gels"?

Keep in mind what the commercial antibacterial products do.. . .

--besides the chemicals that are in these products that are not health producing, the antibacterial properties kill all bacteria.

--You do not want to kill all of the bacteria. Many bacteria are helpful and actually help to ward off infections.

--This is the beauty of the essential oils - they are smart enough to identify only the pathogenic organisms (the bad bugs) and destroy them but they keep the good bacteria.

For Prevention of HA-MRSA during Hospitalization

(What I recommend here is something that I would do and have done for family members in the hospital or in a medical facility. Circumstances are different with each situation but please know that doing some of these things may require you to step outside of your comfort zone and face questions from people who may not understand what you are doing. Stand up for yourselves and make sure people know that these are your choices and how you work with your self-health-care on a daily basis)

--Diffuse essential oils in your hospital or nursing home room and/or sprinkle your oils on a paper towel or a washcloth and stick it in the air vents of the ventilation system for the room.

--Spray your room with your essential oil spray.

--Clean the bedside table, handle, doorknobs, telephone, remote control with your essential oils.

I've had a lot of experience with these techniques in hospitals and nursing home rooms of both clients and family members.

The responses from the facilities and staff were varied. Many times people loved it because it makes such a huge and drastic (positive) difference immediately - from the smells to the mood etc.

>>>> IMPORTANT NOTE <<<<>

I, along with many others, are very sensitive to smells, chemicals, and perfumes.

That is the reason that I can only tolerate and use Young Living Essential Oils -because of the extreme purity and therapeutic value.

Many of us sensitives actually need the help of the YLEO because these gentle but effective oils and products can take are of the chemical environments that affect us.

And I know that Young Living will never use Sodium Laurel Sulfate and other chemical additives in their personal care products (check your products from the health food store - I bet you might find SLS!).

Research has been done in the UK on the use of essential oils for MRSA.

Here are two articles on activity over in the UK on essential oils for MRSA based on research findings:

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4116053.stm
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/6471475.stm

Research has also been done through Young Living Essential Oils by researcher Sue Chao. (HSL Inner Circle Members can access this in the site)

The essential oils that were found most effective for MRSA through her study were:

Single Oils - Lemongrass, Cinnamon, Mountain Savory, Eucalyptus Citridora

Blends - RC, Motivation, Thieves, Longevity, Exodus II, Purification

Here is the bottom line. . .

. . .not only with regard to MRSA, but how we deal with our life as we co-habitate with these other life forms in the microbial world........

Remember the line "you can't fool Mother Nature"?

It's true. So use the ancient proven approach which is to use nature to deal with nature - you can never go wrong.


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