In this day and age of ever evolving flus like the swine flu and new forms of infection that are resistant to antibiotics, there is lot to be learned from natural substances like green tea.
MRSA is a staph infection that was known for a while as the "superbug', because it could not be stopped by conventional antibiotic treatment. It spread through hospitals and schools through skin contact and was a cause for great alarm.
In a new study in Japan, elderly patients with MRSA infections in their respitory passages were given green tea catechins to inhale. That's right, they sniffed powdered green tea up their nose! But the conclusion found that reatment with green tea catechins reduced MRSA count!
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE STUDY
Catechins are a type of polyphenol found in green, oolong and black teas and are found in higher amounts in the high quality loose leaf green teas like the teas I sell here at the Tea Temple Tea shop. Please check out my great tea selection at the bottom of the page or visit mountain rose for bulk tea orders at a great price. But don't sniff the tea up your nose!
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