Plants/Constituents and Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Lemon Grass is reported to have inhibitory effect on several organisms, including P. aeruginosa, however, scientific query proves otherwise.
Boswellia appears to have modest action against The Enemy.
Sour "tart" cherry (Prunus cerasus) attenuates the effect of The Enemy to some degree. (That is, it makes it less virulent.) While I was freaking out earlier, I walked in to Whole Foods to find the tea listed as anti-Enemy, and was immediately encountered by shelves full of tart cherry juice. You can bet your ass I took this reminder as a sign from the universe and bought myself a bottle. My last encounter with tart cherry was a couple of years back when I was trying to pretend my neuropathy might be gout, and I was taking it to relieve symptoms (obvioiusly unsuccessfully, since I don't have gout.)
Teas may prove mildly beneficial. Assam tea has to be mail ordered and the study was done using an ethanol extract (tincture) but I'll be making hot aqueous extracts while I figure out what else to do.
Honey apparently kills it pretty well in infected wounds but I'm not sure how well it works for GI or systemic, so I'll keep you all posted. Here it is effective against other infections so we'll be adding to the arsenal. My concern was whether or not it would maintain its bacteriocidal properties in the digestive tract.
Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort) is apparently ineffective against both P. aeruginosa and its biofilm.
ginseng extract may be effective against biofilms. Even ginseng tea was effective. Reducing biofilm adherence helps antibiotics work. It apparently damages the pathogen's communication.
Boswellia appears to have modest action against The Enemy.
Sour "tart" cherry (Prunus cerasus) attenuates the effect of The Enemy to some degree. (That is, it makes it less virulent.) While I was freaking out earlier, I walked in to Whole Foods to find the tea listed as anti-Enemy, and was immediately encountered by shelves full of tart cherry juice. You can bet your ass I took this reminder as a sign from the universe and bought myself a bottle. My last encounter with tart cherry was a couple of years back when I was trying to pretend my neuropathy might be gout, and I was taking it to relieve symptoms (obvioiusly unsuccessfully, since I don't have gout.)
Teas may prove mildly beneficial. Assam tea has to be mail ordered and the study was done using an ethanol extract (tincture) but I'll be making hot aqueous extracts while I figure out what else to do.
Honey apparently kills it pretty well in infected wounds but I'm not sure how well it works for GI or systemic, so I'll keep you all posted. Here it is effective against other infections so we'll be adding to the arsenal. My concern was whether or not it would maintain its bacteriocidal properties in the digestive tract.
Hypericum perforatum (St. John's Wort) is apparently ineffective against both P. aeruginosa and its biofilm.
ginseng extract may be effective against biofilms. Even ginseng tea was effective. Reducing biofilm adherence helps antibiotics work. It apparently damages the pathogen's communication.
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