Tea Tree Oil

11/01/2004 - "There is a need for larger clinical trials to further examine efficacy of tea tree oil as an adjunctive wound therapy, as well as improved guidelines for developing plant-based medicines."
08/01/2011 - "As many as 11 of the remaining 12 participants were treated with a water-miscible tea tree oil (3·3%) solution applied as part of the wound cleansing regimen at each dressing change. "
08/01/2011 - "The primary aim of this uncontrolled case series was to assess whether a tea tree oil solution used in a wound cleansing procedure could decolonise MRSA from acute and chronic wounds of mixed aetiology. "
03/01/2011 - "Chronic wound treatment with topical tea tree oil."
11/01/2004 - "Tea tree oil has been used for centuries as a botanical medicine, and has only in recent decades surfaced in the scientific literature as a promising adjunctive wound treatment. "

10/01/1998 - "These in vitro results suggest that tea-tree oil may be useful in the treatment of yeast and fungal mucosal and skin infections."
05/01/2006 - "Clinical studies of tea tree oil as an agent for the prevention and treatment of oral fungal infections in immunocompromised patients merit consideration."
03/01/2000 - "Hence further study is needed to establish whether tea tree oil can be used with safety in the treatment of external and middle ear infections."
01/01/2014 - "Finally, there are encouraging data for the treatment of infections, especially for tea tree oil, although current results are still inconclusive. "
07/01/2013 - "Tea tree oil exerts antioxidant activity and has been reported to have broad-spectrum antimicrobial activity against bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal infections affecting skin and mucosa. "

10/01/2004 - "Topical tea tree oil effective in canine localised pruritic dermatitis--a multi-centre randomised double-blind controlled clinical trial in the veterinary practice."
08/01/2002 - "Four (3.8%) patients applying tea tree oil developed moderate to severe dermatitis that improved quickly on stopping the study medication."
05/01/2007 - "The tea tree oil reaction was deemed relevant to the presenting dermatitis in 17 of 41 (41%) patients. "
03/01/1994 - "Melaleuca oil (tea tree oil) dermatitis."
10/01/2004 - "A standardised and stabilised 10% tea tree oil cream was tested against a commercial skin care cream (control cream) in the management of canine localised acute and chronic dermatitis. "

06/01/1997 - "Does tea tree oil have a place in the topical treatment of burns?"
12/01/2008 - "In this study, Aloe vera, saliva and a tea tree oil impregnated dressing (Burnaid) were applied as first aid to a porcine deep dermal contact burn, compared to a control of nothing. "
12/01/2014 - "Previous work with pigs indicated that cooling burns with a gel (active ingredient: tea tree oil) improved healing compared to untreated wounds. "
06/01/1997 - "In view of our findings and literature indicating the cytotoxicity of tea tree oil against human fibroblasts and epithelial cells, it is recommended that this product should not be used on burn wounds."
12/01/2008 - "The efficacy of Aloe vera, tea tree oil and saliva as first aid treatment for partial thickness burn injuries."

01/01/2007 - "Topical 5% tea tree oil is an effective treatment for mild to moderate acne vulgaris."
01/01/2007 - "One study has suggested the efficacy of tea tree oil in treatment of the acne vulgaris. "
01/01/2007 - "The efficacy of 5% topical tea tree oil gel in mild to moderate acne vulgaris: a randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study."
01/01/2007 - "To determine the efficacy of tea tree oil in mild to moderate acne vulgaris. "
01/01/2015 - " from a single trial showed potential benefit of tea tree oil compared with placebo in improving total skin lesion counts (MD -7.53, 95% CI -10.40 to -4.66, 60 participants, 1 trial, low quality of evidence) and acne severity scores (MD -5.75, 95% CI -9.51 to -1.99, 60 participants, 1 trial). "