Antibiotic Essential Oils Clove Bud (Syzygium aromaticum) Clove Bud is an essential oil with strong antiviral, antiseptic, and antibacterial properties. During the sixteenth century, cloves were used with pomanders to ward off the plague. Another traditional use of cloves is as a toothache remedy. Cloves are native to the Mollucan Islands of Indonesia but are now cultivated in many tropical countries. Clove Bud Essential Oil is an analgesic used to alleviate skeletal and muscle pain. Taken internally in small doses, it can remove intestinal parasites, worms, and their eggs. Diluted Clove Bud Essential Oil can be used for skin and hair conditions such as measles, scabies, athlete’s foot, and lice. Cinnamon Bark (Cinnamomum zylanicum) Cinnamon Bark is one of the oldest known spices. The tree is cultivated in India, Sri Lanka, Mauritius, and the Seychelles. The bark is removed from 6 to 8 year old trees, then cut into strips, and left to dry in the sun. The essential oil is steam distilled from the sun-dried bark. Cinnamon Bark oil is an effective stimulant for the circulatory system and an analgesic for treating muscle aches and pain. It has strong antiviral, antifungal, and antibacterial properties due to its main chemical constituent, cinnamaldehyde. In their clinical studies, Lapraz and Duraffourd successfully used Cinnamon Bark essential oil to treat skin infections, infections of the respiratory system, digestive tract infections, and foremost, bacterial bladder infections.
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