DO NOT USE OREGANO OIL AT FULL STRENGTH!! Please see post #8. I also had a friend use it on her face and said it was quite painful. Essential oils are to be used only with caution. Their fumes, alone, are enough to cause major damage in cats.
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases...1011065609.htm
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Another aspect of the study examined the efficacy of oregano oil and carvacrol, which is believed to be the major antibacterial component of oregano, in 18 mice infected with the staph bacteria
Six of the mice received oregano oil for 30 days, and 50% of this group survived the 30-day treatment. Six received the carvacrol in olive oil, not oregano oil, and none survived longer than 21 days. Six mice received olive oil alone with no active agents (the control group) and all died within three days. A repeat study corroborated these findings, which demonstrates that there are components of oregano oil other than carvacrol that have antibiotic properties.
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