Tea tree oil

I really like the protocols.

The first one is tea tree oil.

Again, we're talking about skin tags and warts.

So tea tree oil is a powerful antiviral.

So and it's an antifungal.

So if you have anything that's itching on your body, if you have sensitive skin, you could do four drops of tea tree oil in half a teaspoon of olive oil, four drops.

Take a get a little a little dropper full four drops in half a teaspoon of olive oil and apply it to the area on your skin that is troublesome.

Now, I will tell you that tea tree oil can sting a little bit, so you might be a little bit careful.

So it isn't yet clear the same effects hold up in people.

Tea tree oil shows how specific these findings get.

Researchers tested the oil and its compounds, terpenin-4-ole, terpenoline, and alpha-terpeneole, against a flu strain in cell cultures.

It slowed replication at concentrations that didn't meaningfully harm healthy cells, but it did not destroy the pathogen and did not protect cells from infection in the first place.

One thing they do vary in hugely is price.

You could buy a £3.50 tube of Tea Tree Spot Gel or you could spend £101 for Norse Organics 3 Tub Ritual.

They do offer a subscription at £57 a month.

Louise, it is possible to spend a huge amount on these products.

i don't mind this so much i think we've been through a real phase of people talking about natural products and actually many of us dermatologists shudder when we hear natural because actually just because it's natural it doesn't mean that it's good for your skin you know you wouldn't put nipples on your skin wouldn't put all sorts of irritating parts so we want to go towards physiological and that means it reflects the natural biology of the skin do

Let me pick up on natural, because that is something we talk about a lot here on Slice Bread.

And I guess one of the oldest products that is often referred to when people say, go natural, use this, is one that listener Claire asked about, tea tree oil.

So first, Ahana, is this still popular?