Thursday Plantation

The History of Tea Tree Oil

The indigenous people of north-eastern New South Wales (Australia) had known about the healing and disinfecting properties of tea tree oil for thousands of years, long before the development of any pharmaceutical drugs. They applied poultices of crushed tea tree leaves to cuts and wounds and inhaled the volatile oil from the crushed leaves to alleviate congestion and respiratory tract infections.
The scientific discovery of the plant’s virtues came in 1923 when the leading state government chemist, Arthur Penfold, tested the oil of the tea tree and determined its antiseptic action was about 12 times stronger than the widely used carbolic acid. Extensive clinical trials with medical and dental colleagues in London and Sydney led to glowing reports in the distinguished scientific journals of the day.
 

Indeed, the 1930’s and 1940’s saw tea tree oil widely acclaimed as a near perfect antiseptic, so much so that during World War II Australian soldiers were issued with tea tree oil in their first aid kits. The troops also sang the praises of tea tree oil’s insect repellent and anti-fungal properties. At home, it was put to an amazing spectrum of uses from shampoo, toothpaste and smelly feet to boils, acne and head lice.
 
Sadly, this remedy from nature was forgotten for almost 30 years as cheap, synthetic antibiotics flooded the world’s medicine markets and became a way of life. The tea tree industry collapsed by the 1960’s and the oil became a rare commodity. But, in 1976, Eric White became the latter-day pioneer of the Australian tea tree industry. Convinced of its applications in modern society, Eric chose the alternately flood-washed and drought-baked Bungawalbyn Swamp, near Coraki in northern NSW, for his first crops. After four years of painstaking research and lobbying, a crown lease was granted. It arrived on a Thursday in 1976….this was the day Thursday Plantation was born.
 

Eric's Comments Regarding Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil

I have recommend and used Thursday Plantation Tea Tree oil for over thirty years, and know first hand about how powerful this natural healing product really is. Australian Tea Tree Oil has been proven to be more effective that the New Zealand tea Tree Oil, and I only recommend the one brand - Thursday Plantation. Here are a few recollections of my use and recommendation of Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil over the years:

• I like to use the Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil Toothpaste, it is most pleasant and has a very good effect on your gums and will help to keep them in top shape.
• I brought several large bottles of Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil with me to India in 1994 as I knew I was going to do voluntary work for several months in Mother Theresa's slum clinic in Calcutta. This is where I saw first hand just how powerful this amazing natural healer was first hand, severely infected patients were responding remarkeably well in a hospital setting with natural medicines. The clinic I worked in was a "dumping ground" for expired pharma drugs which were over ten years out of date. My two favourite healers used were calendula tincture and Tea Tree Oil.
• I have always used Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil with my family and particularly with my four children - ranging from everything to cuts, skin rashes, acne, lacerations and even when my eight year old was attacked by a rather savage cat and had four major puncture wounds to his lower arm. We soaked a cloth in Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil and applied it. NO doctor, NO tetanus shot, NO long waiting in the emergency department of the hospital. My family has never had to resort to an antibiotic, ever.
• I have even used Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil with our three cats, saves those expensive vetinerary bills. Our beautiful birman cat was attacked and bitten around the head, which resulted in several wounds of which a few went septic. I injected Tea Tree Oil into the wounds and let them drain. Within one week it was all fine, no infection, no puss and I saved several hundred dollars - more than I have probably spent on this remarkeable potion over the years.
•  I have use Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil after having been disappointed with other brands of Tea Tree Oil over the years - the original is always the best.
• One one the best things I have found with this remarkeable oil is it's multiple applications with candida patients. It is so effective with topical (skin) applications, on the toenail with discoloured toenails or tinea, as a vaginal cleanse/douche for vaginitis (thrush) and those whitish skin patches which candida patients sometimes get.
• I have even recommended it with patients presenting with tongue cancer. Yes - tongue cancer.

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 Why Use Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Oil Products for Fungus?

When put to an independent test supervised by The University of Western Australia, the Department of Microbiology concluded that Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Anti-Fungal gel performed equal to or, for the most part, better than other products tested.

Products evaluated were Daktarin, DaktaGOLD, Canesten, Canesten Once Daily Bifonazole, Lamisil and Bio-Juven Foot Care Anto-Fungal Gel.
The results as seen below*, clearly show that Thursday Plantation Tea Tree Anti-Fungal Gel was the most effective product against Candida albicans and second only to Lamisil against Trichophyton rubrum (tinea).

* Photograph based on relative concentration of 6.25% product onCandida alicans and 3.12% product onTrichophyton rubrum.