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The 1,000-Year-Old Once-Secret Medicine That Kills Superbugs
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Addressing medical needs is perhaps the most difficult aspect of homesteading and self-sufficiency.
Growing your own pharmacy and learning emergency medical skills are all a good idea. You can now add “learn centuries-old medical remedies” to the list.
An Anglo-Saxon remedy consisting of nothing more than cow stomach bile, onion, garlic and wine can reportedly kill the MRSA superbug, scientists in Great Britain have discovered. The 1,000-year-old mixture, which was used during the medieval era to cure eye infections, was discovered in an old manuscript in a British library.
MRSA is typically resistant to many antibiotics and can often result in death.
Anglo-Saxon expert Dr. Christina Lee of the University of Nottingham mixed up some of the antibacterial remedy from the 9th Century to see if it would really work – and was “astonished” when it did, the BBC reported.
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The Bald’s Leechbook containing the Anglo-Saxon remedy is reportedly considered one of the earliest known medical textbooks and contains a multitude of medieval medical advice, including recipes for medicines, salves and treatments.
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“We were genuinely astonished at the results of our experiments in the lab.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/current-events/the-1000-year-old-once-secret-medicine-that-kills-superbugs/
