Scientists have investigated the effect of lavender essential oil.

Lavender oil can be used to combat the increasing incidence of resistant fungal infections, according to microbiologists at the University of Coimbra in Portugal, the Chronicle. info with reference to Healthy Style.

Essential oil from lavender has a powerful antifungal action against strains of common fungi responsible for skin and nail infections.

The effect of lavender oil was tested on the spectrum of pathogenic fungi and it turned out that the extract from the plant destroyed a number of cutaneous pathogenic strains known as dermatophytes, as well as various species of Candida bacteria. Dermatophytes cause skin, hair and nail infections because they use keratin in these tissues to produce nutrients.

Bacterial species of Candida are also found in healthy people without causing problems, but can lead to skin-mucous candidiasis - or thrush - in some people. In patients with immunodeficiency Candida can cause serious infections if the fungal cells enter the blood.

Available treatments for such infections often have side effects. At the same time, over the past few years, there has been an increase in the incidence of bacterial resistance to drugs and the overall prevalence of fungal diseases, especially among immunocompromised patients. Lavender essential oil may serve as a cheap and reliable alternative to standard treatment because it has sedative, antioxidant and antispasmodic properties , doctors believe.

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