
04/08/2024
Lemongrass essential oil is one of my absolute favourites 🫶
Pneumonia is an acute infection that causes inflammation of the lungs. It can be caused by bacteria, viruses, or fungi. Recently, nebulized antibiotics have become the preferred treatment over intravenous and oral antibiotics in Western medicine because this allows the antibiotics to enter pulmonary tissues and reduces side effects.
Knowing this, scientists evaluated essential oils as new inhalation therapeutics in a preclinical model that simulates inhaling essential oils. Inhalation of essential oil v***rs evenly distributes active substances to both the lower and upper respiratory tract. And many essential oils have anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity. When testing Indian medicinal plants against pneumonia-causing pathogens, ajowan CT thymol displayed the strongest antibacterial activity against H. influenzae when in v***r phase. Ajowan and lemongrass (C. citratus) were effective against all pathogens tested (H. influenzae, S, aureus, S. pneumoniae, S. pyogenes).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10304056/
If you have a respiratory tract infection, inhalation is a must for your recovery.