6/18/2010

Melaleuca alternifolia History

The English common name of Melaleuca alternifolia, Tea Tree "was born, 1770. James Cook, then still the British Royal Navy lieutenant, landed with his "HMS Endeavour in Botany Bay on the east coast of Australia. Cook led his team on an expedition to the dangerous snakes through numerous marsh region. There he found dense woods of trees with aromatic scented leaves. When the expedition was also a botanist, Sir Joseph Banks, with the process of gathering the leaves of these trees and took them to England for further studies. Lieutenant Cook called it tea trees and tea plants, because their leaves when they were cooked, a pleasantly spicy and refreshing tea showed. Cook and his men watched the local population leaves and bark of the tea tree processed. He then made a decoction prepared from Teebaumblättern. This he continued successfully to treat various skin diseases, as occurred frequently in ships' crews as a result of vitamin deficiency.

Between 1920 and 1930, researchers used scientifically deal with the tea tree oil. At that time, researchers in search of possible non-toxic products coupled with high antiseptic and healing effects. At the beginning of the 1940s, the oil in Australia as Lokalantiseptikum was very popular. Ten years later, however, was almost entirely replaced by penicillin. In the 1970s, the natural regained increasing popularity. And scientific evidence contributed to a rapid increase of production: 1987 approximately 80 tons, 750 tons in 1992 already.

Source: http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australischer_Teebaum
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