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Avalux

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1. Amazing - killed 90% of MRSA bacteria in mice wounds.

Reply to Kablooie (Original post)

Sat Apr 4, 2015, 03:19 PM

Apr 2015

I would love the know how, back then, they came to put those specific ingredients together to make something so effective. It will be exciting to see how this can be explored for modern day use.

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From a medieval text, a weapon against a modern superbug emerges [View all] Kablooie Apr 2015 OP

Amazing - killed 90% of MRSA bacteria in mice wounds. Avalux Apr 2015 #1

Trial and error and a lot of luck TexasMommaWithAHat Apr 2015 #2

I thought the answer was pretty obvious... tritsofme Apr 2015 #7

Observation and a whole lot of trial and error. NuclearDem Apr 2015 #8

"guessed"? maybe the result of accumulated knowledge and observation than just guesswork Liberal_in_LA Apr 2015 #3

bovine bile and allium grasswire Apr 2015 #4

And English wine suffragette Apr 2015 #5

I might suggest that using the original formulary recipe allows more synergy KittyWampus Apr 2015 #6

I hate the headline for this... JHB Apr 2015 #9

Discoveries like this come to mind thecrow Apr 2015 #10