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Mix of olive oil and eucalyptus is natural remedy for wounds and burns, according to a recent research at the University of Pavia in Italy. Several various combinations of lipids and essential oils have been tried to treat burns on laboratory rats. Olive oil has come out an obvious winner.

Chronic, not healing wounds and heavy burns are serious diseases, even with a lethal outcome. That is why improvement of regeneration of fabric and prevention of infection are so important. Olive oil can also minimize pain, discomfort and reduces scars. Essential oils are from time immemorial used not only in cosmetics, but also in medicine. They evaporate in air therefore that to apply them, it is necessary to mix with oil. In 18 days of a research Extra Virgin olive oil has shown much higher adhesive properties, than sesame and other vegetable oils. It gets into biological fabric better and thus delivers essential oil more effectively. Researchers have come to conclusion that so there is because in olive oil much higher percent of nonsaturated fatty acids, especially monononsaturated olein. It also has antiseptic and antimicrobial properties which are familiar to mankind many years.