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Manuka is a wonderful choice for its very wide range of use and as a safe and effective alternative to Australian tea tree oil. It can be safely used in skin care products as well as cosmetics. It is an excellent oil as an aromatherapy and a healing oil for many different types of skin problems.
I find it equally important to support indigenous peoples and their culture. For it is through people like these that we will find some of the most diverse medicines on the earth. Time is of the essence to make a difference. Some of the most important medicines have been understood through indigenous people. If a plant like Leptospermum scoparium (manuka) can fight off bacteria that our antibiotics are no longer able to kill, just imagine what else lies to be discovered or destroyed.