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(Created page with "<html><div class="mw-content-ltr" dir="ltr" id="mw-content-text" lang="en"><p><b>Natural anti-septic oil harvested from the Melaleuca tree</b> </p> <div class="floatright"><a class="image" href="/index.php?title=File:TeaTreeOil.jpg"><img alt="TeaTreeOil.jpg" height="334" src="/images/5/57/TeaTreeOil.jpg" width="250"/></a></div> <p>Tea Tree oil is a natural anti-septic (ie. kills a broad spectrum of bacteria and fungii) harvested from the <i>Melaleuca Alternifolia</i> pla...")
 
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Body piercings (and other modifications) tend to have two or more names. The first is almost always based on the anatomy itself, and in the cases of the "basics" may be the only name in common use (ie. [[Navel Piercing]], [[Nipple Piercing]], and so on). In addition to the anatomical name, many piercings often have a "descriptive" or "proper" name as well, this name being chosen by a piercer or client to perform/receive the piercing while it has no known name (ie. "[[Scrumper]]" or "[[Smiley]]" versus "[[Upper Lip Frenulum Piercing]]"). Some piercings such as the [[Madison]] are known almost exclusively by their proper name.
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<p>Tea Tree oil is a natural anti-septic (ie. kills a broad spectrum of bacteria and fungii) harvested from the <i>Melaleuca Alternifolia</i> plant native to the New South Wales region of Australia. It is an excellent topical first aid solution which is safe for most healing wounds (it has even been used to clean open surgical wounds). Because it is also a powerful organic solvent, it is able to dissolve white blood cells and pus inside a wound (allowing the tissue to heal with minimal scarring). This solvent nature also gives it its penetrative qualities.
</p><p>Historically the Bundjalung aborigines used the substance, and viewed the lagoon where the leaves fell and spend hundreds of years decaying as being a magical place of healing. In the early 1900s, mainstream Australian surgeons began using the oil for wound treatment, noting it to have remarkable penetration with minimal irritation (most germicides destroy tissue as well as germs). In World War II, tea tree oil was even issued to soldiers as part of their first aid kits. Tea tree oil is commonly used by midwives and other professionals peripheral to the medical industry.
</p><p>It should also be mentioned that there has been some success in using tea tree oil to combat modern drug resistant bacteria.
</p><p>Finally, the plants grow quickly, are a renewable resource, and can be harvested with minimal damage to the environment.
</p><p>Please note that there is some evidence that tea tree oil is a CNS depressant, and you shouldn't be drinking it! (Although Captain Cook, who is credited with naming "Tea Tree" in 1770 when he brewed a tea from the leaves for his sailors to ward off scurvy).  It is poisonous to cats.
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<p>Like herbal remedies, caution needs to used when using as <a href="/index.php?title=Piercing" title="Piercing">piercing</a> <a href="/index.php?title=Aftercare" title="Aftercare">aftercare</a>. Regulations controlling the contents of herbal medications can be lax or non existent, meaning the contents can vary from one bottle to another.  Of course, many companies impose strict guidelines on themselves and provide consistent quality.  Purchase for quality, not price.
While it can be healthy applied to the skin, tea tree oil is toxic if ingested.  As many warning labels bottles will point out it this may result in <i>dizziness, nausea</i> and <i>disorientation</i>.
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Because until recently there has been no true mass media servicing the piercing community, this practice has lead to many piercings having numerous local terms that are unknown outside of the city (and sometimes even studio) they originated in.


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If you want to name a new piercing (first take a look around BME to see if someone already has — very few piercings are truly "new" at this point), the key is publication — and when you do publish it, be sure that the name is included! Many piercings are in common circulation without a name until someone decides to apply one in public.
 
== See Also ==
* [[Local Term]]

Latest revision as of 08:23, 17 September 2023

Body piercings (and other modifications) tend to have two or more names. The first is almost always based on the anatomy itself, and in the cases of the "basics" may be the only name in common use (ie. Navel Piercing, Nipple Piercing, and so on). In addition to the anatomical name, many piercings often have a "descriptive" or "proper" name as well, this name being chosen by a piercer or client to perform/receive the piercing while it has no known name (ie. "Scrumper" or "Smiley" versus "Upper Lip Frenulum Piercing"). Some piercings such as the Madison are known almost exclusively by their proper name.

Because until recently there has been no true mass media servicing the piercing community, this practice has lead to many piercings having numerous local terms that are unknown outside of the city (and sometimes even studio) they originated in.

If you want to name a new piercing (first take a look around BME to see if someone already has — very few piercings are truly "new" at this point), the key is publication — and when you do publish it, be sure that the name is included! Many piercings are in common circulation without a name until someone decides to apply one in public.

See Also

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