A thousand year-old potion made out of onions, garlic, wine and bile from a cow's stomach can kill hospital superbugs, scientists claim. The potent 10th century brew - used by Anglo Saxons to treat a stye (an abscess on the eyelid) destroyed 90 per cent of the bacteria on scraps of skin taken from mice with MRSA. Interestingly, the ingredients had little effect unless they were all brought together into the concoction, the study by Nottingham University researchers found. The garlic-based 'potion', listed in a thousand-year-old Anglo-Saxon manuscript, has been found to kill off the MRSA superbug Nottingham University microbiologists Dr Freya Harrison and Dr Steve Diggle with the garlic-based 'potion'Bald's eyesalve is a 10th century brew used by Anglo Saxons to treat styesScientists found it killed 90% of bacteria on scraps of MRSA-infected skinIngredients had little effects unless they were brought together in a mixBrewing method - using a brass vessel - was also found to be important
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