Re: White-coated tongue...

This was from an earlier post on thrush:

The use of lavender oil may be effective in helping to eliminate thrush and oral pharyngeal candida. Suggested use is 1-4 drops only.

The antifungal activity of the essential oil of Lavandula angustifolia Mill. (lavender oil) and its main components, linalool and linalyl acetate, was investigated against 50 clinical isolates of Candida albicans (28 oropharyngeal strains, 22 vaginal strains) and C. albicans ATCC 3153. Lavender oil inhibited C. albicans growth. Lavender oil (2%) killed 100% of the C. albicans ATCC 3153 cells within 15 min; linalool (0.5%) killed 100% of the cells within 30 s. The essential oil inhibited germ tube formation (mean MIC of 0.09%), as did the main components (MIC of 0.11% for linalool and 0.08% for linalyl acetate). Both the essential oil and its main components inhibited hyphal elongation of C. albicans ATCC 3153 (about 50% inhibition at 0.016% with each substance). Lavender oil shows both fungistatic and fungicidal activity against C. albicans strains. At lower concentrations, it inhibits germ tube formation and hyphal elongation, indicating that it is effective against C. albicans dimorphism and may thus reduce fungal progression and the spread of infection in host tissues.
Antifungal activity of Lavandula angustifolia essential oil against Candida albicans yeast and mycelial form
F. D. D'Auria; M. Tecca; V. Strippoli; G. Salvatore; L. Battinelli; G. Mazzanti
Istituto Superiore di Sanit , Rome, Italy, Department of Pharmacology of Natural Substances and General Physiology, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a723684177?words=cand...