Melaleuca alternifolia

Tea tree oil has long been used externally to treat wounds and infections.

HMPC monograph: Traditional-use: Small superficial wounds, insect bites, small boils, acne, for skin irritations, athlete's foot, itching and mild oral mucositisESCOP monograph
: Bacterial and mycological infections of the skin, furunculosis, athlete's foot, nailfungus.
Also for eradication of MRSA (multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) during hospitalization; trichomonal vaginitis, vaginal candidiasis and cervicitis.
Commission E: no monograph

1. https://arzneipflanzenlexikon.info/teebaum.php
2. https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-monograph/final-european-union-herbal-monograph-melaleuca-alternifolia-maiden-betch-cheel-m-linariifolia-smith/other-species-melaleuca-aetheroleum_en.pdf