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MADRE DE CACAO

Madre de Cacao is also used as folkloric medicine; for dermatitis, and skin itching: as an antipruritic, apply juice or decoction of leaves, bark, or roots to the skin. As an insect repellent, apply fresh leaves to the skin. As an anti-inflammatory, crush the leaves and apply them as a poultice to rheumatic pains, sprains, and closed fractures. The sap of the bark, leaves, and roots has been used to treat wounds. Scabies treatment the bark and leaves are used to treat skin diseases in Guatemala. Bark decoction is used to treat bacterial and protozoal infections in Guatemala and Costa Rica. (Stuart 2018)

Madre de Cacao is proven that it has anti-microbial properties. Typically, in the Philippines, Madre de Cacao leaves/ barks are used as a folkloric medicine to treat wounds and skin diseases specifically through the decoction process but there are people especially Filipinos who also crushed its leaves and apply it to the infected skin. Madre de Cacao is considered a folkloric medicine until now. For the past years, all I ever knew about Madre de Cacao is that it is only used as a folkloric medicine because it has an anti-microbial property but as we push through our research study, I realized that it can also be used as a sample in making a soap product which is an anti-microbial soap which is an organic soap and is very important to people nowadays because bacteria are everywhere and there is an occurring virus which is a Covid-19 variant.

CARROTS

Carrots are essential in skin care because they improve complexion, hydrate skin, rejuvenate it by removing dead cells, and provide a glowing complexion. Carrot masks can help to clear and tone the skin. Oily skin types can benefit from carrots juice for glowing skin. They revitalize the skin and make dull skin look brighter and they work wonderfully well as a cleanser by effectively removing built-up residue on the skin (SAANVI,2022).

Carrots are a miracle snack for anyone looking to up their diet with skin foods. To my knowledge, I think that carrots are known to treat skin ailments like acne, pimples, rashes and etc. Also, I think that carrots will only mix in sopas, shanghai, and other foods but I realize that it can be an ingredient for our research to help our antimicrobial soap, it is effective because it has an antibacterial agent that stops the growth of germs, bacteria, and fungi on the skin also cleans the skin well, and removed dirt and oil. It is especially beneficial to remove harmful free radicals from the skin because of its high antioxidant content.

COCONUT MILK

Acne can be lessened and prevented by applying coconut milk to the skin. The milk’s antibacterial characteristics stop outbreaks, while its lipids stop the pores from clogging (Ravi Teja. Tadimalla, Mar 13, 2023).

The most common thing that we do with coconut milk is cook food. I rarely see soap that has coconut milk ingredients. I just realized that coconut milk is a good ingredient for making soap because of the properties it possesses. It's not only to create a white soap because of its color but also to protect our skin from clogging. Additionally, coconut milk soap is extremely purifying. It cleanses the skin from the inside out, preventing too much dryness. What I thought was only for food turns out to be the perfect ingredient for producing soap, especially when making anti-microbial soap. You surprised me coconut milk!

ANTI-MICROBIAL SOAP

Anti-microbial soaps are standard features of hospitals and other healthcare facilities where infection control is critical. The use of antibacterial soap or another type of skin wash, for example, is critical in preventing the spread of a type of bacteria known as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus(MRSA) from ward to ward in hospitals. This is due to MRSA's resistance to many antibiotics, making it difficult to treat once it is present in a hospital. If a patient's immune system is compromised he or she may become critically ill or die if infected with MRSA (HOYLE,2019)

Anti-microbial soap can better protect you from commonly transmitted bacteria better than washing your hands with non-antibacterial soap and water. Fewer bacteria on the hands may help prevent illnesses and result in fewer instances of cross-contamination of food and other household surfaces.

MICROORGANISMS

Staphylococcus hominis, like most other coagulase-negative Staphylococci, is known to cause a variety of nosocomial or hospital-acquired infections and may occasionally cause infection in patients with exceptionally weak immune systems (Sapkota, 2022).

The group of bacteria known as Escherichia coli, or simply E. coli, is enormous and diverse. E. coli strains often do not cause illness, but some do. E. coli can cause a variety of ailments, including pneumonia, lung infections, urinary tract infections, and diarrhea in some cases (World Health Organization).

One of the most prevalent bacterial infections in people is staphylococcus aureus, which also causes a number of other infections in people, such as bacteremia, infective endocarditis, skin and soft tissue infections (e.g., impetigo, folliculitis, furuncles, carbuncles, cellulitis, scalded skin syndrome, and others), osteomyelitis, septic arthritis, prosthetic device infections, pulmonary infections (e.g., pneumonia and empyema), gastroenteritis, meningitis, toxic shock syndrome, and urinary tract infections (Tong, Davis, Eichenberger, Holland, and Fowler, 2015).

Staphylococcus Aureus, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus Hominis are three of the most common microorganisms that are found in our bodies. These tiny microorganisms can lead to danger, especially to those who have weak immune systems. Seeing the long list of infections, ailments, illnesses, and diseases that these microorganisms can bring had me surprised, that an invisible thing can lead us to death, how scary it is. We all need to be aware of these microorganisms and what they can do, we should always protect ourselves from them by, taking care of our hygiene and practicing always using anti-microbial soaps for that added protection, where we all know that anti-microbial soaps are life savers, especially in preventing and killing microorganisms in destroying our health.

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