1. Garlic is an all-rounder super-food. Not only has it been used as a natural antibiotic for hundreds of years, it also has anti-viral, anti-fungal, and anti-microbial properties. This is thanks to a compound called allicin (also present in onions).

Oregano is another natural antibiotic, a benefit linked to carvacrol content. This natural antibiotic is good for all types of bacterial infections, but is especially the best for its use in GI tract infections.

For utmost sults, look for oregano oil that contains at least 70 per cent carvacrol. This product is also anti-fungal, so you can use it topically for skin issues as well.

Echinacea is one of the best natural remedies, but many people use it to treat the virus that causes the common cold-fever – a use that researchers  suggest is not effective. Echinacea also effective, if you have a bacterial infection, open wound, or blood poisoning. It is also specially effective on respiratory infections.

This one is a little-bit counterintuitive, usually advised to keep things bland when we’re ill. But spicy cayenne pepper is actually both antibiotic and anti-fungal in behabiour.  So a patient wants to feel the burn to shorten the illness. It’s best to dilute your cayenne with a carrier-oil – olive or coconut are good choices – so that you get the benefits without harming delicate tissue.

Stop throwing away the seeds from your morning garden grapefruit! Extract from those seeds were found to be as powerful as the active ingredients in antibacterial.  Grapefruit seed extract may be used internal bacterial infections or external for warts and communicable disease prevention.

Ginger is an excellent spice to eat regularly. Its active component, gingerol, has been proven to reduce risk of developing cancer and to prevent or soothe digestive issues. Ginger has also been long used as a antibiotic, especially against food borne pathogens. A piece of little ginger with meals, the likelihood of becoming ill goes down, even if you were exposed to salmonella, listeria.

The tendency of cabbage and other veggies in the cruciferous family to blow up your intestines with gas is well, not so good. But when someone  trying to fight bacteria, it’s just what you need. The sulfur compounds in cabbage do cause gas, but they are also strong at destroying harmful cells. The antibacterial function of cabbage is strongest when you eat it raw.

Coconut oil has been considered for a few years now as a miracle product that’s good for your body inside and out. And in truth, coconut oil is full of antioxidants and has anti-fungal and anti-microbial characteristics. Modest use may also help strengthen the immune system. But it is extremely high in saturated fat, so it’s good to go easy on oil.

And when we are talking about health crazes, let’s look at apple cider vinegar (ACV). From weight loss to cancer prevention, proponents report that their ACV habit cures all manner of ills. It is not sure whether ACV has antibiotic and antiseptic capabilities, someone drink every day, it’s a smart call when you start to feel under the weather.

That spice will give you some idea how long people have known that it makes effective medicine. Over  2000 study confirmed that myrrh is able to combat bacteria like E. coli, staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Candida albicans. Myrrh oil also available today in pharmacies, natural grocers, and online.

It’s not just olives and their oil that offer benefits – the leaf of the olive tree is also handy to have around the house for good purpose. Olive leaf extract has been used as a natural fever reducer since at least from the early 1800s.It was also found useful to treat malaria. Researchers have discovered recently that it is the elenolic acid in olive leaves that acts as a broad spectrum antibiotic that can kill bacteria, viruses, and fungi.