Update: This product is still delivering benefits for my family and I. Since writing, I tested this alcohol extraction out with a bacterial culture on an agar plate, and compared it with a cilantro essential oil (that turned out to be from cilantro seeds, whereas this is from the cilantro leaves). This alcohol extraction worked quickly and killed the bacteria wherever it made contact. The effectiveness was obvious in under an hour. The culture was kept at room temperature, and after a few days the bacteria was able to re-grow over the area that this disinfected, though the disruptions it had made left lines through the culture that reminded me of how skin heals over yet may show scars. In the meantime the other product, an essential oil, more slowly killed the culture where it touched and sat (this alcohol extraction evaporates over time; the oil just sits there). It may have been a combination of smothering the bacteria and inhibiting it, as I could see bacteria surrounding the dead area "trying" to grow up it, yet not really able to come together and tackle that oil before the plate needed to be destroyed.
When the occasions have come up, this product has been used topically as an antiseptic. It is likely that both the alcohol content and the cilantro have an impact. On a cyst, this product produced improvement when isopropyl alcohol (with a much higher 91% alcohol content) had no effect. It did not completely remove the cyst, though it did get it to start draining the infection when nothing else had done that. Perhaps some day this may be an option for physicians to use for internal applications. We do not have a physician in the house so we could only use this topically; it helped even though it couldn't be injected into the infection. I'm trying to be clear that we did not use it that way, and are not recommending it. Sometimes we saturated a band-aid with it, and other times just put a few drops of it directly on the cyst. Either way, this individual did not have any skin irritation. People vary so use your usual caution with new things if you decide to try that.
After using it these ways, it seems odd to consume it, yet I do! LOL! Like other cooking extracts, you can taste the alcohol part. I don't mind that. If I use it in tomato juice or dishes then I don't taste that part. The cilantro still comes through. It's surprising that we still have a good amount left when we have used this so much. It is pretty much used by the drop, though, as it is well concentrated. At this point I can estimate that in my house hold we'd probably go through around 3 bottles a year, depending on how well the cilantro season is in the garden.
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It has been a hot season, leading the cilantro to bolt early on. So, I decided to try this cilantro extract for the first time. It smells wonderfully fresh, and the taste is definitely cilantro. It should arrive with a safety seal wrapping over the screw-top to the rubber eyedropper. It is helpful to have the dropper included for a nice controlled, application.
Recently, researchers found that cilantro has been able to break through biofilm made by some species of candida albicans. It has also been able to then kill off cells. This is an interesting development that makes cilantro leaf (not the coriander seed from this plant) something to keep checking up on for more developments. Perhaps it will have applications for other biofilms, as well. In the meantime, it tastes great and has other health benefits, as well. This particular product is quite satisfactory; I would purchase it again
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