Posted on 04/13/2011 8:45:05 AM PDT by decimon
Manuka honey could be used to combat some of the most hard-to-treat infections that are resistant to powerful antibiotics, scientists say.
Lab experiments show it can clear bacteria found in festering wounds and contaminated hospital surfaces.
It works by breaking down the defences bacteria use against antibiotics, making it useful in treating superbug infections such as MRSA.
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"It could be applied topically to wounds and used in combination with antibiotics to treat resistant infections."
But she warned people not to try the same at home with honey bought from the supermarket. "Not only is it messy, it wouldn't be advisable. We have been using medical grade honey, not the stuff you buy in shops."
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I have some Mankua honey. I have not used it much because it has a strange taste. It is supposed to be very good for you.
You don’t have to eat it. Put it on wounds. The stuff is darn near miraculous.
‘Bout darn time they figured this out. We’ve been using it for years in my house to fight skin infections (daughter has terrible scarring from accident - gets infections possibly from sebaceous glands covered by the scar tissue and grafts). My mom uses it internally to deal with ulcers.
Really GOOD stuff. Tastes bad, though.
Where do you get it?
Yeah I know I don’t have to eat it, but I bought it to help me with some stomach problems I though was an ulcer.
Be careful, as there is a lot of counterfeit Manuka honey out there. Honey in and of itself all has some antibacterial properties. However, the stuff you get at the supermarket is processed and a lot of the good stuff is cooked out. Find a local beekeeper and get some pure unfiltered raw honey. Propolis is another good product from the hive that has healing properties.
I bought mine years ago from a web site (don’t remember it now) that sold New Zealand Mankua Honey. Five pound bucket. I still have sealed Mason jars of it.
There’s a brief discussion of manuka honey here:
http://www.wherecanibuymanukahoney.com/
I’m not recommending buying it from this source, which I just found by searching. But it seems to be a good basic introduction.
Local raw honey (which has not been pasteurized) has some of these same qualities, but evidently not to the same degree. This is a new one on me.
See my post 10
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I'm about to get started in beekeeping so I may buy a few seeds. I think it might be marginally hardy here, not sure.
I went and looked at the labels on my jars and I bought my Mankua Honey from http://www.manukahoneyusa.com/
How about the taste?
YuK!
Its not that bad. I’ve used it for mesa and mom has used it for ulcerative colitis.
Discussion here on that miracle honey they helped cure you with...
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