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Honey in History

Recent research has re-discovered the use of Honey as a medicine. Interestingly, honey was one of the most used medicaments in ancient Egypt. Of nine hundred remedies recorded, over 500 were honey based. It was often used by the Egyptians and Greeks for the preservation of meat. The Assyrians, Chinese and Romans also used honey for open wounds and stomach problems, coughs (honey and vinegar), and for thirst and light fevers they used a mixture of water and honey. It has been said that honey was found to be perfectly tolerated, even in very large doses as it contains a series of nutritive elements. It has an important stimulant action overall and has a light appetite-stimulating effect and facilitates assimilation and digestion of other foods. It also may have laxative, sedative, anti-toxic, anti-septic, anti-anemic, fever-reducing and emollient properties."

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UMF® is an antibacterial property which is naturally present in some strains of manuka honey, but it is not in all manuka honey   UMF® Manuka Honey, the type of manuka honey which has the special UMF® antibacterial property, is highly sought-after for its health-giving qualities.

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Current Research

Today, exciting results are being achieved and recorded in the science field and in doctors consulting rooms since confidence and interest was stirred by experiments done at Waikato University. They are essentially the re-discovery with scientific back-up of what has been known for many years. Dr Molan of the University of Waikato says that several reports in medical journals in the 1930's stated that honey had been effective in clearing wounds of bacterial infection, and that it had been established in laboratory work in 1919 that honey has anti-bacterial activity. But by the mid-1940's with other studies becoming available honey was displaced from use in medicine.

Dr Molan's recent research has revived what has been known for many years and knowledge has increased. He states that all honeys have anti-bacterial properties and will stop the growth of bacteria because of its high sugar content along with their varying quantities of Hydrogen Peroxide generated by the glucose oxidase enzyme in the honey. But the studies have shown that some Manuka honeys have another property, which continues to work after the hydrogen peroxide was removed. Of the 26 honeys tested, the additional anti-bacterial activity was quite high in some samples of Manuka honey now known as Active Manuka Honey with UMFR. Further tests are summarized here. The percentage nine (by volume) of each type of honey needed to prevent completely the growth of each species of bacteria was found to be as follows:

Dr Molan concludes: "Although some species are more sensitive to the action of one type of honey than they are to another, on average there is little difference. The most notable point is that these 'average' honeys can be diluted nearly tenfold yet still completely halt the growth of all the major wound-infecting species of bacteria. Also notable is the finding that an "average" manuka honey will still halt Staphylococcus aureus when diluted with 54 times its volume of fluid. This bacteria is one of the most common wound-infecting species, and is notorious for developing resistance to antibiotics."

Dilution of the honey still enables it to halt the bacteria. This is an important observation, as in any open wound there is invariably a lot of slough and ooze with an infection, but the honey can still stop the bacteria in this environment.

How it works: Honey has a large variety of amino acids and vitamins and high osmolarity, so using honey causes an outflow of lymph and thus is ideal for nourishing the skin tissue and helps lift dirt and debris from the wound. Its natural moistness ensures that any dressings used do not stick to the wound, speeds healing and minimizes scarring. The anti-bacterial properties inhibit the growth of bacteria and thus speed healing also.

Ingredients

100% Active Manuka Honey with UMF ranging from 10 to 20. The higher the better.

Container Size:
UMF 10+: 250g, 500g, 1Kg

UMF 15+: 250g, 500g

UMF 20+: 250g, 500g

Directions:

Take 1 teaspoon of  Manuka Honey and let it melt slowly in the mouth first; then swallow to coat out the mouth and throat. Do not eat or drink 15 minutes after taking the honey to keep the honey concentrated. If you still have a sore throat in an hour or two, take your second teaspoon. Repeat this 1-4 times a day (if you are not diabetic).

For serious sore throat, we suggest using Supa manuka UMF 20+ for faster cure.

Warnings:

It is important to be cautious in the use of honey on wounds where the patient is a diabetic, as they could absorb glucose through the open sore. Blood-glucose levels would need to be checked often.

According to the National Honey Board (www.nhb.org) it is safe for pregnant or nursing women to consume honey. There is no evidence that the honey consumed by pregnant women could affect the unborn child.

Even when you are breastfeeding, your baby will be safe. Your body will digest and process any botulism spores that could be present. Therefore the spores can never become part of the breast milk.

However, once the baby is born, you should not feed infants under the age of one year with honey. Honey in young infants can cause infant botulism, a disease that attacks the nervous system. Honey sometimes contains Clostridium Botulinum spores. Spores of these bacteria do not germinate in the acidic adult digestive system, but may grow in the gut of young infants, because they do not have a well-developed intestinal system yet. C. Botulinum spores may also be found in the environment like in dust, soil and raw foods.

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