Manuka honey hails from New Zealand and Australia. It’s from the nectar of the manuka tree (tea tree). Manuka honey is an excellent topical antibiotic.
Medical researchers have shown interest in the honey’s antiseptic properties. And that’s because of the prevalence of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.
Researchers have found some honeys, especially manuka honey, prevent the growth of MRSA. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a nasty superbug that invades hospital patients.
All honey contains the antiseptic hydrogen peroxide, but it’s very unstable. It’s easily destroyed by catalase, an enzyme found in human skin.
But more than 20 years ago … a New Zealand biochemist discovered what the ancient Maoris had always known.
After you take the hydrogen peroxide out of manuka honey … other phytochemical antibacterial factors remain. And these factors are powerful and stable.
Years of research failed to identify this … it was simply seen as “non-hydrogen peroxide activity.”
This occurs in some other forms of honey, but is most powerful in manuka.
“Not only has it the potential to limit the growth of wound pathogens, but there is evidence that honey has the potential to promote healing,” says Rose Cooper, a microbiologist at the University of Wales Institute in Cardiff. “No other antimicrobial agent possesses these characteristics.”
Manuka shines as a topical antiseptic for cuts, wounds and abscesses.
Just apply it right to the affected area. If you want to boost it up a notch, mix it with colostrum to stimulate wound healing.
And manuka honey can also help with gastritis and other digestive problems. That’s thanks to its anti-inflammatory and probiotic characteristics.
Its antibiotic, anti-fungal and antiviral properties also make it an effective remedy for …