Manuka Honey

A couple of weeks ago my wife was suffering from a bronchial infection (she is great health research for me) and she heard about some stuff called Manuka Honey.

I went to the local health food store and they told me there that Manuka honey is very popular and good for chest and breathing problems as well as other stuff. I bought a bottle of unpasteurized Manuka Honey for $26 (expensive!) and my wife used it.

This weekend I seem to have picked up a bit of a cold and my wife has been giving me tea with the Manuka honey in it and it is good. I think it is helping but my own anecdotal evidence is not very fair so I found some info from a company called Honeymark and this is what they say:

Active Manuka Honey is used as a natural, therapeutic agent, both internally and topically on the skin. Apitherapy, the name given to treatment with honey and other bee products, has been used by many different cultures throughout history. Such uses are now being rediscovered by a modern world in light of new research into the properties and uses of Manuka Honey.

Why Manuka Honey?

Honey has been known for its healing properties for thousands of years. The Ancient Greeks and Egyptians used it and so have many other cultures through the ages. Even up to the second world war, honey was being used for its antibacterial properties in treating wounds. With the advent of penicillin and other antibiotic drugs in the twentieth century, doctors and other medical professionals were under the misconception that medicine was more effective than honey.

Active Manuka Honey has been considered a remedy for many health conditions since ancient times. Manuka Honey is unique to New Zealand and contains non-peroxide antibacterial agents which can inhibit the growth of bacteria that cause slow healing wounds.

Medical Research on Manuka Honey

Dr Peter Molan, Associate Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Waikato, has proven the natural antibacterial properties of Active Manuka honey during a decade of research at the university's Honey Research Unit.

The Honey Research Unit has a very informative website which is essential reading for anyone interested in the applications of this incredibly diverse natural resource.

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