{"id":8661,"date":"2011-03-28T13:37:38","date_gmt":"2011-03-28T11:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/natural-organic-blog\/?p=865"},"modified":"2011-03-28T13:37:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-28T11:37:38","slug":"manuka-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faithful-to-nature.co.za\/blog\/manuka-honey\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuka Honey"},"content":{"rendered":"

This Wonder Honey is All You Need in Your Medicine Box<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n

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I am positive that you will be as blow away as we are by the benefits of using Manuka Honey for med\u00adi\u00adc\u00adi\u00adnal pur\u00adposes, both inter\u00adnally and top\u00adi\u00adcally on the skin. The bee hive is truly the medicine store of nature, but this particular variation of honey is in a class of its own. It may come as no surprise that this natural gift from Mother Earth is being con\u00adsid\u00adered as an out per\u00adformer to antibi\u00adotics and tra\u00addi\u00adtional forms of medicine.<\/p>\n

Manuka Honey comes from the nec\u00adtar of the Manuka Bush (Lep\u00adtosper\u00admum sco\u00adpar\u00adium). This bush is indige\u00adnous to New Zealand and thrives in the wild, uncul\u00adti\u00advated lands of this pol\u00adlu\u00adtion free envi\u00adron\u00adment. Manuka has been used by the Maori peo\u00adple of New Zealand for many centuries.<\/p>\n

What makes Manuka Honey so unique and effec\u00adtive is the level of antibac\u00adte\u00adr\u00adial effi\u00adciency it has to fight bac\u00adte\u00adria. This wonder honey even tack\u00adles antibi\u00adotic resis\u00adtant strains of bac\u00adte\u00adria which are a grow\u00ading prob\u00adlem the world over and fur\u00adther stud\u00adies have found that Manuka Honey con\u00adtains very pow\u00ader\u00adful antibac\u00adte\u00adr\u00adial, antimi\u00adcro\u00adbial, antivi\u00adral, antiox\u00adi\u00addant, anti\u00adsep\u00adtic, anti-inflammatory and anti\u00adfun\u00adgal prop\u00ader\u00adties, mak\u00ading it extremely effec\u00adtive in treat\u00ading a wide vari\u00adety of health conditions.<\/p>\n

All honey con\u00adtains hydro\u00adgen per\u00adox\u00adide in vary\u00ading lev\u00adels. This is pro\u00adduced when the bee adds enzymes to the nec\u00adtar. In honey, hydro\u00adgen per\u00adox\u00adide is released in a slow-release man\u00adner that is strong enough to be effec\u00adtive in destroy\u00ading bac\u00adte\u00adria but low enough to not harm tissue.<\/p>\n

What makes Manuka dif\u00adfer\u00adent and so unique is that it con\u00adtains plant-derived com\u00adpo\u00adnents such as methyl\u00adgly\u00adoxal \u2013 this is referred to as the Unique Manuka Fac\u00adtor \u2013 this is, in turn what deter\u00admines the strength of the Manuka Honey.<\/p>\n

Bac\u00adte\u00adria have the abil\u00adity to mutate and become resis\u00adtant to ele\u00adments that are attempt\u00ading to destroy them, such as antibi\u00adotics. How\u00adever, Manuka Honey destroys bac\u00adte\u00adria in a dif\u00adfer\u00adent man\u00adner, by draw\u00ading water out of the bac\u00adte\u00adria, mak\u00ading it impos\u00adsi\u00adble for the microbes to sur\u00advive. To date, there has been no reported bac\u00adterium that has been able to develop a resis\u00adtance to Manuka Honey.<\/p>\n

Research has shown that Manuka Honey pro\u00advides an opti\u00admum germ-free moist wound-healing envi\u00adron\u00adment which sup\u00adports and facil\u00adi\u00adtates the nat\u00adural heal\u00ading of vari\u00adcose and skin ulcers, dia\u00adbetic ulcers, pres\u00adsure sores, wounds, burns, boils, cracked skin, cuts and grazes.<\/p>\n

In summary, Manuka Honey will rapidly clear all bacteria from sore throats to acne. It also diffuses deeply into the skin tissues so that it reaches deep seated infections. It also does not require oxy\u00adgen, so it can remain effec\u00adtive even when smoth\u00adered by wound dress\u00adings or in wound cavities. The osmotic effect of honey will also lift the dirt out of the wound\u00a0bed.<\/p>\n

Manuka honey also reduces scar\u00adring as the honey draws body flu\u00adids and nutri\u00adents to the wound area and so assists cell growth and pre\u00advents a scar form\u00ading as the wound is kept\u00a0moist.<\/p>\n

Apart from providing nutri\u00adents (vit\u00ada\u00admins, min\u00ader\u00adals and amino acids) to tissues, Manuka Honey also pro\u00admotes more rapid heal\u00ading because the honey stim\u00adu\u00adlates tis\u00adsue regen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion. Angio\u00adgen\u00ade\u00adsis is stim\u00adu\u00adlated new blood ves\u00adsel growth giv\u00ading oxy\u00adgen and nutri\u00adents to the tis\u00adsues. Fibrob\u00adlast growth is stim\u00adu\u00adlated by hydro\u00adgen per\u00adox\u00adide. Epithe\u00adlial cell growth is stim\u00adu\u00adlated because these cells grow level with the skin so that no scab is formed and so there is no scar\u00adring and hypertrophication. Finally, in terms of rapid healing, the acid\u00adity of Manuka honey releases oxy\u00adgen from haemo\u00adglo\u00adbin new grow\u00ading cells need oxy\u00adgen. Honey stim\u00adu\u00adlates the white blood\u00a0cells.<\/p>\n

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How to Use Manuka Honey<\/span><\/h2>\n

For Gen\u00aderal Well Being and Energy:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Manuka Honey can be taken inter\u00adnally for gen\u00aderal wellbeing by tak\u00ading three tea\u00adspoons (21g) per day.<\/p>\n

It has no addi\u00adtives and is safe to have as much as you like when\u00adever you\u00a0like<\/p>\n

For Sore Throats and\u00a0Colds:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n