Manuka Honey Kills Resistant Superbug Bacteria that Antibiotics Can't

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Manuka Honey Kills Resistant Superbug Bacteria that Antibiotics Can't

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by David Gutierrez, staff writer

 

 

(NaturalNews) A honey-based dressing for wounds is effective even on

injuries that are resistant to antibiotics, according to New Jersey manufacturer

Derma Sciences Inc.

 

 

The product, called Medihoney, is made from an absorbent material based on

seaweed, and saturated with a variety of honey known as manuka, or

Leptospermum, honey. The honey is produced by bees that have collected nectar

from

manuka and jelly bushes, which grow in Australia and New Zealand.

 

 

According to biochemist Peter Molan, who has researched natural

_antibiotics_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/antibiotics.html) including

honey for 25 years, manuka _honey_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/honey.html) is

effective at killing even the most _antibiotic_

(http://www.naturalnews.com/antibiotic.html) resistant bacteria even when it

has been diluted to a

tenth of its original concentration.

 

 

**There*s more evidence, clinical evidence, by far for honey in wound

treatment than for any of the pharmaceutical products,** Molan said. He

recommends it in particular for people with weak immune systems.

 

 

**It*s been used on wounds where nothing else will work,** he said.

 

 

Medihoney is already being used in hospitals, doctors* offices and other

medical settings in both North and South America. Similar products have been

popular in Australia,

_New Zealand_ (http://www.naturalnews.com/New_Zealand.html) and Europe for

more than 10 years.

 

The honey-based dressings are effective at absorbing fluids and killing

germs for up to a week, making them ideal in settings where it is difficult to

change dressings regularly. They also reduce inflammation and foul wound

odors better than traditional, pharmaceutical-based dressings.

 

 

Emergency physician Craig Lambrecht said that he began using a

manuka-honey based dressing to treat children with severe burns at a military

clinic

in Iraq last winter. The honey dressings soon became more popular with Iraqi

families than conventional dressings because they were more natural and

easier to use. In addition, Lambrecht found that the children treated with

honey healed faster and experienced fewer complications than children treated

with conventional dressings.

 

 

**I would use the Medihoney on burns on my children, as the first choice,

without question,** Lambrecht said.

 

 

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Has Active Manuka Honey been Researched?

Active Manuka Honey has been researched by Dr. Peter Molan, Senior

Lecturer of the Waikato University, New Zealand for over 20 years. Dr. Molan

has

found that Active Manuka Honey seems to naturally destroy staphaureus,

streptococcus (even antibiotic resistant MRSA, Golden Staph), as well as h.

pylori (helicobacter pylori), the bacteria typically associated to stomach

ulcers. For more information about Dr. Molan's Reserach work, please visit the

website of the Waikato University.

The non-peroxide (UMF activity) in Active Manuka Honey has been described

by Molan and Russell (1998) and Allen (1991). The non-peroxide

antibacterial activity in honey is important for wound care uses, since the

factor is

not reduced by catalyses activity in tissues or blood (Cooper 1999).

Active Manuka Honey has been shown in laboratory studies to have

antibacterial activity against the 7 most common species of bacteria found in

wounds. 58 strains of Staphylococcus Aureus isolated from infected wounds

showed

complete inhibition at concentrations of 2-3% Active Manuka Honey. The

effect was caused by factors in addition to the sugar in the honey (Cooper

1999). Methicillin-Resistant Staph Auereus (MRSA) strains have also been tested

against Active Manuka Honey, with complete inhibition shown at 10% honey

concentration (Molan 1996).

Active Manuka Honey also inhibits the growth of Vancomycin-Resistant

Enterococci (VRE) at about half the concentration of clover honey with hydrogen

peroxide activity (Allen 2000). Honey, including Active Manuka Honey, has

shown the prevent the growth of Pseudomonas spp. found on the surface of a

wound, even if the honey was diluted 10 fold by exudation from the tissue

(Cooper and Molan 1996).

In addition to the antimicrobial activity present in honey, honey enhances

wound healing by a variety of other means. (Molan 1998/1999, Subrahmanyam

1991). These include

 

 

a) providing a moist, but sterile environment for tissue re-growth which

enhances tissue formation and reduces tissue deformity

 

b) eliminating tissue damage caused by the use of standard antibiotics

 

c) the osmotic effect pulling up serum from the body into the wound

 

d) the osmotic effect absorbing pus from the wound

 

e) providing glucose used by white blood cells to create the 'respiratory

burst' needed to destroy bacteria

 

f) providing a natural barrier between the wound and the dressing, which

protects new cell growth tissue from being torn away when the dressing is

changed, providing a painless wound dressing change

g) providing acidification of the wound, which has been shown to stimulate

healing,

by creating an anti-inflammatory effect through the reduction in the

number of

inflammatory cells in wound tissue (honey has antioxidant properties)

providing

wound bacteria with nutrients instead of amino acids, thus encouraging the

bacteria to produce lactic acid instead of ammonia (the chemical

associated with

odor in skin ulcers).

Dr. Peter Molan (1998) has carried out comprehensive review of case

studies, animal studies and randomized clinical trials, where honey was used to

treat wounds, burns and skin ulcers. Dunford (2000) has presented case

studies describing the use of Active Manuka Honey in the treatment of wound and

chronically infected lesions, including a case where massive skin lesions

and necrosis resulting from meningococcal septicemia not responding to

conventional treatment, healed completely within 10 weeks of the start of

Active

Manuka Honey treatment (Dunford 2000).

What is Active Manuka Honey used for Internally?

 

* Acid Reflux

* Heartburn

* Esophagus Ulcer

* Up-set Stomach

* Stomach Ulcer/Peptic Ulcer

 

 

 

* Helicobacter Pylori

* Gastritis

* Duodenal Ulcer

* Ulcerative Colitis

* Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS)

 

 

 

 

 

 

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