Posted on 03/13/2012 9:41:37 PM PDT by Windflier
Australian researchers have been astonished to discover a cure-all right under their noses — a honey sold in health food shops as a natural medicine.
Far from being an obscure health food with dubious healing qualities, new research has shown the honey kills every type of bacteria scientists have thrown at it, including the antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” plaguing hospitals and killing patients around the world.
Some bacteria have become resistant to every commonly prescribed antibacterial drug. But scientists found that Manuka honey, as it is known in New Zealand, or jelly bush honey, as it is known in Australia, killed every bacteria or pathogen it was tested on.
It is applied externally and acts on skin infections, bites and cuts.
The honey is distinctive in that it comes only from bees feeding off tea trees native to Australia and New Zealand, said Dee Carter, from the University of Sydney’s School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences.
The findings are likely to have a major impact on modern medicine and could lead to a range of honey-based products to replace antibiotic and antiseptic creams.
sfl
Finally a voice of reason!
A high sugar environment will not allow bacteria to grow. This is why fruit preserves have quite a bit of sugar in them and why one should not try to adjust the amount of sugar in the recipes.
Bacteria may not grown in a dish full of honey, but eating the honey will dilute the sugar concentration though the human body and render it ineffective.
I would give more weight to its use as a topical treatment than a systemic treatment.
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Only free to Bushmen.
Beeswax too has anti-bacterial properties. If you think about it, it makes sense since the larvae are housed in the comb and it is true that we have had a jar of honey in our cupboard for years and it has never gotten moldy. That’s why I use beeswax for the finish on my wooden spoons.
My Grandmother knew a guy who lived to be 105 years old and he said his secret was to drink a glass of what he called “swaysel” (not sure of the spelling) twice a day, which was water, lemon juice and honey.
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Woot! honey and tea tree oil! Awesome combo. TTO is an incredible microbe killer, and honey’s topical healing history is long and illustrious. Melaleuca (tea trea) is a very effective disinfectant. Stinks to high heaven, but it sure gets the job done.
ULEE'S GOLD is one of my favorite movies.
One guess what the "gold" is.
It appears only 10% of the honey have enough of the compound “methylglyoxal” which is responsible for this.
Correct.
Even though only ~10% contains the compound, honey is still good for you.
What is needed is a way to get this stuff into your lungs. That may be a real stretch. Honey is sticky. Not good for your lungs I’m thinking. But it would kill the tough bugs if someone could solve that problem. In any case, if it was possible it would be a big deal for people with Cystic Fibrosis.
Self-pinging for bee products
Big pharma will analyze it and find the active ingredients.
Then, they will make an “analog” which is chemically almost exactly the same - but different enough to be able to patent it.
Followed by the FDA coming out with a ruling that this kind of honey is a drug and ban importations...
Think it can’t happen?
Statins are derived from red yeast rice, a traditional Chinese herb/cure used for centuries.
You can’t even buy red yeast rice with the active ingredients in it anymore in the US - they declared it a drug, the same way they want to declare walnuts a drug.
I believe it.
There’s just too much money to be made.
Exactly.
Sugar has a great affinity for water, and a high sugar concentration literally sucks all the water out of the bacteria and kills them.
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