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A Short History of Manuka Honey: 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 in light of new research into the properties and uses of Manuka Honey. Manuka Honey has enjoyed growing acceptance by the academic and medical world as of late, and reports of Manuka honey's unique healing properties have proliferated in the press and media. Manuka Honey is produced by bees that gather pollen from the flowers of the Manuka tree, which is indigenous to New Zealand. The honey making process is enriched by the pollution-free environment of New Zealand. This special type of medical grade honey has been found to have extremely powerful healing properties. It is only thanks to clinical research, predominantly in the last decade, that we are now able to explain many of the therapeutic effects of Manuka Honey when used for medical purposes.

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.

In all kinds of honey, hydrogen peroxide is produced from an enzyme that bees add to the nectar. It has been discovered that Manuka Honey seems to have the most healing properties due to specific plant-derived components. 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 Researcher, 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. In laboratory tests, UMF® Active Manuka Honey inhibited the growth of bacteria which causes many skin infections including antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria such as MRSA and VRE. Recent clinical trials at Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, showed skin infections and wounds infected by "Golden staph" and other antibiotic-resistant bacteria responded well to Active Manuka Honey dressings.

Unique Characteristics of Active Manuka Honey:

• Manuka Honey has natural antibacterial, anti-microbial, anti-viral, antioxidant, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and anti-fungal properties and Manuka Honey has no known side effects.
• Manuka Honey helps the body repair damaged skin.
• Manuka Honey has an anti-inflammatory action that helps relieve pain.
• Manuka Honey's antibacterial factor is unaffected by enzymes in the body that destroy hydrogen peroxide components.
• Manuka Honey is effective against antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria (e.g. MRSA).
• Manuka Honey maintains its potency even when diluted over 50 times, as will happen when used on the body.
• Manuka Honey is unaffected by heat, light or aging.
• Manuka Honey does not require moisture or oxygen to be effective.
• Manuka Honey diffuses deep into skin tissue, making it possible to get to affected areas.
• Manuka Honey contains an additional antibacterial component found only in honey produced from Leptospermum plants which has been called the Unique Manuka Factor or UMF®.

**Please note that due to FDA regulations we are restricted as to what we can claim about honey's medicinal uses. Manuka Honey is a purely natural product and no medical claims are made or implied for Honeymark products. This information has not been reviewed or approved by the FDA.

Current Articles about a Deadly Problem:

• Antibiotic-Resistant Bacterial Threats (MRSA and others)

Manuka Honey Research websites:

• http://www.manukahealth.co.nz/data/dl/Molecular_Nutrition_Article.pdf
• http://bio.waikato.ac.nz/honey/

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