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A privilage to have ... and your duty to preserve.

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Raw Honey ... Anti-Microbial ... Drug Resistant ... Cure All

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.

New research has shown...

Raw 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 anti-bacterial 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.

Hospitals and Clinics in Australia and New Zealand are using Manuka honey, taken from bees pollinating the Manuka trees, for treating MRSA antibiotic resistant bacteria that infects surgical wounds. Honey glucose oxidase produces the natural anti-bacterial agent hydrogen peroxide (H2O2).

Honey is also effective in dressing wounds, and recently been used in clinical settings for treating fist sized ulcers extending to the bone as well as in the treatment of first, second and third degree burns.

Complete recovery has also been reported with no infections, muscle loss or any need of skin grafts. When the wounds are clean, honey acts as a healer. 

Portugal - Lisbon - São José Hospital: There have been many studies recently that involved the use of honey for treatment of cuts and burns. The results of these studies are truly amazing. One study in particular, conducted from June of 1998 through December of 1999, showed outstanding results:

The group of patients that had their burns dressed with honey healed significantly faster with far less infection as well as less scarring.

The honey group also experienced less pain than the group with silver sulphadiazine dressings.

- The silver sulphadiazine group suffered from frequent infection.

- The honey group had bacterial cultures that were sterile 90 percent of the time.

- The honey group showed significantly more improvement than the silver sulphadiazine group at the seven and 14 day marks.

- The honey group showed no signs of allergy or irritation from their treatment.

The breakdown of healing rates was as follows:

• Honey: After seven days, 16 percent were healed. After 14 days, 90 percent were healed. After 21 days 100 percent were healed. The average hospital stay was 22 days.
  
  

• Silver sulphadiazine: After seven day, eight percent were healed. After 14 days, 52 percent were healed. After 21 days, 100 percent were healed. The average stay was 32 days.
  

The curative properties of various types of honey have been known to indigenous cultures for thousands of years, and dressing wounds with honey was common before the advent of antibiotics.

"Most bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least one antibiotic, and there is an urgent need for new ways to treat and control surface infections," Professor Carter said.

"New antibiotics tend to have short shelf lives, as the bacteria they attack quickly become resistant.

Many large pharmaceutical companies have abandoned antibiotic production because of the difficulty of recovering costs. Developing effective alternatives could therefore save many lives."

Professor Carter said the fascinating thing was that none of the bacteria researchers used to test the honey, including superbugs such as flesh-eating bacteria, built up any immunity.

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 ... honey causes "multi-system failure" in the bacteria.

- European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. - www.theaustralian.com.au

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