Why Active Manuka Honey Is Special

Beehive Frame with Active Manuka Honey

Manuka Honey has a full, rich flavour. Lots of people who don’t normally like honey say they enjoy Manuka Honey.

But what makes this honey so special is its healing and antibacterial powers.

Active Manuka means the honey has unique medical properties that can be scientifically measured.

To make Active Manuka Honey the bees must collect nectar from just the Manuka trees. The trees are found only in New Zealand.

Professor Peter Molan at the University of Waikato first discovered the healing properties. Since then the honey has been scientifically proven as a powerful healer. It’s used by doctors, hospitals and health practitioners around the world.

How Does It Help?

Manuka is often taken for stomach ulcers (Helicobacter Pylori), sore throats (Streptococcus Pyogenes) and for general health and wellness. It’s wonderful when you have a cold or the flu and it eases digestive problems.

Manuka Flowers

Many users report feeling better and having more energy just from taking the honey regularly.

Externally on the body, Active Manuka Honey has proven effective in healing wounds, burns, sores, ulcers, acne, boils, damaged skin and some eczemas. It’s great at rejuvenating skin and reducing the signs of age.

The honey gives an ideal germ free environment which is moist for healing. Medical studies show that healing is faster with less skin scarring. The honey prevents infection which can stop wounds from healing.

Active Manuka Honey is also becoming very popular as a beauty and skin care product. The best results can be had by directly applying the honey.

The Best Manuka Honey For You

All honey has healing powers that have been used for thousand of years. This is because of the antibacterial molecule called hydrogen peroxide.

Manuka Honey has an additional antibacterial property that comes from the Manuka Tree. This is the Manuka Activity which is measured in a lab. Professor Molan and his team developed the test for potency.

Activity below  +10 is low activity. The ideal range for eating and on wounds is +10 to +16. The very high activities, like +20 or more are thought to be less beneficial.

Manuka honey remains effective inside the body where normal honey would be broken down.

So far scientists have not been able to find exactly what causes the unique Manuka activity, but they have found some remarkable uses.

Remarkable Medical Results

Man made antibiotics can only kill some bacteria. Doctors are forced to keep giving out different prescriptions. But nature’s solution is much more effective.

This is what Professor Molan says about the ability of Active Manuka Honey to fight bacteria (as reported by BBC News)…

“We know it has a very broad spectrum of action. It works on bacteria, fungi, protozoa. We haven’t found anything it doesn’t work on among infectious organisms.”

The same BBC article quotes cancer specialist Dr Glenys, “We’ve been using honey to treat fungating wounds, where the cancer has broken through the skin,” she said. “The results in that situation have been excellent.”

Professor Molan says cells in a wound grow back twice as fast when treated with the honey.

Manuka Honey has been used in hospitals around the world to treat ‘superbugs’ that are resistant to all other antibiotics.

You can read more about how Manuka Honey works as a cure in these news stories:

Listen to an interview with Professor Molan.

Manuka Honey saves a man’s leg from amputation.

Waikato Honey Research Unit’s Active Manuka facts.

The UK’s Daily Mail on Manuka Honey treatements.