Just the name “ Manuka dearest ” makes me feel healthy .
“ Manuka , honey , would you be my nurse today ? ”
Okay – what the heck is “ Manuka ? ” It ’s a flowering bush from New Zealand . Leptospermum scoparium , to be accurate .
There are varieties of Leptospermum grow as landscape works and other phallus of the genus are antibacterial , yet L. scoparium in particular has now been report as a nectar source for bees which then in bend produce honey with the capability of wipe out so - called “ superbugs ” .
ViaNatural News :
( NaturalNews ) Not all honey is created equal . While the benefits ofraw , unrefined honeyhave been well - documented over the centuries , Australian research worker have found one eccentric of honey , called Manuka honey , to be better than all known antibiotic drug .
Manuka dear is give rise by bees that forage on the nectar of Leptospermum Scoparium , or New Zealand ’s Manuka bush , as well as tea leaf trees , aboriginal to Australia and New Zealand only .
This remarkable character of honey not only effectively wipe out bacteria , but none of the bugs killed by it have been able to build up immunity . In a world where many of the last repair antibiotic drug are failing againstantibiotic - resistant poinsettia strain , Manuka honey may have the key to fighting electrical resistance way out , save thousands of lives worldwide .
Manuka honey fights superbugs
Dr. Dee Carter from the University of Sydney ’s School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences noted that antibiotic not only have short ledge lives , but the bacterium they attack speedily become resistant as well , take a crap them useless over clip .
The study , put out in the European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases , exact that Manuka beloved kill almost every bacteria and pathogen it was tested on . Unlike all antibiotic available on today ’s securities industry , none of the bugs try were able-bodied to survive the honey treatment .
According to Dr. Carter , there are exceptional compounds , like methylglyoxal , in the Manuka honey that do multi - system nonstarter in the bacteria , killing them before they are able-bodied to adapt and make up resistance .
Discoveries like these are why I believe powerfully in the saving of coinage and ecologies such as the rain woodland .
We ’ve barely fret the control surface on what is useable in nature . Though I have no doubt the bombination on “ manuka love ” will likely lead to some unscrupulous appurtenance sales , it may also revolutionise us to keep digging in nature for new cures for our ailments .
As for me , now I want to implant some manuka bushes . And get bees again ! I had just gotten bee again some month before deciding to leave alone the US for greener shore .
Ah well . I can do it again .
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