manuka honey and MRSA
October 12, 2005It is produced by bees from the manuka bush, and has powerful antibacterial properties. The head of the University of Wales Institute research team says it has been accepted into conventional medicine as an important new tool against MRSA. Manuka honey stops the infection from spreading in the body (unless the bloodstream is infected), and from patient to patient.
Most of the knowledge about the benefits of manuka honey has come from research undertaken at the Waikato University in New Zealand. As much of the early evidence of its use against MRSA was annecdotal, the University of Wales team is now properly researching this area. One of the benefits of using sterile active manuka honey on a wound is it creates an antibiotic barrier. If you can accept that the following is admittedly a commercial site selling manuka honey, but there is additional information within each product on it:
Comment by World Of NZ — May 10, 2006 @ 11:31 am
That is wonderful news! I would of never thought manuka honey would stop the infection that just shows how smart people like the head of the University of Wales Institute research team are. Thanks for the information. I want to go read more about it.
Comment by MRSA Superbug — April 23, 2008 @ 8:30 pm