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We have quite a few 'elderly' in our group, and diabetes seems common in many.
One of the curses of this is the very high risk of leg ulcers from the poor circulation due to diabetes.
Leg ulcers all too often lead to amputation when they don't clear up - again very common. I have at least a dozen friends who have had amputations from this.
We managed to talk one friend into using Manuka honey (NOT the sort from the supermarket), and his ulcers cleared up when 'normal' medication had failed woefully.
In Irish clinical trials, Comvita's biologically active manuka honey proved more effective than standard treatment for healing venous leg ulcers wounds
A clinical trial in Ireland has shown its Medihoney wound dressings using biologically-active New Zealand manuka honey improve the healing of leg ulcers.
Before the 108-patient study, no other advanced wound care dressing had been shown to improve healing rates of venous leg ulcers under the standard treatment known as compression therapy, honey maker Comvita said.
A control group of half the patients had a common advanced wound care gel added to the standard treatment, and half had the manuka dressing added.
After four weeks, the wounds treated with honey reduced an average 34 percent, and in the control group the reduction was only 13 percent, according to a report in the Journal of Clinical Nursing.
After 12 weeks, there was a 44 percent complete healing rate in the honey group compared with 33 percent in the control group.
Comvita chief executive Brett Hewlett said wound care was a major healthcare market with an estimated value of $10 billion in 2007, which was expected to grow to $12.5b by 2012.
The global growth was being driven by aging populations, rising incidence of diabetes and chronic vascular disorders, and a steady advancement in wound care technologies.
I know someone who has recently been ill and had a bad dose of cold sores (herpes) on their nose - constant wiping worsening the weepy sore(s). Manuka honey was used - three days later all but gone. If anyone has had a cold sore they will know how long they can hang around.
I know some older folk who use it for 'sun/aging spots'.
Further to your comments regarding the healing properties of honey
Only SOME honeys from particular areas have the required high anti
bacterial content
I have been beekeeping for over 40 years and while living at Taupo Bay
and about 15 years ago had a number of samples of my honey analysed by
the then Dr (now Professor) Mowlem of the Waikato University and found
one sample have an exceptionally high count
I sent his letter and a container of that honey with an elderly
neighbour who was having an ulcer treated for months at the Kaeo Hospital
They made up a poultice and applied to and 28 days later the ulcer was
just a purple mark on his shin
Unfortunately this experiment was not conducted with the usual checks
and balances and at the time the idea that some honeys could have such
healing properties was rubbished until a couple of commercial firms got
on the case
Unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation generated about the
benefits of bee products eg Venom, Pollen Royal Jelly etc and few real
tests have been made to prove or otherwise these claims
I note 250 grams of Manuka Honey for sale in a Health Shop in Kerikeri
for $48.50 where I get an average of (untested) Manuka Honey of around
$12.00 per kilo
A lot of rascals have hopped on the band wagon and often stuff called
Manuka Honey often contains only 10% Manuka Honey the balance being
Multifloral Honey
I take approximately 1 tonne of honey off the 10 hives I have at the
beach and if I could get approx $100 per kilo life would be a little easier
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Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 5:16 pm Post Subject:
If I remember rightly when that Manuka honey thing blew up on MM news, Comvita was actually the main company mentioned as having honey that wasn't 100% Manuka as stated on the label. Of course, I didn't get all the detail of that "study" at the time and it WAS around the time Codex A stuff was bouncing around so I took it with a grain of salt as probable disinfo :shock: I remember seeing LOTS of propaganda about the possible "dangers" of self-administered "alternative" health products around then. Evil Bastards!
