🍯 Manuka Honey 🍯

Ruth Ann Reyes

Have you ever heard of Manuka honey? If so, what has been your experience with it?

shllnzl

I have some in the house. It was expensive, so I save it for special immune boosting days. I have not noticed any significant changes when using it.

one.ette

I keep it in the house for when someone is really sick.

I have used raw local honey as a face wash and it cleared up my rosacea.

ines871

While Manuka honey (from the Australian Manuka bush) is good in several ways,

I am partial to Germany's 100% reiner Bienenhonig Waldhonig (forest honey): very dark & strong taste, & out of this world excellent!

judsoncarroll4

I am interested in this. But, isn't it actually a very nutrient dense honey due to the place it was made? I left out the word "just", because if it I a really unique environment, it may really be spectacular. No doubt, this honey could be a panacea. It could be the most spectacular panacea the world has ever known. If so, I would not be surprised, give the location and that it is honey - the environmental extract of the full biome. But, maybe, the same principle could apply to other environs? Maybe it wouldn't be as efficacious for humanity, in general... but maybe more potent locally. Well, I don't Know. I'd sure take as much Manuka honey as I could get! But, my great grandfather kept bees in the swamps on NC, near the SC line... the honey was as black as molasses and as rich as... well, I can't finish that sentence. Nothing has ever come close. It burned the throat... it was the nectar of the gods... it was mind blowing. My great grandmother made biscuits, with butter and lard made on the farm, from inputs from the far... I have lived 42 years, but never tasted anything as enlivening as my great grandfather's honey. And the comb... I chewed it like bubble gum... When he was 96, he sat down with me an told me about life. … Neither a man like him,... nor honey like his swamp-gum/sassafras honey.. has been in this world since... and now, I am crying.... longing for a world, where an old woman, in long, sack dresses swept a yard while chickens pecked under a huge live oak tree… nd an old man shared is wisdom with a boy... depression glass gleaming in the evening light... fatback in a small dish on the stove.... and, an old dog that meant more to me than many humans I've known.

judsoncarroll4

Well... I am interested in this.   But, isn't it actually a very nutrient dense honey due to the place it was made?  I left out the word "just", because if it I a really unique environment, it may really be spectacular.  No doubt, this honey could be a panacea.  It could be the most spectacular panacea the world has ever known.  If so, I would not be surprised, give the location and that it is honey - the environmental extract of the full biome.  But, maybe, the same principle could apply to other environs?  Maybe it wouldn't be as efficacious for humanity, in general... but maybe more potent locally.  Well, I don't Know.  I'd sure take as much Manuka honey as I could get!   But, my great grandfather kept bees in the swamps on NC, near the SC line... the honey was as black as molasses and as rich as... well, I can't finish that sentence.  Nothing has ever come close.  It burned the throat... it was the nectar of the gods... it was mind blowing.  My great grandmother made biscuits, with butter and lard made on the farm, from inputs from the far... I have lived 42 years, but never tasted anything as enlivening as my great grandfather's honey.  And the comb... I chewed it like bubble gum... When he was 96, he sat down with me an told me about life. …   Neither a man like him,... nor honey like his swamp-gum/sassafras honey.. has  been in this world since... and now, I am crying.... longing for a world, where an old woman, in long, sack dresses swept a yard while chickens pecked under a huge live oak tree… nd an old man shared is wisdom with a boy... depression glass gleaming in the evening light... fatback in a small dish on the stove.... and, an old dog that meant more to me than many humans I've known. I don/t know

JodieDownUnder

Manuka honey has become extremely popular in Australia. The bees source the pollen from Leptospermum scoparium, common name tea tree in Australia and New Zealand. It is strong tasting but its particulary good as a wound dressing. I first used Manuka on a wound on a horses leg, very boney and proud flesh was a problem, traditional vet type dressing were not working. I tried manuka as a last resort, cleaned the wound thickly applied honey to dressing and bandaged, left for 2 days, checked, cleaned, reapplied for another 3 days and the result was amazing. Happy horse, happy owner!

I believe some hospitals are using Manuka as a wound dressing on humans with good results. You can even access Manuka essential oil, it comes from the plant and has great anti bacterial properties.

Obiora E

@Ruth Reyes-Loiacano I have heard of Manuka honey and have bought it too. I have purchased and used it a couple of times. It has a different flavor than the local honey that I purchase and it is much thicker too.

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I have no idea what is going on, but I have not posted to this topic since Oct 3... I am not making repeated duplicate posts!

Ruth Reyes-Loiacano

I actually use Manuka to wash my face. It cleared my acne problems!

pamelamackenzie

I used it on a wound. It seem to help.

maryannfricko

Manuka is also good for wound healing. I find it helpful for any cuts and puncture wounds.