Manuka honey is produced in New
Zealand by bees that pollinate the native manuka bush. Advocates say it treats
wound infections and other conditions.
Yoga is an Ancient healing practice
but do you know how powerful Manuka
honey is for healing?
Manuka honey is your medicine.
Healing Power of Manuka Honey
Honey has been used since
ancient times to treat multiple conditions. It wasn't until the late 19th
century that researchers discovered that honey has natural antibacterial
qualities. New Zealand born and raised I know all about Manuka honey, in fact I couldn’t
believe when I arrived in Australia the lack of Manuka honey in the stores,
thankfully we are now seeing it more and more in our local stores. Today I
found it in Harris Farm. Back in my child-hood days we were blessed to visit
the bee hives and receive real honey from the hive, fresh without any processing
or fancy packaging. I use to be so intrigues with the process from the pollen
to the bee to the hive and beautiful pure honey to enjoy.
Beautiful Central Otago where I spent all my child hood holidays.
The healing powers and curative properties of honey have been known to our indigenous cultures for thousands of years. It has been used for dressing wounds before antibiotics came in to our lives, DRUGS. New Zealand's Maori were the first to identify the healing properties of manuka and some of their tonics and remedies are still used today. You know I respect and value Auryvedic medicine, Raw Food healing and and now I am sharing with you the power of Manuka Honey. I respect this honey more and more as many of my clients are reaping rewards by using it at time of need.
If only we could all learn, trust and believe in this way of living and healing I am sure we would not need to purchase the over the counter drugs like many people are programmed at doing, and we would live longer and have happier bodies waling around. Living a pain free life is everything. You can have all the money you wish and wealth but if you have not got your health and vitality, you have nothing. If you care about your loved ones and know someone who is sick why not share this article with them. A close friends mum of 92 yrs recently took the Manuka honey after fighting a sickness and said 'It felt like I was being healed from the inside out' and so it is.
Now we need to talk about the WHY
is it so expensive, and how powerful honey really is.
1. Honey protects against damage caused by bacteria
2. Stimulates production of special cells that can repair tissue
damaged by infection
3. An anti-inflammatory action that can quickly reduce pain and
inflammation once it is applied.
4. Healing open wounds, acts like an antibiotic to stop infection.
Please note: not all honey is
the same. The antibacterial quality of honey depends on the type of honey as
well as when and how it's harvested. Some kinds of honey may be 100 times more
potent than others. Manuka honey comes in different strengths.
Hydrogen peroxide is a
component of honey which gives most
honey its antibiotic quality. Manuka honey, also have other components with
antibacterial qualities.
Recently I was pushing my body to it limit,
with work, juggling motherhood and a massive challenge to overcome along with
keeping u pwith my regular Yoga practice, my body said NO STOP you are need to restore, I could feel a cold coming
on, aches and just a whole sense if depleted energy.
So as I do, practice what I
preach, this couldn’t be a better time to do exactly what I would recommend my
clients. I turned my health and vitality around within 12 hrs.
Here are the steps
1. Hot Epson salt bath
2. Restorative Yoga
3. Manuka honey every couple of hrs I took ½ teaspoon
4. Lemon ginger and manuka honey
5. Early night
6. Postive mind set
Getting back to my childhood
upbringing. Where does the name MANUKA come from. One of my lovely clients
asked recently, and I was put to the test to remember promptly. I should know
right!
The word ‘Manuka’ was commonly used by my Father for his fine wood he
wood chop and stack for the fire. I can still remember his voice
"I have
beautiful good quality dry mankuka for
the fire." My father was all about quality, he has an amazing vegetable
garden, grows the best tomatoes and vegetables, and also had a fetish about
good quality wood 'MANUKA WOOD' to burn to keep his family warm throughout the freezing
winters we experienced in Dunedin. So MANUKA is a tree and Bees feed on the Manuka tree flowers.
More on Manuka honey
Another antibacterial component
in manuka honey is methylglyoxal (MG). MG is a compound found in most types of
honey, but usually only in small quantities. This may sound like science and as
I often refer to in Yoga healing nutrition is scientific but also logic, it
comes from NATURE and nature provided us all these live grown foods to keep our
body vital and alive for longevity. This is why the raw food way of life is
starting to get a lot of notice these days because people are reading the
research and seeing the results and stories of healing and preventative
health. It really isn’t rocket science, however if you are like the general
population, you need to build trust and relearn old habits and know what and
how to eat live grown foods with out processed foods and meat.
In manuka honey, MG comes from
the conversion of another compound -- dihydroxyacetone -- that is found in high
concentration in the nectar of manuka flowers.
MG is thought to give manuka
honey some of its antibacterial power. The higher the concentration of MG, the
stronger the antibiotic effect. But, there may also be other compounds involved
in the medicinal effect of manuka honey.
Unique Manuka Factor.
Honey producers have developed
a scale for rating the potency of manuka honey. The rating is called UMF, which
stands for Unique Manuka Factor.
This is the UMF Manuka honey I used 5+
Please consult your health store for more information on what strength you need.
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