Read the excellent article published in the CBS Health Report. How manuka honey is used as a wound dressing.

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Most of the time the honey feels very soothing when covering a wound. However sometimes you may feel a slight stinging or burning sensation which is caused by the high acidity of the honey. For most people this sensation will subside in 5-10 minutes. However, if the burning and stinging sensation remains or even gets stronger. If that occurs, the honey must be removed from the wound and the wound washed with warm water.

Apply a new honey wound dressing every 24 hours. Cleanse wound as described above, before applying a new Active Manuka Honey wound dressing.

Gently lift off the skin tape and gauze from the wound. Since Active Manuka Honey is a natural barrier between the wound and the gauze, you can easily remove the gauze. The patient will experience a PAIN-FREE wound dressing change. Because the honey is a natural barrier between the wound and the gauze, the new cells that were just created to help close a wound, will not be ripped out, when changing the wound dressing, but will stay in tact.

Manuka Honey is pure, raw, natural, organic honey collected from the flower of the tea tree bush (leptospermum scoparium) of New Zealand. Manuka Honey has been researched for over 20 years because of its amazing antibacterial qualities. Honey in general is soothing for the skin and provides it with important nutrients.

Active Manuka Honey has also proven to naturally help relieve your pets health problems. Try it for wound care, natural treatment of burns, sores or skin ulcers, but also for internal stomach problems, such as acid reflux, heartburn, stomach ulcer, irritable bowel syndrome, to help regulate diarrhea after food poisoning. Manuka Oil also works great for animals (cats, dogs, horses etc.

Regular Manuka Honey and Active Manuka Honey, are both collected from the flower of the Manuka bush (leptospermum scoparium) in New Zealand, and are sold in the US by Manuka Honey USA. Manuka Honey is less concentrated than Active Manuka Honey. Manuka Honey is used for sore throats, colds, canker sores, fever blisters, acne and pimples.

Yes, it is. In fact Manuka Honey has a unique taste not to be compared with any other honey. Manuka Honey tastes great in tea or on toast with or without peanut butter. You may also want to try our Manuka Recipes. Since ancient times honey has been used as a natural medicine in many cultures. The antibacterial properties of honey however have only been discovered a century ago. Honey in fact inhibits a broad spectrum of bacteria. Some reports even show an antifungal activity in honey.

Active Manuka Honey has a very powerful antibacterial activity. It can destroy staph aureus, even when it is diluted to only 1.8% honey concentration in water. It has also been shown to destroy antibiotic-resistant MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staph Auereus also called Golden Staph or "Super Bug" at 10% honey concentration.

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Active Manuka Honey: Internal uses: Esophagus Ulcer, Acid Reflux, Heartburn, Upset Stomach, Stomach Ulcers, Gastritis, H. Pylori (helicobacter pylori), Duodenal Ulcer, IBS (irritable bowel syndrome), External uses: Burns (first degree burn, second decree burn and third degree burn), Wounds, Amputation Stump Wound, Ulcers, Diabetic Leg Ulcer, Diabetic Foot Ulcers, Sores, Bed Sores (decubitus ulcers) Scars, fresh operational scars..

NO! This product may NOT be used without prior consultation with your doctor! People suffering from bee sting allergy, uncompensated allergies, cardiovascular conditions, open tuberculosis, insulin dependent diabetes, use beta-blockers or if this product may counteract with any other medication taken, this product may NOT be used! Even if all of the above mentioned health conditions do NOT apply to you, you still MUST consult with your doctor FIRST, before buying Actiflex Plus for your own prote.

Honey is one of the best treatments available for burns and wounds because it provides a moist, sterile environment for tissue re-growth. It also makes a soft barrier between the wound and the dressing that protects new tissue from being torn away when the dressing is changed. Active Manuka Honey has shown to naturally destroy the 7 most common bacteria found in wounds.

Gently remove the honey dressing. Wash wound, burn, sore, scar etc. with a saline solution or with lukewarm, cool, but not cold water. Apply a new honey dressing. Simply apply Active Manuka Honey to a sterile gauze. Apply the gauze, with the honey attached to the wound.

Because honey is sticky and the wound will cause the honey to run, it is best to apply a teaspoon or tablespoon (depending on the size and depth of the wound) to a sterile gauze, then apply the gauze with the honey to the wound. Change the dressing every 24 hours.

For any type of wound, apply a "medium amount" of Active Manuka Honey to a sterile gauze. Don't apply too little honey to the gauze, or the gauze may stick to the wound when you are ready to change the wound dressing every 24 hours. You do not need to apply too much honey, or the excess honey will simply ooze out from under the gauze on to the bedding sheets.

The most therapeutic UMF Rating for external wound application is an Active Manuka Honey with a UMF Range between 16-18. If the UMF rating is less than 16, the honey may be less effective in destroying wound bacteria such as MRSA and VRE all naturally. If a UMF Rating of more than 18 is used, the honey may be too strong and actually cause a painful burning / stinging sensation when applied to an open wound. The honey can sting a little when first applied for the first 5-10 minutes.

Active Manuka Honey is applied to burns, wounds, ulcers, sores, surgical scars, decubitus sores (bed sores), diabetic leg and foot ulcers, amputation stump wounds and other MRSA and VRE staph infected wounds. Gently wash the wound with a saline solution. Apply Active Manuka Honey to a sterile gauze, similar like spreading honey onto a toast, not too much and not too little. Then apply the gauze with the honey attached to the wound.