Cancer Treated with Manuka Honey

A cancer hospital in New Zealand is importing Manuka Honey to test the healing power to the patient. The doctor turned to Manuka Honey to treat mouth and throat cancer patient after surgery. The powerful of honey have been revered by ancient Greeks and Egyptians as a powerful medicinal agent and used to help heal burns and sores.

Scientist believe the healing properties of Manuka honey because the presence of glucose oxydase enzyme, which produce hydrogen peroxide as an antiseptic and high sugar concentration, which inhibits of bacterial growth.

Some patient may resistant to antibiotics, so about 60 patients at Christie hospital an international leader in cancer research and development are taking part on the study to see if honey can prevent infection.

Over the last 15 years, survival rates for throat and mouth cancer patients have improved because of the effective combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. But side effect of using this kind medication like mucositis is performed. This concern also have intensified over the spread of MRSA superbug that already become resistant to the most common antibiotic. Once get into the body, through the wound or tubes, it can cause infection that can prove fatal to someone that already weakened by illness.

The MRSA and other kind of infection like clostridium is difficult kill, up to 5,000 patients died every year. The honey is being trialed on the mouth and throat cancer patients because they are one of the most susceptible groups to hospital-acquired infections after undergoing surgery and radiotherapy.

Honeycomb Model and Supplier

Honeycombs structure are very interesting, it realy arrange in good arrange. Look to honeycomb type that build by many kind of bees:

Young Honeycomb

Honeycom with honey

Honeycomb arrangement

Old Honeycomb

Honeycomb cake

Honeycomb liquid

Honey Layer

What is Manuka Honey

Manuka honey is a single kind of flower honey, the science said this is monofloral honey. This kind of honey can find in New Zealand and Australia from the nectar of the Manuka tree. Manuka honey is produced by introduced honey bees feeding on the manuka or tea tree, which grows uncultivated throughout New Zealand and Southeeastern Australia.

Manuka honey has high viscosity compare among studied honeys. This property of Manuka honey due to the presence of a protein or colloid and is its main visually defining character, along with its typical dark cream to dark brown color.

The Benefit of Manuka Honey:

Manuka honey believe and used since ancient times to treat multiple condition, and as the finding of science research that pure honey has natural antibacterial qualities. Honey can stimulates production of cells that can repair tissue damaged by infection. Honey also has an anti inflammatory action that can quickly reduce pain and inflammation once it is applied.

Manuka honey on the store can contain hydrogen peroxide that can gives antibiotic effect quality. Some type of honey including manuka honey also have other component with antibacterial qualities. Antibacterial component in manuka honey is methylglyoxal (MG), this substance also found in other kind of honey, but usually only small quantities.

For manuka honey type MG comes from the conversion of another compound – dihydroxyacetone – that in higher concentration of manuka flower nectar. MG substance has stronger antibiotic effect. The higher concentration of MG, the stronger the antibiotic effect.
Manuka honey is used to treat some diseases such as:

• Preventing and treating cancer
• Reducing high cholesterol
• Reducing systemic inflammation
• Treating diabetes
• Treating eye, ear and sinus infections
• Treating gastrointestinal problem