Manuka Honey Benefits for Skin Care from Domestic Honey

Manuka Honey benefits include all of the benefits of honey for skin care from domestic honey, with enhanced qualities, not the least of which is flavor! Honey beauty is effective, gentle, and tasty!

Special qualities of Manuka Honey, in regards to natural skin care, are that:

• Manuka Honey is highly effective against antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria

• Manuka Honey has an anti-inflammatory action, which soothes and reduces swelling.

Tap into the properties of Manuka Honey by using it to cleanse your skin. Manuka Honey is also a great alternative to domestic honey in the formulation of a homemade honey mask, increasing effectiveness.

The bees gather nectar and pollen from the large green manuka bushes, and this adds up to a medical honey.

In the U.S. and the U.K., the medical supplier MediHoney provides manuka honey-impregnated bandages, as well as manuka honey creams, lotions and gels, for use in medical offices and hospitals.

According to Dr. Schlothauer (New Zealand’s largest supplier of medical manuka honey), true medical manuka is sold with a “UMF” label, a seal that the honey contains what is known as “unique manuka factor.”

Medical manuka honeys vary in UMF concentration, from as low as 5% to as high as 20% UMF.

Further studies have shown that application of medical manuka honey to wounds causes the release of anti-inflammatory cytokines.

Dr Schlothauer described the ability of medical manuka honey to arrest grave cases of infection. Manuka honey is a remedy originally used by New Zealand’s native Maori as part of their indigenous medicine.

From that beginning, scientists have analyzed the honey to identify its unique properties, and have determined how medical manuka honey acts as an anti-infective, and how it fights inflammation.

Medical manuka honey is not so well known in the US at present. For medical manuka honey, the future appears bright.