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manuka honey?

For use for abscesses etc, my understanding is that you need a minimum of +10 manuka honey, the 'normal' manuka honey that they sell in the supermarket hasn't been shown to have the same antibiotic properties as the stuff called +10 (or a number higher than 10) - so if you want it for abscesses/infection control, do make sure you're getting that one. :wink:
 
AlisonA said:
For use for abscesses etc, my understanding is that you need a minimum of +10 manuka honey, the 'normal' manuka honey that they sell in the supermarket hasn't been shown to have the same antibiotic properties as the stuff called +10 (or a number higher than 10) - so if you want it for abscesses/infection control, do make sure you're getting that one. :wink:

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Janex
 
my mum is a nurse and she says the hospital often uses bandages treated with the honey but as above it has to be a certain grade. she said that for open wounds/ulcers etc it should also have ben steralized
 
I have heard some brilliant successes with people packing absesses with high grade manuka honey on another forum!
 
I used it for a while, but found that it makes the surrounding skin very sore:( It is an option, but use with care, trying to keep it inside the wound if possible. You can suck it up into a 1ml syringe if you are patient which making getting it in there more accurate.
Any honey should help as the high sugar content means that an environment where bacteria can't survive is created. The manuka also has extra antibacterial properties apparently making it the best kind to use.
 
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