Honeyhas been used everywhere for its antiseptic powers but never as ablanket solution, nor was it ever that. Here we have discovered thata specific type can tackle all bacteria.
Itwill be no trick at all to produce application creams either.
Thepower of the method is spelled out here and expect it to come intogeneral usage quickly.
Honey, I killed thesuperbug
JOHN STAPLETON June 18, 2009 12:00AM
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/honey-i-killed-the-superbug/story-e6frg6n6-1225737035676
AUSTRALIANresearchers have been astonished to discover a cure-all right undertheir noses -- a honey sold in health food shops as a naturalmedicine.
Far from being anobscure health food with dubious healing qualities, new researchhas shown the honey kills every type of bacteria scientists havethrown at it, including the antibiotic-resistant "superbugs"plaguing hospitals and killing patients around the world.
Some bacteria havebecome resistant to every commonly prescribed antibacterial drug. Butscientists found that Manuka honey, as it is known in New Zealand, orjelly bush honey, as it is known in Australia, killed every bacteriaor pathogen it was tested on.
It is appliedexternally and acts on skin infections, bites and cuts.
The honey isdistinctive in that it comes only from bees feeding off tea treesnative to Australia and New Zealand, said Dee Carter, from theUniversity of Sydney's School of Molecular and Microbial Biosciences.
The findings arelikely to have a major impact on modern medicine and could lead to arange of honey-based products to replace antibiotic and antisepticcreams.
Professor Carter's twosons, Marty, 8 and Nicky, 6, think it's funny the way their motherputs honey on their sores. But she swears by it, telling stories ofhow quickly it cures any infection.
"Honey soundsvery homey and unscientific, which is why we needed the science tovalidate the claims made for it," she said.
The curativeproperties of various types of honey have been known to indigenouscultures for thousands of years, and dressing wounds with honey wascommon before the advent of antibiotics.
"Most bacteriathat cause infections in hospitals are resistant to at least oneantibiotic, and there is an urgent need for new ways to treat andcontrol surface infections," Professor Carter said.
"New antibioticstend to have short shelf lives, as the bacteria they attack quicklybecome resistant. Many large pharmaceutical companies have abandonedantibiotic production because of the difficulty of recovering costs.Developing effective alternatives could therefore save many lives."
Professor Carter saidthe fascinating thing was that none of the bacteria researchersused to test the honey, including superbugs such as flesh-eatingbacteria, built up any immunity.
She said a compoundin the honey called methylglyoxal -- toxic on its own -- combined inunknown ways with other unidentified compounds in the honey to cause"multi-system failure" in the bacteria.
The results of theresearch project are published in this month's European Journal ofClinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases.
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