Brief of Manuka Honey

HONEY BENEFITS - Manuka honey has become the most popular honey in the world today. In recent years, this type of honey has gained an outstanding reputation as a famous powerful healing factor. The benefits of this type of honey are increasingly being used to treat various disease conditions.

Manuka Honey is produced by honey bees that collect nectar from flower of Kanuka and Manuka tree. Manuka ( Leptospermum scoparium ) and Kanuka ( Kunzea ericoides ) is a kind of tea tree which grows wild in New Zealand . Both of these species (Manuka and Kanuka) is usually sufficient dikenl as the Manuka tree. Historically, Maori and European settlers have been to use the tree as Manuka and Kanuka trees ingredient for the treatment of various diseases. For long time, tea tree has been known throughout the world as natural antibacterial and antifungal ingredients.

Manuka honey comes from New Zealand, where farmers maintain bees in the hive are placed in wild areas where the Manuka bush thrives. Manuka Honey is produced in a pollution-free environment of New Zealand, so the quality is superior and free of pollutants.

What is special about Manuka Honey?

Honey is very rich with a distinctive flavor of products made from tea tree and the color is a bit dark. Manuka honey has the advantage of a combination of nature and benefits of tea tree with natural antibacterial properties contained in all types of honey. Efficacy of manuka honey more often highlighted as a powerful antibacterial honey for the treatment of various diseases caused by bacterial attack.

Active Manuka Honey has been found to have stronger antibacterial activity and has a characteristic that is not the same as other types of honey. The content of substance is more stable and not affected by light or moderate heat. Not all Manuka Honey has a special quality. Only those who have the UMF values above 10 are referred to as active manuka honey. UMF stands for ' Unique Manuka Factor, which describes the unique content levels in manuka honey, the higher the number, the higher the content of its unique antibacterial activity.

UMF concept was first invented by Peter Molan, researchers from the Waikato University, New Zealand. He compared Manuka Honey with a standard disinfectant to set the scale of UMF. His research also found that Manuka Honey is more effective against some types of bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. Currently UMF activity assays identified and certified by authorized agencies in independent laboratory testing.

Manuka Honey UMF 10 under recommended to maintain general health and good digestion. For diarrhea, indigestion, heartburn and some minor health complaints are recomended to use UMF10 - UMF15 as a natural treatment. UMF20 Manuka Honey - UMF 25 can treat gastritis, gastric / peptic ulcers , duodenal ulcers , esophageal ulcers , heartburn acid reflux , irritable bowel syndrome , ulcerative colitis , pylori and up - set stomach . Manuka Honey UMF10 above recommended for treating external conditions such as drug lacerations, burns and other tissue damage.