According to this article Manuka Honey will kill super bugs that are resistant to conventional antibiotics.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-09-15/manuka-honey-is-it-really-a-superfood-for-colds-and-infections/8949110

“Can manuka honey kill superbugs?

The activity of manuka honey has been tested against a diverse range of microbes, particularly those that cause wound infections, and it inhibits problematic bacterial pathogens, including superbugs that are resistant to multiple antibiotics.
Crucially, there are no reported cases of bacteria developing resistance to honey, nor can manuka or other honey resistance be generated in the laboratory. “

So there you have it, problem solved, no need to look any further for exotic plants deep in the oceans or jungles.

So why aren’t the medical boffins trumpting it? maybe the article is bullshit.

PS
Is The Conversation an ABC subsidiary, they seem to reprint a lot of their articles?

I thought Manuka was a footy oval in Canberra.

Woodie said:

I thought Manuka was a footy oval in Canberra.

Me too. Didn’t know they diversified into honey production.

party_pants said:

Woodie said:

I thought Manuka was a footy oval in Canberra.

Me too. Didn’t know they diversified into honey production.

Huh? You’ve never heard of the Scarlet Manuka from Footrot Flats, Palmerston North, NZ.

All honey exhibits such.

Leptospermum scoparium Manuka or jellybush was not a honey of favour tases like crap looks and acts more like jelly. So the Kiwi’s thought of marketing it as medicinal honey.

We have more of it here. Why did we let the Kiwis do it first and why do we make the name sound more like wi are spiking kiwi?

roughbarked said:

All honey exhibits such.

Leptospermum scoparium Manuka or jellybush was not a honey of favour tases like crap looks and acts more like jelly. So the Kiwi’s thought of marketing it as medicinal honey.

We have more of it here. Why did we let the Kiwis do it first and why do we make the name sound more like wi are spiking kiwi?

>>Accordingly, L. scoparium is now considered to be the only indigenous member of Leptospermum in New Zealand. The species is not endemic to New Zealand as indicated by Allan (1961), as it also occurs naturally in mainland Australia from the southern coast of New South Wales to western Victoria and is widespread in Tasmania (Thompson 1989).

The time of arrival of L. scoparium in New Zealand is uncertain. Leptospermum pollen has been dated to the Paleocene (Fleming 1975), though the representatives in the upper Cretaceous and older Tertiary beds should be interpreted to represent type pollen and not individual species (Couper 1953, 1960). Thompson (1989) suggested that Leptospermum may have originated in the dry Miocene conditions in Australia and that L. scoparium dispersal to New Zealand occurred relatively recently, as the species is not a primitive Leptospermum and cannot have been present earlier in New Zealand.<<

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0028825×.2005.9512966

It would be very interesting to know when this tea-tree first arrived in New Zealand and how it got there from Australia.

Morning punters and correctors, cold but fine and windless morning at the redoubt.

and Tetragona tetragonioides?
New Zealand spinach or Warrigal Greens, Botany Bay spinach?

It is hideously expensive at the duty free store at the airport :(

kii said:

It is hideously expensive at the duty free store at the airport :(

If you want to use it as medicince get some fresh honey. If you were tthinking of eating it, try another honey.

PermeateFree said:

roughbarked said:

All honey exhibits such.

Leptospermum scoparium Manuka or jellybush was not a honey of favour tases like crap looks and acts more like jelly. So the Kiwi’s thought of marketing it as medicinal honey.

We have more of it here. Why did we let the Kiwis do it first and why do we make the name sound more like wi are spiking kiwi?

>>Accordingly, L. scoparium is now considered to be the only indigenous member of Leptospermum in New Zealand. The species is not endemic to New Zealand as indicated by Allan (1961), as it also occurs naturally in mainland Australia from the southern coast of New South Wales to western Victoria and is widespread in Tasmania (Thompson 1989).

The time of arrival of L. scoparium in New Zealand is uncertain. Leptospermum pollen has been dated to the Paleocene (Fleming 1975), though the representatives in the upper Cretaceous and older Tertiary beds should be interpreted to represent type pollen and not individual species (Couper 1953, 1960). Thompson (1989) suggested that Leptospermum may have originated in the dry Miocene conditions in Australia and that L. scoparium dispersal to New Zealand occurred relatively recently, as the species is not a primitive Leptospermum and cannot have been present earlier in New Zealand.<<

http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/0028825×.2005.9512966

It would be very interesting to know when this tea-tree first arrived in New Zealand and how it got there from Australia.

Maybe within the past 50,000 years one of the big duststorms took some seed there?

roughbarked said:

kii said:

It is hideously expensive at the duty free store at the airport :(

If you want to use it as medicince get some fresh honey. If you were tthinking of eating it, try another honey.

A friend here wanted to try some as a medicine for his wife.

kii said:

roughbarked said:

kii said:

It is hideously expensive at the duty free store at the airport :(

If you want to use it as medicince get some fresh honey. If you were tthinking of eating it, try another honey.

A friend here wanted to try some as a medicine for his wife.

Manuka honey may have more of some qualities thta most honey has but we don’t really know that yet. As it stands almost any honey hould have the same qualities. more ore less.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/manuka-honey-vs-regular-honey-manuka-honey-cure-all-your-ailments-408697

Manuka Honey Anti-microbial Activity

Manuka honey possesses significantly stronger anti-microbial activity than other types of commercial honey, according to a study published in the April 2008 issue of the journal “Molecular Nutrition and Food Research.” Researchers determined the enzyme methylglyoxal is responsible for manuka honey’s unique anti-microbial profile. Manuka honey contains up to 100 times more methylglyoxal than conventional honeys, according to the authors.

Beware of expensive fakes.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-manuka-honey-scandal-9577344.html

Beware of expensive fakes.

http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/features/the-manuka-honey-scandal-9577344.html

Because no other honey from New Zealand is famous then it all comes down to the Manuka or Leptospermum scoparia. The honey produced from jellybush in Australia is the same honey as Manuka honey. It is a wonder that Dr Edward Bach didn’t include it in his list of flower remedies.

I’d not be at all surprised if it is found that it is a property of the plant that is simply added to their honey by the bees already antibacterial honey. I’d certainly not be surprised if it has notheing more to do with New Zealand other than that it is made from Leptospermum scoparium.

“New Zealand-made manuka honey has long been considered a superfood for everything from sore throats to gingivitis but as microbiologist Dr Nural Cokcedin explains, scientists now say that the Australian-made version could be the most powerful antibacterial honey of all.”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-29/manuka-honey-antibacterial-australia-new-zealand/8151996

As far as it goes, I’m unaware that enough research has been done to specifically state that manuka honey has any competitors on the scale of best medicinal properties.

It would stand to reason that Australia could easily have other plants that are or were complete new wonders of nature to the Apis mellifera when they first arrived here. For example, other members of Myrtaceae such as Eucalyptus?

tauto said:

“New Zealand-made manuka honey has long been considered a superfood for everything from sore throats to gingivitis but as microbiologist Dr Nural Cokcedin explains, scientists now say that the Australian-made version could be the most powerful antibacterial honey of all.”

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-12-29/manuka-honey-antibacterial-australia-new-zealand/8151996

Exactly.

Not much peer reviewed research showing up on a PubMed search:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=manuka+honey

buffy said:

Not much peer reviewed research showing up on a PubMed search:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/?term=manuka+honey

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3048876/

Mm. It’s six years old, but it has been cited a bit.

https://scholar.google.com.au/scholar?hl=en&q=Two+Major+Medicinal+Honeys+Have+Different+Mechanisms+of+Bactericidal+Activity&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C5&as_sdtp=

Ahhh, Manuka.
I know a beekeeper who is doing some work with researchers who are looking into Australian plants that can produce honey that rivals Manuka honey. She often turns up in her truck with various Leptospermums and Melaleuca type plants. She’s not very forthcoming with information though.

I bought a jar of honey from her when I had my last respiratory upset, and while it did bugger all to fix that, it did clear up a lingering and annoying grotty patch on my foot.

ruby said:

Ahhh, Manuka.
I know a beekeeper who is doing some work with researchers who are looking into Australian plants that can produce honey that rivals Manuka honey. She often turns up in her truck with various Leptospermums and Melaleuca type plants. She’s not very forthcoming with information though.

I bought a jar of honey from her when I had my last respiratory upset, and while it did bugger all to fix that, it did clear up a lingering and annoying grotty patch on my foot.

Mm…very interesting and you are very lucky to have access to such fine honey.

Being a lazy bastard I couldn’t be bothered to read the article :)

However IIRC Manuka honey works in contact with bacteria, but then again so does ethanol, bleach and shedloads of other products.