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Dr. Josh Axe here.
Welcome to Ancient Medicine Today.
Today I'm going to be talking about my favorite pantry item, Manuka honey.
Manuka honey has been used as medicine for hundreds of years.
Also, it's been used as food.
So we'll talk about the many benefits here.
And actually, I think this is one of the best sweeteners.
If you want to satisfy your sweet tooth yet not cause candida that overgrow in your body,
this is the best sweetener in nature.
And Manuka honey itself is actually created by bees in New Zealand, okay, very, very popular
honey that comes out of New Zealand.
It tends to be a little bit more spendy.
But I will tell you that because of all of the incredible benefits, it can often times
be worth the price you pay for Manuka honey.
Here are some nutrition facts and some things you got to remember about honey.
One of the questions I get a lot is, "Well I thought honey has sugar and sugar is bad
for me."
You have to remember that sugar is not a villain.
Isolated sugar consumed in too high amounts is a villain to your body.
It causes chronic inflammation, causes yeast and bad bacteria overgrowth.
So it's all about getting sugar in its real food form in small amounts throughout your
day.
For instance, here is a great example.
Blueberries are an incredible antioxidant-rich food that contains sugar.
But because it has antioxidants and enzymes and nutrients and some fiber, it doesn't affect
your body the negative way.
It's typically just good for you.
Same goes with Manuka honey.
Manuka honey typically contains over 200 types of microbes.
It has different antiseptic properties.
It's loaded with enzymes.
It has some B vitamins and other things I'll share with you right now.
As you can see here Manuka honey actually contains amino acids, so the building blocks
of proteins, contains B vitamins, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium,
sodium, zinc and four times that of normal flower honey of many of these nutrients especially
in terms of its antibacterial agent.
So you can see here, Manuka honey is probably the most nutrient dense of all types of honey
you could ever consume.
And here are some natural treatments that might surprise you about a Manuka honey or
some conditions it helps.
Number one is SIBO, that's small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, low stomach acid and
acid reflux.
Now there are studies showing that specifically the things that are found in Manuka honey
actually can keep ulcers at bay and actually kill H. pylori bacteria, bad bacteria that
causes stomach ulcers.
And also I would say of all the sweeteners you could consume with SIBO, this is probably
the least damaging to the body.
So SIBO, low stomach acid, acid reflux, Manuka honey is a great natural remedy.
Now with consuming Manuka honey, I typically just recommend a single teaspoon at a time
or a loaded teaspoon and that's it.
You don't want to do several tablespoons or a fourth of a cup or loads and loads of honey,
but about a loaded teaspoon whether it's mixed in tea or part of a dessert or I'll tell you
just a great dessert.
Hey, mix a little Manuka honey a teaspoon with a tablespoon of almond butter and it
is a delicious dessert, so good, I think you'll love it.
So SIBO, one great natural treatment is doing Manuka honey.
Number two is acne and eczema.
Acne, my favorite natural treatment for acne is mixing Manuka honey in tea tree oil or
Manuka honey and Manuka essential oil.
Mixing those together, rubbing it on the face, letting it sit for two minutes and then washing
it off.
Actually Manuka honey fights Staph aureus, a certain type of bacteria that is the root
cause of acne.
It also can help balance your overall amount of the oil your skin produces and helps with
sebaceous gland and things like.
So again it's a great acne fighter.
Also, it's great for eczema.
You know if somebody has eczema, I recommend mixing geranium oil with Manuka oil or with
. . . geranium oil with Manuka honey, rubbing it on the area, letting it sit there for a
time as well, maybe an hour or two and then washing it off.
It's a great thing to do there.
Or you can mix a little Manuka honey in with something like a shea butter, beeswax and
olive oil and actually rub it in the area and just leave it on there permanently.
But Manuka honey is often found in different types of wound treatments or wound ointments
that are good for treating wounds.
Number three, it is great for staph infection.
I mentioned Staph aureus which is a bacteria that can often cause acne.
Well, staph infections are especially infections on your skin.
Now one of the things they would do in New Zealand as well as Australia is they do a
natural remedy where they mix things like tea tree oil or eucalyptus oil.
They mix that in with Manuka honey and put it on an area to treat burns, and wounds and
cuts specifically staph infection, and you will see our next one here, burns, wounds
and ulcers.
Again it is one of the most powerful natural remedies in the world for, I think, it's a
natural antiseptic in keeping things from getting infected there as well.
So again burns, wounds and ulcers, great reason to use Manuka honey there.
Number five, tooth decay and gingivitis.
It is the sugar that doesn't cause tooth decay really, or one of the foods that has high
amounts of sugar that doesn't cause tooth decay because of the very unique compounds
that are found in Manuka honey.
Now when you buy Manuka honey, typically there's a grade on there.
It will say anywhere from 10 plus, to 12 plus, to 16, to 24 plus to even 30 plus.
When I'm consuming this as a food, I tend to do it in between the 10 and 16 plus.
Sometimes I've done as much as 24 plus.
The 24 plus is typically used even more as medicine or just the maximum of a teaspoon
at a time.
But again, Manuka honey can be great for even fighting tooth decay and gingivitis which
could make it your go-to natural sweetener.
IBS and IBD.
One of the big causes of stomach ulcers are ulcers that can actually line your intestinal
wall and contribute to things like IBS and inflammatory bowel disease are these ulcers
and ulcers almost like a burn.
Imagine you have a big burn on your skin or a burn.
And just touching it, doing things, it aggravates it.
Well, ulcers you can get those in your stomach.
You can also get those in your colon and your intestines.
And specifically, Manuka honey has been shown to be fantastic for naturally helping calm
those ulcers and again H. pylori and certain types of bad bacteria are what cause stomach
ulcers.
Manuka honey, those compounds kill off the bacteria that cause stomach ulcers allowing
it to fully heal removing that in interference.
Number seven, wore throats and immunity.
Again when you have a sore throat and you have that virus or bacteria that's in your
throat lining and in your chest and even in your upper neck area, you want something that
can sit there for a while.
What I love is doing a remedy of lemon essential oil mixed with Manuka honey and just sort
of swallowing that and letting it kind of sit in your throat, doing it every hour or
so, getting a little bit of Manuka honey with lemon oil.
Sometimes I'll make some ginger essential oil in there as well, so ginger, lemon and
honey and maybe some cinnamon powder or oil.
But doing those oils together really, really good for sore throat and naturally supporting
your immune system by balancing out the good bacteria in your gut microbiome.
Number eight, allergies and sinusitis.
Now we've all heard that consuming honey can actually help fight allergies.
Now Manuka honey does it in a different way than raw local honey.
Now raw local honey is something you definitely want to do for allergies.
But you want to be taking it year-round.
What happens is that if you get raw local honey and you're consuming it year-round,
your body is being exposed to that type of pollen.
And you're building up a natural immunity over time.
Now right when you get allergies for the first time they come on, doing raw local honey isn't
as beneficial as Manuka honey.
Manuka honey is the most beneficial to take the day of or if you're in the middle of fighting
something.
So again year-round or building up your immunity year-round especially to your local immunity,
the best thing to do is raw local honey.
When you're sick in the middle of it, Manuka honey is one of best to do because it will
actually help kill off any bad bacteria in your body that is there as well.
So great for allergies and sinusitis, great for beauty treatment and a natural health
booster.
So especially for scarring, one of the natural treatments for scars is doing certain types
of oils like tallow or emu oil and other oils that reduce scarring such as Helichrysum oil
and mixing those with Manuka honey and letting them sit there on a scar.
Again if you ever have a cut and you are worried that it's going to turn into a scar, what
I would do is take a mixture of Manuka honey, Helichrysum essential oil, pretty large amount
and maybe even a little bit of, well . . . start with that, just the honey and essential oils.
And then once it's fully formed then I would put on some other things to keep it hydrated
like a tallow which is a beef fat or an emu oil, things like that to keep it really hydrated
along with the essential oils afterwards.
But again, it's great especially to heal cuts.
And if you ever get a cut or burn, I would do Manuka honey mixed with lavender essential
oil immediately.
And listen if you burn your hand, you will immediately want to put something on it.
You rinse it with cold water and within that first minute, you immediately want to douse
it with lavender oil and then with Manuka honey and keep it on it for the next 24 hours.
And number 10, improve sleep.
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Millions of people today are using unhealthy sweeteners without real benefit.
Manuka honey tastes amazing.
It's honey and it can be used as medicine as it has been for hundreds of years now.
It's also great for improving sleep.
Some of those scents in Manuka honey, there's also a Manuka essential oil, but it's very
invigorating in uplifting.
It's actually been shown to or used historically to naturally fight anxiety and depression
there as well and to calm the body as you improve sleep.
Doing a mixture of Manuka honey or a Manuka oil mixed with lavender, chamomile and ylang
ylang is a great blend to support a healthy night's sleep.
So look at all of these incredible benefits of Manuka essential oil.
It actually is good for SIBO and acid reflux, great for acne and eczema, great for your
sinuses and allergies, great for treating burns and wounds and ulcers.
It has sugar in it, but still helps fight tooth decay and gingivitis, it is good for
IBS and inflammatory bowel disease, can help soothe a sore throat, fight allergies, be
used for beauty treatments and relax the body and improve sleep.
As you can see, Manuka honey, it should be an absolute must in everybody's at-home medicine
cabinet and food cabinet and pantry for that matter as well.
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