Manuka honey

**gregaquaman** · Posted On: 9/03/2011 3:36am

A guy I train with cut his face open and as part of the healing proccess was putting Manuka honey on it. Talking to him it supposed to cure pretty much everything.
http://www.manukahoney.co.uk/therapeuticuses.html
I tased the therapudic stuff.(Had to couldn't help myself) And it tasted like normal honey.

Is there any difference and can I just squeese the cheap stuff on my cuts.

**KiwiPhil889** · Posted On: 9/03/2011 4:07am

Nope ,you can't just sqeeze the cheap stuff on.You need to check the UMF rating. (wiki it).

Normally you'll find it in the chemist shop because its used as a treatment rather than a spread lol,but its still edible and a few ppl take a teaspoon of it each day as a general health thing,(my mum and step father).

**stealth_monkey** · Posted On: 9/03/2011 5:17am

There is a small difference between manuka honey and regular. But a cheaper way would be to mix some cheap honey and peroxide bleach. That will work better.

Manuka honey's one of those scams that has a grain of truth to it. Covering a wound is a good idea. Applying an antiseptic to a wound is a good idea. Manuka honey does that, but buying a box of bandaids and some dettol is cheaper and more effective.