Advantages of using Active Manuka Honey as a wound care dressing

Dual Antibacterial Strength – Hydrogen Peroxide and UMF. The hydrogen peroxide in Active Manuka Honey together with its natural acidity provide a antibacterial strength unlike any other honey.

Active Manuka Honey has this additional unique antibacterial activity that no other honey possesses: the Unique Manuka Factor (UMF).

Only Active Manuka Honey retains antibacterial strength, the UMF. Therefore, Active Manuka Honey can be a wound treatment that helps to reduce infection of a wound.

Active Manuka Honey helps to fight antibiotic-resistant bacteria such as MRSA and VRE.

Other than conventional antiseptics Active Manuka Honey creates a moist environment when applied as wound care dressing. Active Manuka Honey keeps the wound moist, and naturally destroys wound bacteria, thus eliminating wound mal odor - while leaving the 'good bacteria' in tact.

No known side effects

As opposed to antibiotics, a wound treatment with Active Manuka Honey has no side effects. It is a 100% natural wound care product. Occasionally the honey can burn and sting a little when first applied, but that usually subsides within 5-10 min.

Fast wound healing providing amino acids and vitamins

Unlike any other wound care product Active Manuka Honey also nurtures the wound in a moist environment and thereby helps the tissue to grow back. Active Manuka Honey provides the wound with amino acids, vitamins and sugars.

Less Scarring

The formation of a scab promotes scarring in a wound, because the new tissue cannot grow back at the same level as the healthy skin around it.

Active Manuka Honey creates a protective barrier over the new growing tissue. With the honey on the wound no scab can form and wounds heal without leaving ugly scars.

 
Disinfection of the Wound

Honey consists of 84% fructose and glucose (sugar) and 15-21% water. The sugar molecules and the water molecules interact strongly so that bacteria have not enough water available for growth. In a wound this causes an outflow of lymph that provides nutrients to the re-growing tissue. This is called osmotic effect.

In addition to providing nutrients, this outflow also draws infection and dead, nectrotic cells out of the wound to the surface where it can then be removed when changing the wound care dressing. The osmotic effect also helps to absorb pus.

Painless Wound Dressing Change:

Due to the osmotic outflow the changing of the wound care dressing can be a lot easier, since the gauze with the fluid solution of honey is not sticking to the wound. Therefore the lifting of the gauze, when changing the wound care dressing, is easy and painless. The new tissue is protected and not torn away with the gauze.

Higher Oxygen Content

The osmotic effect also increases the oxygen content in a wound and therefore speeds up the healing process. Oxygen promotes blood circulation which in turn is needed for healing.

No expiration date

A wound care product can loose its antibacterial strength. However, Active Manuka Honey has no expiration date. Simply store the honey away from sunlight at room temperature.