All-Natural First Aid Antiseptic

Honeymark’s First Aid Antiseptic Lotion contains active Manuka Honey from New Zealand and other natural ingredients that are effective in treating wounds, infections, burns and blisters. Using skin care products with natural ingredients is important. Growing concerns over the toxicity of synthetic or chemical-based ingredients is causing customers to become more label savvy. A detailed explanation of ingredients are listed below. This list describes the plant each ingredient is derived from and what its purposes is in the product.

First Aid Antiseptic Lotion Ingredients:

SD 40 Alcohol: Derived from grain. Used as an antibacterial agent.

Purified Water

Manuka Honey: Derived from the nectar of the flowers that grow on the Manuka plant, indigenous to New Zealand. Contains natural antibacterial, antiviral, anti-fungal and anti-parasitic properties.

Glycerin: An organic compound that improves smoothness, providing lubrication as a humectant.

Sunflower Oil: A vegetable oil expressed from Sunflower seeds. Retains moisture in the skin and provides a protective barrier that resists infection.

Oregano Oil: Derived from the oregano herb. High in antioxidant and antimicrobial activity.

Tea Tree Oil: Derived from the leaves of the Melaleuca alternifolia, indigenous to Australia. Contains antibacterial properties.

Alpine Lichen Extract: A natural, plant-derived antibacterial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, calming, healing cleansing, and soothing astringent for the skin.

Thyme Oil: Used as an antibacterial agent. Derived from the Thyme herb.

Guar Gum: Derived from Guar beans. Used as a thickening agent, stabilizer and emulsifier.

Alginate: Derived from seaweed. Used as a thickening agent, binder and emulsion stabilizer.

Xanthane Gum: Derived from corn sugar. Used as a thickening agent, binder, emulsion stabilizer, skin conditioning agent and a surfactant.

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First Aid Antiseptic Lotion with Manuka Honey by Honeymark

Manuka Honey for Pressure Sores and Skin Ulcers

Ancient Egyptians used honey regularly for medical purposes. Aristotle described its use in medicine as did the Greek physician Dioscorides. Honey is now being used again to treat wounds, including pressure sores and skin ulcers. Manuka honey is a premium honey produced in New Zealand by bees that utilize the nectar from the flowers of the Manuka bush. It is this nectar that contains unique healing properties not found anywhere else.

Due to its high sugar content, Manuka honey is hygroscopic, meaning it attracts water to itself. Bacteria need water to survive and the deprivation of water is one of the reasons for its antibacterial effect. Manuka Honey also retains its microbial activity even after it has been diluted to a level at which it is no longer able to attract water to itself. In fact, it becomes more effective.

When diluted, honey produces hydrogen peroxide, which can be used as a wound cleanser and disinfectant. The amount of hydrogen peroxide produced by honey is strong enough to kill bacteria but low enough not to damage skin tissue. In addition to its ability to produce hydrogen peroxide in a slow-release manner, Manuka Honey also contains other antibacterial compounds, such as methylglyoxal and UMF, which contributor to its effectiveness in treating chronic wounds.

Applying Manuka honey to a wound offers benefits in addition to the hygroscopic and antibacterial effects. The lymphocytes (white blood cells) which fight infections are stimulated by Manuka honey. B lymphocytes make antibodies which fight the toxins produced by bacteria. T lymphocytes attack body cells which have been invaded by viruses or cancer. These both increase rapidly at Manuka honey concentrations as low as 0.1%, and phagocytes, which ingest bacteria, are stimulated in concentrations as low as 1%.

Manuka honey also has phytochemical actions (plant chemicals which can protect against or prevent disease). Using it on sores and topical ulcers seem to work, even when traditional methods fail. To treat these types of wounds, Manuka Honey (or wound care products containing Manuka Honey) should be applied directly to the affected area. It is best to apply the honey to a gauze or bandage and then cover the affected area with the Manuka Honey dressing. This keeps the Manuka Honey in place. Regular applications of Manuka Honey on wounds will yield positive results. Manuka Honey can also be used safely and effectively on animals.

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Using Manuka Honey to Treat Wounds

Active Manuka Honey is a desirable healing agent for the purpose of treating wounds and infections. When using Manuka Honey for wound care, the amount of honey required depends on the amount of fluid exuding from the wound. The various beneficial effects of Manuka honey on wound tissues will be reduced or lost if small amounts of honey become diluted by large amounts of fluid. Likewise, the frequency of dressing changes required will depend on how rapidly the honey is being diluted by fluid.

Daily dressing changes are usual, but up to three times daily may be required. If the dressing sticks to the wound, this indicates that more frequent changes of dressing are required. Exudation of fluid should be reduced by the anti-inflammatory action of Manuka honey, so less frequent dressing changes may be needed later – a few days between changes. More honey is required on deeper infections, to obtain an effective level of antibacterial activity diffusing deep into the wound tissues.

A secondary dressing is needed to prevent honey from oozing out from the dressing. Waterproof dressings are better as they keep more of the honey in contact with the wound while absorbent dressings soak the honey away from the wound. Adhesive tape or bandages can be used to hold the dressings in place if an adhesive occlusive dressing is not used.

Pressure bandaging can be used over the Manuka honey dressing for varicose ulcers. Dressing pads impregnated with Manuka honey are a convenient way of applying honey to surface wounds. Otherwise, it is best to spread the honey on the dressing rather than directly on the wound. Abscesses, cavities and depressions in the wound bed should be filled with Manuka honey before applying the dressing, so that there is honey in contact with the wound bed. The Manuka honey dressing should be cut to a size that extends beyond the edges of the wound and any surrounding inflamed area.

Wound care products containing Manuka Honey are desirable as they are not as sticky as using pure Manuka Honey by itself.

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Healing Wounds and other Health Conditions with Manuka Honey

Honey has been used for thousands of years to treat wounds, gastroenteritis and infections. Unfortunately, it was displaced from common usage by the advent of antibiotics in the 1940s. However, now that the widespread and rapidly increasing resistance of microbes to antibiotics has become a major global threat to health, there has been a renewed interest in the use of honey to treat infections.

It has been discovered that some honeys are better than others for treating infections. It was through scientific investigation that Manuka honey (from New Zealand) was discovered to have a unique antimicrobial component in addition to the enzymically produced hydrogen peroxide that is responsible for the antimicrobial activity of all honey. It has also been discovered that the unique antimicrobial activity of Manuka Honey is so powerful that it is effective against antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria. Unlike other topical antimicrobial agents used on wounds, Manuka honey does not slow the healing process by having adverse effects on the exposed wound tissue. This is considered to be a major advantage to using Manuka Honey for wound care. Clinical experience shows that active Manuka honey with high levels of this unique antibacterial activity gives rapid clearance of infection from heavily infected wounds that are not responding to other treatments, and gives rapid healing of chronic wounds.

There is also evidence showing that Manuka honey protects burns from becoming infected. Manuka Honey is now used prophylacticly on hospital patients that are at risk of acquiring infection through antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Manuka honey has a potent antibacterial action against MRSA, VRE, ESBL strains of various species, Acinetobacter baumannii, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia and other species such as Pseudomonads and coagulase-negative Staphylococci that are difficult to control because of antibiotic resistance. The most common routes of infection for these bacteria, leading to fatal septicaemia in patients with a weakened immune system, are open wounds and where catheters are inserted into the body. Studies suggest the effectiveness of Manuka honey in preventing infection of catheter exit sites have given positive results.

In addition to rapidly clearing infection, Manuka honey has been demonstrated in clinical usage to have several other therapeutic actions that are of great benefit. It very rapidly causes pus and dead tissue to lift off messy wounds, so surgical debridement or the use of enzymes (which are generally too expensive to use) are not necessary to get a clean wound bed to allow healing to begin. It actively stimulates the healing process, so that rapid healing occurs and skin grafting is not necessary. It soothes inflammation and therefore decreases the exudation of serum from wounds, and decreases swelling and pain.

Manuka honey’s anti-inflammatory action also hastens the healing process of wounds without the formation of a scar. This is because part of the inflammatory process is the stimulation of fibroblasts to produce scar tissue to repair the wound, and prolonged inflammation gives over-stimulation, so excessive amounts of scar tissue are produced.

One of the factors that has slowed the usage of Manuka honey in clinical practice has been the practical difficulty of handling a very sticky substance that, when it warms up to body temperature, becomes watery and runs off wounds. However, there are now products containing Manuka honey that are easy to apply to wounds. These are not only convenient to use but also increase the effectiveness of the Manuka honey on the wound. Because the water content of honey is strongly bound up with the sugar molecules, there is very little wetting of dressings applied to cover honey on a wound. Skin care products containing Manuka honey are showing good results when used on wounds, burns and dermatitis where the combination of the antibacterial activity with the moisturizing effect of Manuka honey on skin is beneficial.

Another use for Manuka honey is for the treatment of gastritis and peptic ulcers. Laboratory research has shown that the anti-inflammatory properties of Manuka honey are involved in its action, but its antibacterial action is also a factor, as the bacterium, Helicobacter pylori, is a major cause of gastritis and peptic ulcers. Laboratory testing of H. pylori has shown that its growth is halted by Manuka honey at concentrations as low as 5%, but not by any other type of honey. Manuka honey gives significant relief of stomach pain, whereas other types of honey do not. It has also been reported that Manuka honey reduces the duration of bacterial diarrhea.

For more information or to purchase Manuka Honey or Manuka Honey products, call 1-866-427-7329 or visit www.HoneymarkProducts.com.

Manuka Honey as a Treatment for Chronic Wounds

Every now and then, an old fashioned, home remedy treatment makes it into the mainstream of medical care.  Well, slowly but surely, we are seeing another time-honored, old fashioned treatment, Manuka Honey, emerge as a legitimate and accepted treatment for chronic wounds.  Chronic wounds, simply put, are wounds that just won’t heal despite cleansing, antibiotics, and the usual therapies.

Manuka Honey has been vigorously studied by scientists from New Zealand for the last 20 years.  As the doubters had their say about the success or fallacy of Manuka Honey, successive clinical studies began to paint a different picture.  Just over the last two years, Manuka Honey has been shown to work well against a range of different wounds, including Diabetic foot ulcers, venous stasis ulcers, burn injury wounds and traumatic wounds, which covers about 90 percent of all wounds seen in standard wound care centers.

Until recently, wound care specialists have been puzzled by the success of Manuka Honey, unable to make sense of how a honey could morph a failed wound into normal skin.  It turns out that Manuka Honey does a variety of things that aid in the wound healing process.  At the most basic level, Manuka Honey produces several proteins that encourage the natural release of another similar home remedy, hydrogen peroxide.  In addition to hydrogen peroxide, which by itself has long-held bacteria fighting credentials, Manuka Honey also promotes the release of another protein, UMF (Unique Manuka Factor), which apparently breaks down many infamously harmful bacteria related proteins, particularly the dangerous antibiotic-resistant MRSA.  As if this wasn’t enough of an endorsement by the medical community, it has also been suggested that Manuka Honey applied to chronic wounds reduces scar formation compared to wounds treated by other conventional means.

So, with all of the current excitement about Manuka Honey as a legitimate therapy for wounds, can we now go ahead and throw a slab of honey from the pantry on your next wound? Like everything in medicine, there is a catch.  The garden variety honey that one would purchase from the supermarket has the potential to be contaminated with Clostridium Bolulinum spores – not exactly the kind of stuff that you would want applied to your wound.  So instead of applying pantry style honey, it is recommended to use active, medical-grade Manuka honey.

Getting down to the practical, Manuka honey is an effective treatment for chronic wounds.  In comparison to standard creams, it has much more effectiveness in its bacteria fighting properties and wound healing potential. Even more so than products such as Bacitracin, Neosporin and Hydrogen Peroxide.

Using Manuka Honey on Wounds

Topical Use on Minor Burns, Cuts, Wounds, Some Ulcers and Infections.

1. Spread the honey generously and evenly on to a clean dressing pad ensuring there is enough honey for a generous coverage of wound surface and any surrounding inflammation.
2. Apply to the full surface of a clean wound. Cover well.
3. Use about 1 tablespoon of honey to a 5cm wound.
4. The dressing should extend beyond the edges of the wound and any surrounding inflamed area.
5. It is best to apply the honey to the dressing to avoid damaging the wound.
6. For skin ulcers and large wounds a dressing with a waterproof backing is preferable.
7. Change the dressing at least once a day, if possible. Change more frequently (up to three times a day) if the wound is weeping a lot. The exudation of fluid (weeping) reduces as the wound heals, so less frequent dressing changes may be needed later when there could be a few days between changes.
8. If the dressing sticks to the wound this usually indicates that more frequent changes of dressing are needed or that not enough honey is being used. Be sure to use plenty of honey.
9. Waterproof dressings are better as they keep more of the honey in contact with the wound. Absorbent dressings soak the honey away from the wound. Adhesive tape or bandages can be used to hold the dressings in place.
10. Pressure bandaging is used over the honey dressing for varicose ulcers.
11. Abscesses, cavities and depressions in the wound bed are filled with honey before applying the honey dressed pad, so that there is honey contact with the wound bed.
12. Sometimes transient stinging may be experienced after honey is applied. This is due to the acidity of the honey. The acidity is part of the way in which honey stimulates healing. Usually the stinging is transient and soon subsides. Use of honey should be discontinued if the stinging is severe. Some people have stopped using the honey for a short while and then find no problems when they recommence using the honey.
13. Be sure to use a clean and sterile spatula for spreading the honey and clean, sterile dressings.
14. Healing results may be slowed by underlying conditions such as poor blood circulation or diabetes.

Benefits of Manuka Honey in Wound Treatment

Benefits of Using Manuka Honey on Wounds

Active Manuka Honey is used by doctors as a natural antibacterial wound dressing for wounds, burns, ulcers, sores, scars as well as MRSA/Staph infections.  Benefits of using Manuka Honey for wound care include the following:

1. No known side effects
2. Cost effective
3. Cleans and disinfects wounds
4. Anti-inflammatory effect that reduces pain
5. Antibacterial level 4 times greater than standard antiseptic
6. Heals MRSA / Staph infections
7. Speeds up healing process
8. No pain when changing wound dressing
9. Eliminates malodor
10. No skin grafting or surgery necessary
11. Eliminates ugly scarring

Manuka Honey is Excellent for Wound Care

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