A study at the University of Ottawa shows that honey can kill up to 91% of bacteria that cause sinus infections. The study shows that honey is more bensfifcial than antibiotics.

So far tests have not been carried out on live patientsd, but this will be done very soon.

Honey has been used for centuries to treat infected wounds and burns in much of the world. it is not known what substance in the honey kills bacteria, but something does. Honey also stimulates healing in injured tissue.

Keep some honey at home and try it when your sinuses get infected.

Love,
yoko

Thank you yoko.
This is a very interesting study.

I found some more information to support the healing power of honey at the following website:


http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/diabetes/2008/...-power-of-honey.html

As many bacteria become increasingly resistant to conventional antibiotics, more doctors have been willing to give honey a try. "[It] can seem bizarre or like an alternative treatment, but when you investigate the evidence, you find that there's plenty of good research to support using honey," says Paul Liguori, Arsenault's doctor and a physician at Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Haverhill, Mass. Indeed, a study published in August in the Journal of Clinical Nursing found that treating venous ulcers with honey dressings for 12 weeks decreased their size 34 percent. By contrast, dressings kept moist by hydrogel, a transparent gel that's commonly used on wounds, cut the size by only 13 percent during the study. A month earlier, Molan published a paper in Advances in Skin & Wound Care, arguing that honey is particularly useful for diabetic foot ulcers. He cites several clinical trials and hundreds of case reports in which honey appeared to be more effective than conventional treatments.

Thank you for this information yoko.

Immunity System Builder

Amongst the many health benefits of honey, what is most impressive to me – it can be a powerful immune system booster. Honey’s antioxidant and anti-bacterial properties can help improve digestive system and help you stay healthy and fight disease. Start every brand new day with this cleansing tonic if you want to see this health benefit of honey: before breakfast, mix a spoonful of honey and lemon juice from half a lemon into a cup of hot water and drink it.

http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/health-benefits-of-honey.html


I will keep some honey at home. The weather is getting colder and I always get a sinus infection. I will have a little bit of honey every day to keep the sinus infection from getting to me.

Love,
vicky

Thank you yoko for this helpful information.
I will make a point of keeping some honey at home to use in my tea instead of sugar.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Thank you yoko.

This is an excellent topic.

I found some more information about the benefits of honey.

http://www.thefrugallife.com/honey.html

By Elizabeth Cole, author of 101 Things To Do With Honey

Apitherapy, the treatment of various conditions using honeybee products, has been around a long time. Honey is one of the oldest medicines we have, with proof of its healing power dating back more than 5000 years. Even Hippocrates found that honey "cleans sores and ulcers of the lips, heals carbuncles and running sores." It has been a staple ingredient of folk medicines throughout the ages and now, it is even gaining credibility with current medical and scientific communities. British researchers have proven that applying raw honey to fresh wounds prevents infection as well as any medication and often eliminates the need for antibiotics. They have also learned that honey-treated cuts and scrapes heal quicker than those treated with medicated ointments. Other researchers have found that honey can alleviate asthma, calm nerves and induce sleep, ease pain and relieve diarrhea.

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"Honey provides a moist healing environment yet prevents bacterial growth even when wounds are heavily infected," notes Dr. Peter Molan of the Honey Research Unit at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. "It is a very effective means of quickly rendering heavily infected wounds sterile, without the side effects of antibiotics, and it is even effective against antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria."

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/1999-02-0...ling-with-Honey.aspx

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I actually always keep some honey at home, now I will have a bit more of it.

Thank you Inda, Vicky, Gisele and Sue
for contributing valuable information to my
honey post.

This is the season when people start having sinus infections and it might be a good idea to keep some honey available.

Love,
yoko

Dear yoko,

You are right. At this time of the year our sinuses start to act up. I went out and got myself a pot of honey, and will have some every day.

Love, Inda