I thought part of the healing power of Honey or Sugar for external application was in the osmosis (spelling) the drawing in/sealing off the wound. Sorta dehydrates the infection. If that were the case the microbogicaly activity would not matter. Although IMO, everything helps, and Raw is optimum.
Ed Kasper LAc. -----Original Message----- From: Dan Nave [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 7:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: CS>honey to faith You know, I kind of wonder about this. Heating honey may deactivate some enzymes and so on and make it ineffective for certain things. However, even sugar is supposed to have beneficial effects when put onto a wound, drawing and sterilizing, so I would think that honey would at least work in a similar manner, regardless of whether it has been heated or not. Dan ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- From: Staya Udanvti Bob Butler [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2006 3:13 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: CS>honey to faith For HONEY to be an effective herbal remedy it must be Raw, natural, un-processed, un-heated, un-filtered, honey. Real honey as extracted from the combs will contain bits of wax, pollen beads, propolis, and bee body parts. This will not sell in stores. I know of no way to put the organic title to honey as the bees will travel up to fifty miles away. If someone is touting organic then their honey must come from a very remote island at least 50 miles from any other land. Heating above 105³ F kills the beneficial enzymes. Microwaving honey also destroys the enzymes. "Typical honey analysis: Fructose: 38%, Glucose: 31%, Sucrose: 1%, Water: 17%, Other sugars: 9% (maltose, melezitose), Ash: 0.17% .. Source: Sugar Alliance " Love Bob Adageyudi Staya Udanvti
