On 2/3/2019 6:58 AM, Janet wrote:
> In article >, says...
>> On 2/2/2019 4:55 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>> On Saturday, February 2, 2019 at 12:14:09 PM UTC-10, Dave Smith wrote:
>>>> I take some solace in the knowledge that any bee that ever stung me paid
>>>> the ultimate price for the privilege. Maybe the reason he was never
>>>> diagnosed with arthritis was because he had had all those preventative
>>>> stings. I have heard that stinging nettles is also good for arthritis,
>>>> but I will need more proof before I try it.
>>> He may have been diagnosed with arthritis, but I can't say because I don't know. When I knew him, there seemed to be no signs of that.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-N7JqkJ2nc0
>> * One of the reasons we keep so much honey here is because it's good
>> for our allergies . My wife adds a tablespoon to her daily morning tea ,
>> I eat more in the spring than any time , that's when my allergies kick
>> up . That only works though if the honey was harvested in your own area
>> ... local pollen and all that . Honey also has other medicinal benefits
>> , I've read about it being used as a kind of antibiotic ointment .
> Manuka honey is used under medicinal prescription (by the NHS) in the
> treatment of hard-to-heal wounds and abcesses. Don't use smkt manuka
> honey for this; get the medicinally validated and purified prescription
> treatments.
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> manuka homey is from a specific tree "Leptospermum, "tea tree", whose
> leaves also have medicinal uses. I grow tea trees in my garden.
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> Last summer our vet prescribed medical-quality Manuka honey as one of
> the applications for healing our greyhound's big open wounds. During a
> dog attack he lost a palm-sized area of skin from his side (and a chunk
> of underlying muscle) were bitten off him.
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> Not for the squeamish; in the vet car park before treatment.
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> https://ibb.co/7CMPxNv
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> Some of the surrounding skin was unsavable so surgical closure proved
> impossible. The wound was left open and treated by daily cleaning and
> dressing for the five months it took to heal and grow new skin. I used
> two types of (prescribed) topical dressing, one of them manuka honey.
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> Manuka honey was highly effective from the POV of preventing infection
> and tissue healing, but less so from the practical nursing angle as Dog
> loved honey so much he could only think about licking it off. I used the
> other stuff by day and the honey one at night.
>
> He made a full recovery and as soon as the hair finishes growing in on
> the last tiny bald patch of new skin he'll be as good as new.
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> Janet UK
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* Unprovoked attack ? I hope the other dog(s) was/were put down ...
they would be if they attacked my dog ! There's a honey from either
Australia or NZ from a specific tree or plantthat is supposed to have
strong medicinal properties . Wish I could remember the name .

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