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Antolin de la Torre
Miel de manuka
La ulcera pptica y su
tratamiento natural
Separata de la revista Verdemente
Por
Antoln de la Torre
Febrero 2006
Miel de Manuka
lcera pptica y su tratamiento natural
por
Antoln de la Torre
Introduccin.
Con cierta frecuencia y
cambia
variado
sustancialmente.
Veamos
diagnsticos y
nas mucosas.
digestivo y as, una lcera en el revestimiento del estmago o del duodeno, donde el
cido clorhdrico y la pepsina estn presentes, se llama lcera pptica. Cuando la
lcera pptica est en el estmago, se llama lcera de estmago y si es en el duodeno, ulcera duodenal.El concepto es claro, pero no as sus causas. En el pasado y
hasta pocas muy recientes se haba credo que el cido y otros jugos producidos por
el estmago, podan contribuir a la formacin de lceras al quemar el tejido de
revestimiento del tracto digestivo.
Algo de historia.
Sin embargo y volviendo nuestra introduccin situmonos en el ao 1979. En este
ao, J. Robin
Warren,
patlogo del
hospital
australiano
Perth,
hizo
observacin
de
Royal
una
totalmente fortuita para ayudar a la humanidad y como si fuese una copia del
descubrimiento
de
Alexander Fleming,
la
penicilina
por
parte
Sir
no es ms una enfermedad crnica, sino una enfermedad que puede curarse con un
breve rgimen de antibiticos e inhibidores de la segregacin cida. Y en cuanto a su
diagnostico, una simple prueba de aliento puede detectar la presencia de la bacteria.
La alternativa natural. La miel de Manuka.
Ya hemos visto que la ulcera gastro duodenal, al ser en un porcentaje muy elevado
de origen bacteriano, puede ser tratada mediante el uso de antibiticos con xito. No
olvidemos sin embargo, que aun a pesar de este xito innegable de los antibiticos en
procesos bacterianos, hay que considerar tambin los efectos colaterales que pueden
tener sobre nuestro organismo.
Como siempre, la pregunta es: Hay algn producto de origen natural que tenga el
mismo efecto antibacteriano que la combinacin de los tres antibiticos que se
utilizan para la erradicacin de la Helicobacter Piloris?
proviene de una enzima que las abejas le agregan al nctar, que lentamente genera
es
especialmente
aconsejable
en
quemaduras.
Pero todo lo escrito anteriormente puede ser
aplicado a las mieles en general
Sin embargo, hay una miel que tiene unas propiedades regenerativas y
un poder
bactericida excepcionales, Es la miel de Manuka capaz de luchar con xito contra las
ms variadas bacterias, con resultados realmente asombrosos.
Es obvio que con la llegada de la penicilina y otros antibiticos en el siglo XX, las
propiedades mdicas de la miel pasaron a segundo plano. Pero esto est por cambiar
precisamente con la investigacin de la miel de Manuka
El trabajo principal sobre este tipo de miel fue realizado por el bioqumico Peter Nolan
y la Unidad de Investigacin de la Miel de la Universidad de Waikato, de Nueva
Zelanda y
sus trabajos han identificado a este tipo de miel en particular por sus
pero
en la
Doctor en Naturopata y
Estos muertos milenarios suelen mostrarse irresistiblemente fascinantes para los vivos. Tras la mgica
envoltura de misterio, entre las vendas y la piel embalsamada, se hallan los vestigios de civilizaciones
remotas, de antiguas leyendas y de viejas maldiciones Howard Carter al descubrir la momia de
Tutankhamon
calor tropical de frica y solamente algunas descubiertas por la moderna arqueologa, las
perfectamente embalsamadas de los faraones y la Nobleza, han llegado hasta nuestros das. El
proceso era complejo y para no cansarles ms con este prembulo, veamos cmo se realizaba
su fase final, posicionar las vendas sobre el cadver.
El acto de vendar el cuerpo embalsamado era bastante complejo, hasta el punto que se
consideraba un verdadero arte, dominado nicamente por los coaquitas (sacerdotes que adems
tenan el cometido de leer las frmulas sagradas durante la momificacin). Estos eran capaces de
doblar las vendas de mil maneras diferentes, formando artsticos pliegues y adornos. Primero se
envolvan las extremidades, incluso dedo por dedo, luego la cabeza y finalmente el tronco. Entre
500 y 700 metros de tela se empleaban en empaquetar una momia. En los diferentes estratos de
las vendas de lino se incluan asfaltos, resinas, aceites de varias clases, mieles, flores y hierbas.
Fijmonos en los ltimos ingredientes citados. Cada uno de ellos tena una misin y para el tema
que hoy nos ocupa fijmonos enla miel.
La miel no es solo es un alimento de lujo desde la antigedad, sino que tambin era considerada
como una poderosa medicina (los antiguos griegos la utilizaban para ayudar a sanar
quemaduras y llagas), jugando un papel central en la lucha contra las bacterias y en el caso
de nuestras momias que increblemente despus de miles de aos, los tejidos guardaban aun
formas reconocibles. La razn era sencilla: la putrefaccin
cadavrica, que se inicia
inmediatamente despus de muerte y que se origina por agentes microbianos, que no haban
podido completar su trabajo de destruccin a lo largo de los siglos, debido precisamente a la
capa de miel en la que estaba envuelta el cadver. Y es que cualquier tipo de miel adems del
alto contenido en azcares, el bajo pH y su contenido en perxido de hidrgeno, hacen que
tenga propiedades antibacterianas capaces de efectuar el pequeo milagro que hemos descrito.
Tienen todas las mieles estas propiedades? La respuesta es afirmativa, siempre y cuando en su
proceso de conservacin no se haya superado una temperatura de 38 C (las mieles pasterizadas
pierden todas sus propiedades). Ahora bien, dentro de la amplia gama de mieles conocidas,
muchas de ellas propias de lugares recnditos, hay una muy especial. Nos referimos a la miel de
Manuka, vieja conocida del que escribe estas lneas y de la que ya nos hemos ocupado en
diferentes artculos. Recordemos algunas de sus caractersticas.
Obtenida de un arbusto que nicamente se encuentra en el valle de la Manuka de Nueva
Zelanda, sus efectos medicinales y antibacterianos han sido conocidos desde hace miles de
aos, siendo capaz de destruir bacterias mutantes, como la MRSA (estafilococos urea
resistente a la meticilina). El contenido en antibitico de la miel de Manuka es tal, que es capaz de
impedir el crecimiento de una serie de infecciones en heridas, quemaduras etc incluso a muy
bajas concentraciones. Adems de sus fuertes propiedades antibacterianas, en la miel Manuka
tambin se ha encontrado propiedades anti-inflamatorias, reduciendo el dolor asociado con
heridas.
En estas fotografas pueden ustedes ver cmo puede actuar la miel de Manuka en una quemadura de segundo grado El
tratamiento de escaras, heridas y ulceras provocadas por la diabetes, etc pueden tratar
Pero al igual que no todas las mieles son iguales, no todas la mieles de Manuka son iguales. La
realidad es que no se saba el por qu del poder extraordinario curativo de esta miel y se le
atribuy un factor emprico denominado UMF (Unique Manuka Factor) con las que se clasifico
sus distintos grados de actividad. Lo cierto es que , la medida UMF, estaba basado en el efecto
biolgico que causaba, sin conocer que principio activo era responsable de dicha actividad y
durante 15 aos este fue desconocido.
El descubrimiento de este principio vino del grupo de investigacin dirigido por el profesor
Thomas Henle, de la Universidad de Dresde (Alemania), que demostr sin ninguna ambigedad y
por primera vez, que el responsable de la lucha contra la actividad bacteriana de la miel Manuka
era el compuesto Metilglioxal (MGO).
En efecto. Hasta el momento, la miel de Manuka ha sido el nico alimento en el mundo con un
importante contenido de Metilglioxal (MGO), que va desde 20 mg/kg hasta 800 mg/kg. En cambio
todas las dems mieles analizadas, tienen como mximo cantidades que han oscilado entre 1 a
10 mg/kg, y otros alimentos como el caf o el cacao han estado entre de 0 a 50 mg/kg.
Por ltimo queremos recordar que una de las aplicaciones principales de la miel de Manuka es la
eliminacin de la bacteria Helicobacter Pylori, causante de la mayora de ulceras de duodeno (el
tratamiento es de 3-4 meses con una miel de manuka de graduacin MGO 400. Otros
tratamientos tambin con xito son la hernia de hiato, acidez de estomago, afecciones de
garganta nariz y odos etc. aunque en estos caso se pueden emplear graduaciones MGO mas
bajas.
Uso Interno
Cmo utilizar la miel de Manuka para problemas Gastro Intestinales que van
desde el reflujo cido al sndrome de intestino irritable?
Reflujo cido
Acidez
lcera del esfago
Intoxicacin estomacal
lcera de estmago / lcera pptica
Helicobacter Pylori
Gastritis
Ulcera duodenal
Colitis Ulcerosa
Sndrome del intestino
irritable (IBS)
Reflujo cido
Acidez
Intoxicacin
estomacal
lcera estomacal /
lcera pptica
Helicobacter Pylori /
h. pylori
Gastritis
Ulcera duodenal
Colitis Ulcerosa
Sndrome del
Intestino Irritable
Uso externo
Cmo se utilizar la miel de Manuka para el cuidado de las heridas externas para
ayudar a destruir MRSA natural y / o VRE estafilococo en heridas infectadas,
quemaduras, lceras, llagas y cicatrices quirrgicas?
Le recomendamos que tenga al menos 1 tarro de miel de Manuka activa en su
botiqun de primeros auxilios.
Quemaduras
Heridas
lceras
Llagas
Cicatrices
Picaduras de
Insectos /
Mordeduras
Plantas venenosas,
ortigas,
Cortes / abrasiones
o rozaduras
Acn severo
Dolor de garganta
Resfriado
Ampollas febriles
Perro: Dolor en el
pie
y animales de
granja
Perro: Cuidado de
Heridas
y animales de
granja
El reflujo cido en el
perro
y animales de
granja
Perro: lceras en la
piel
y animales de
granja
Malestar de
estmago del perroy animales de
granja
Perro: Burns
y animales de
granja
Fotos de
curaciones con
miel de Manuka
Ulceras varicosas
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I am writing this letter to let the world know that the products you sell are truly amazing.
This is my story. In September 2001, I was working as a machinist in a feedscrew plant and was
helping to direct a large bar of steel that was in an over head crane with my hand, resting on the end
of the screw. The strap busted and the screw ripped my arm up over my head and in between the steel
and the machine. As a result, my arm and hand were crushed .
Over a period of 1 year, I had 21 surgeries to repair all of my muscles and nerves so I could use my
arm again. Well while in the hospital I contracted a staph infection in my wound. I did months of IV
antibiotics through a pic line in my chest. I was devastated. I had a new baby at home I couldn't even
be with. Well over years, the incision in my arm would open up, and the doctors would close it with
staples stitches etc. over and over again, until they where to the point that there was no more skin to
pull together, so I was left with a large hole in my forearm.
I had 9 skin graphs that would literally liquefy and fall off in the first 24 hours. I did whirlpool therapy,
packing, vacuums, and even hyperbaric chambers - nothing worked. I have used every kind of
dressing you can imagine nothing worked. So after seeing several top notch specialists, I was literally
told they did not know what to do anymore. I have spent thousands of dollars on doctors and dressings
and I have suffered from this for going on 8 years. It has caused me not to be able to go to the beach
with my kids, taking showers with holding my arm out of the water, it has stopped every normal
activity that one does with the arm.
Well 1 month ago, my mother-in-law saw your add for honey somewhere, and told my wife we should
try it on John. We where skeptical. I actually blew her off. Well she kept on me, and ordered it, and my
wife insisted I try it, and I did. I applied it every day once a day. When I changed my regular gauze
dressing, slowly the redness and chunky granulation started to disappear, and then it started to get
shorter, then not as deep.
I kept using the Active Manuka Honey, now changing it twice a day, because it was drawing green fluid
out of the wound. Well now almost 4 weeks later it is gone. The wound is filled in and healed. I will
continue to use this honey until I am for sure that the skin is thick enough to hold up, but honestly I
wouldn't have believed it if it wasn't on me. I think all wound care specialists should be using this
product, I really do. Thanks so much for giving me my arm and life back. I will send you another
picture when I go in the ocean this June on vacation, I cant wait!! Sincerely J.S. New Castle PA
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Customer Testimonial:
Insulin dependent diabetic woman and amputee, suffering from cardiac issues and
going to dialysis treatments 3x a week, almost lost her second leg, due to large
blister forming on bottom of her foot caused by diabetes. Active Manuka Honey UMF
16+ turned the tide...
I am sending these photos of my Mothers wound on the bottom of her left foot. The wound
started as a blister that encompassed the entire heel of her left foot. The grave danger
was due to the fact that she only had one foot left. She lost the other leg below the knee
in 1999 due to infection that resulted from a broken ankle. She broke her ankle in
the hospital and a cast was applied too tightly and the wound became gangrenous.
Septic amputation was the only way to save her life. When this blister developed due
to her diabetes, we knew we had to be very vigilant and get it healed. The vascular
surgeon felt we were not only in for a long haul, but probably would end with another
amputation. I was doing wet to dry dressing changes three times a day and getting
nowhere fast.
venous ulcer 2
venous ulcer 3
venous ulcer 4
venous ulcer 1
I heard about how Active Manuka Honey can heal skin ulcers, so I looked on the internet and
found your website. My husband began using both the Active Manuka Honey and the Meloderm 18+
on his ulcers. Within a few days, the ulcers were healing. We could not believe how fast the
ulcers were closing up. Within 3 weeks the skin was completely healed and the ulcers were gone.
Manuka Active Honey is truly a gift from God. Thank you so much, we will always have some Active
Manuka Honey on hand! M.W. Placerville, CA
a: Abdominal Wound
Abdominal surgical wound from colon surgery.
.
This was only since 2.08.2008 and only applying a dab of Active Manuka Honey on a bandage and then
a band aid one time every 12 - 24 hours. It has not even been a good 2 weeks and the cut is healed
totally now.
The company was so amazed with the speed with which his cut healed with no doctor appointment that
now we keep a bottle of your Manuka Honey in the car for use at his work location. Enclosed are
photos of the cut and how fast it has healed. Feel free to publish if you like. I just wanted to share with
you the extreme pride I have in using your products!
So Thank you Thank You and Thank you for this wonderful line of products and their healing
ingredients for everything imaginable from inside to outside! We love it! Thank you so much Elaine! K.
H. Yonkers, N.Y.
PS: I just wanted to update you as to the wonders we have been experiencing with your Manuka
Honey. Our 5 year old has since lost his cough. Just one day it was no longer there. Thank God as
he had had this cough now for going on 4 months! Recently I cut the tip of my thumb and not
thinking anything just put a little band aid on it. After a couple days it began to bother me, so I
cleaned it up and put some Active Manuka Honey on it with a band aid and in 1 DAY...yes just 1
Day it had healed over enough to not need a band aid any longer where as a couple days before
with nothing on it was bothersome stings and hurt. No longer!
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The Photos are taken 5 1/2 weeks after surgery (Feb. 22, 2008). I thought it was going to be
a simple surgery of removing a cyst off the middle toe on the right foot. As you can see, it is
shocking to see the results of the surgery after so long. I was not able to walk properly due to
pain coupled with the surgery boot I had to wear as my toe was very swollen. Actually, after
2 days of using active manuka honey, I was able to put my foot into my regular shoes.
WOW!!
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I applied the manuka oil and was very apprehensive about ding so, because I was worried about
infection. Well, as you can see, the progress that was
Customer Testimony: How Active Manuka Honey helped clear up eye lid infection in just 24
hours!
I must have stood in the draft for a while, because the next morning I woke up with a swollen and
infected eye lid that was very tender to the touch! I applied some manuka honey to the eye lid yes it was sticky, but it felt good. Within just 24 hours the eye lid infection and swelling was
completely gone. I almost did not have enough time to take 'before' and 'after' pictures, it healed so
quick! Who would have thought that honey could be used for an eye lid infection? Thank you for a
wonderful all-purpose product! A.R. Tucson AZ
Customer Testimony: How Active Manuka Honey completely healed severe Second
Degree Burn after Firecracker accident
KS
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Customer Testimonial:
Attn Elaine:
Attached are the photo's of my cut finger in the healing process while putting Active Manuka
Honey UMF 16+ on every day. No scar is left, the finger healed great. Because Im sensitive
to drugs and do not like taking medication, I decided to use Active Manuka Honey for
quicker wound healing. The finger healed in 3 weeks.
N.P. Wisconsin Dells, WI
Hi
I just wanted to say thanks for making such a wonderful product. I have a 5 year old son, who has
pretty sensitive skin. One night, we slept over at my mother-in-laws guest room, which can be
pretty dusty because one stays / sleeps in there. When my son woke up, he had a small itchy,
hard bump in the crook of his arm, I assumed maybe it was a spider bite. By the time 2 days
passed, there was a cluster of those bumps, and the cluster was painful, very itchy, and
oozing and crusting A LOT. I took him to our dermatologist, and he said it was "dyshidrotic
eczema", which could have been something that was underlying in his body and perhaps had been
aggravated by dust or dust mites.
aa
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a
anal fissure
by itself. For the next 6 days I put every night before going to sleep a fresh honey-bandage on it,
changed it in the morning, but let the wound at the air for at least 3 hours a day. At first, the
wound was itchy with the honey, but I was told that this is the disinfection process. After
this period, the skin became a crust and I just put the honey bandage on it during the night, and a
thin adhesive plaster for the day. The wound never became infected and got smaller and
smaller every day. After just 15 days after the accident, the skin was completely new.
Now, two month later my skin is a little bit darker, but you only notice that when you know where
the wound was. Thank you Manuka Honey! G.M. Germany
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Customer Testimonial: Treated 3x5 inch deep MRSA staph infected wound incurred by a golf cart
accident with Active Manuka Honey UMF 16+.
An area of skin was sliced off in a golf-cart accident. I had been wearing a boot wrap with burn
wound treatment for several weeks, when I developed the MRSA infection and an allergic reaction
to the boot and chemicals used to clean. I used several different antibiotics, I had an allergic
reaction to 2 of them. The medication did not seem to work and I could not stay on any of them
very long. I experienced side effects from the medication in form of trouble breathing, throat
swelling and hives.
My juice plus distributor recommended using manuka honey, that is when I ordered Active Manuka
Honey UMF 16+. I combined Active Manuka Honey with Regular Manuka Honey to lessen the strength
of the Active Manuka Honey, as recommended by your company, so the honey would not burn or sting
the sensitive area I also ate some on toast. After using this honey for just 2 days, 3x per day I
saw the skin was much better amazing. The skin is pink and new, and infection is gone! Im
really lucky that the infection cleared so quickly so this wound would heal with new skin! The original
open wound was about 3x5 inches and very deep. M.M. Manson, NC
Customer Testimony: How Active Manuka Honey healed finger burn without
leaving a scar
While removing a home made bread from the oven, I touched the top of the inside
oven with my middle finger and got burnt. A blister formed within two minutes.
I poured cold water over the finger for a while, then I applied Active Manuka Honey to
help soothe and heal the burn. Once healed there was no scar left. My family was
amazed at the final outcome. G.B. Ottawa Canada
a
diabetic wound
The wound was open with a gap of .85 cm. The erythema surrounding the wound was about
5 cm and very tender to the touch. She applied the active manuka honey to a dressing once
every 24 hours, and merely rinsed the area with a light stream of saline at bandage changing. The
next pictures were taken over the next two weeks which showed gradual wound closure. She also
stated, that within a few minutes of placing the first dressing on, she no longer had pain, so
she stopped the Advil and never had to use it as the treatment continued. By week two, there was just
a small pinhole opening at the deepest part of the wound which ultimately closed with continued honey
application.
Editors Note:
Customer Testimony: How Active Manuka Honey relieved Jelly Fish sting and
swelling quickly!
Near sunset time, my husband and I were playing in the waves at Cocoa Beach, when
suddenly without warning, I got stung by a Jelly fish! There were no signs posted on the
beach, warning us of this potential danger that day. If there had been signs posted, at least
I would have been aware of a 'jelly fish invasion', and may have chosen not to enter the
water at all. Little did I know, HOW PAINFUL jelly fish stings are!!! The sting felt like
an instant burn.
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Customer Testimonial: Used Active Manuka Honey UMF 16+ to heal finger cut
I cut my finger while working in the kitchen! Should have known better, how sharp those new
knifes are... Applied active manuka honey 16+. Cut was healed in just 3 days. M.G. Malibu
CA
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Customer Testimonials: Leg Rash
Just a quick note to let you know, I ordered some of your Active Manuka Honey UMF 17+ to
use on my husband's leg, which had a very bad rash and was getting worse. We tried many
things previously and nothing seemed to help. You can see the difference in just 7 days of
using the Active Manuka Honey. After a few more days, the rash was completely cleared.
Thanks.
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I'm attaching a picture of the healed leg rash. The rash has been completely healed and back
to normal for some time. We are just so happy, that something so simple worked, and we
didn't have to use any drugs or hydrocortisone ointment. We really do not know what caused
the rash, it started out as just dry scaly patches, that itched and got really read and inflamed.
M.W. Perryville, MO
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Hi Elaine
I pinched the inside of my hand in a door (don't ask me how I managed to do that...), but I did. I
remembered the manuka honey and put some on it - changed the dressing once a day - and bingo all healed fast and nicely. Today I can't see any scar at all! Thanks for importing this wonderful
product. Keep up the good work - I always enjoy your informative news letters. Thanks! K.A. Dallas
TX