Honey kills bacteria that resist antibiotics

A scientific study assures us that God supplied honey with natural antibiotics that kills dangerous microbes.

A new scientific study has shown that honey has special characteristics that help to defend against germs. Honey also has high capability to resist bacteria that evolved their immune systems against standard medications. Honey, in both the old and modern era, has always been used as a natural medicine for many diseases.

This new study might be a new twist supporting the use honey for medical purposes. According to the study that has been done through Sydney University in Australia, Dekarter, a scientific teacher in the biological and microbial science college says, “Our research has shown that honey can replace many of the antibiotics that are used to treat cuts such as ointments and different creams.

Also, using honey for healing purposes will increase the aging period of antibiotics.” She also adds, “Most of the bacteria that cause infections in hospitals are at least resistance to one type of antibiotic, which means that there is a need to produce new and stronger antibiotics that are able to kill bacteria that cause diseases.”

Honey is a complicated compound that consists of 800 molecules. This complication makes it difficult for scientists to fully understand honey’s mechanism in resisting and killing the bacteria. Scientist Dekarter says, “Until now, we have not found the method which honey applies to resist bacteria, but most likely it is the molecule “Methylglyoxal”, which is a component of honey that reacts with other molecules which we have not discovered yet, to become able to inhibit bacteria from multiplying and making new generations that have the ability to resist antibiotics.”

Doctor Rose Koper from the Health Science College of Wells University has also conducted research regarding honey’s activity against bacteria and wrote the book “Honey Facing Cuts”. In her book, she says, “There are many factors that give honey special healing characteristics, including high sugar level, low water level and low acidity.”

Honey is a healing for people

These new findings about honey discovered by scientists which amaze them are not as surprising for us, because Almighty Allah has mentioned honey in his book and revealed a chapter called “An-Nahl”, which means “Bees”. Almighty Allah says, “And your Lord inspired the bee, saying, ‘Take you habitations in the mountains and in the trees and in what they erect. Then, eat of all fruits, and follow the ways of your Lord made easy (for you). There comes forth from their bellies, a drink of varying colour wherein is healing for men. Verily, in this is indeed a sign for people who think.” Sura An-Nahl, ayah 68-69)

In conclusion, we advise every sister and brother to always have honey available in their homes. Honey is useful for treating burns, cuts, pyorrhoea and is good for the skin and cold and virus infections. So, we must have honey and use it both for food and medicine, especially for children!