Honey was a conventional therapy in fighting infection up until the early 20th century, at which time its use slowly vanished with the advent of penicillin.

Now the use of honey in wound care is regaining popularity again, as researchers are determining exactly how honey can help fight serious skin infections.

According to their findings, certain types of honey might be more effective than antibiotics!

After any skin injury, bacteria that live on your skin can infect and penetrate the wound site.

One particularly common type of strep (Streptococcus pyogenes) can result in wounds that refuse to heal.

But honey, especially the kind made by bees foraging on manuka flowers, was found to destroy these bacteria.

When considering using honey for the treatment of wounds, it's extremely important to understand that there's a major difference between raw honey—and especially Manuka honey, which is in a class of its own—and the highly processed "Grade A" type honey you find in most grocery stores. The latter is more akin to high fructose corn syrup, which is more likely to increase infection, and should never be used to treat topical wounds! (It also will not offer you the same health benefits as raw honey when consumed.)

Of course we recommend seeing us at Onkels Chiropractic before trying this but here are some examples of how someone might use Manuka honey:

-  Use as a natural antibiotic for nasty infections, such as in the chest, by taking a couple of mouthfuls of the honey several times a day, between meals or as a natural cough treatment by taking ¾ teaspoon of the honey every time you start to cough. It should resolve in about 24 hours.

-  This raw honey can be used effectively in the treatment of abrasions, acne, bacterial infections (including MRSA), eczema, leg ulcers, puncture wounds, psoriasis, septic wounds and surgical wounds. Manuka honey will kill h-Pylori bacteria that is known to cause ulcers.

-  Use when troubled with mouth sores by swishing a teaspoon of the honey in your mouth for several minutes 3 times a day until the sores are gone (usually within a day).

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NB: information comes courtesty of Dr. Mercola

It's that time of your again. Yes, it's almost Christmas and we love celebrating it but I'm actually referring to the time of year when lots of people, especially kids, get sick. 

Before becoming a chiropractor, Dr. Evelyn worked for ten years as an respiratory therapist in the ER. Here are a few things she suggests you do for your children this winter to help prevent or end illness. 

-Get adjusted! Kids love getting adjusted and it helps stimulate their immune system!

-Use a humidifier at night. With heaters on in winter children's throats dry out and can become sore.

-Try homeopathics for relief. Kids are very sensitive to medication and response very well to homeopathics. Plus they are safe! We offer many at the office.

-Limit sugar. This is good for everyone but especially important for our little ones. Sugar immediately lowers a persons immune system. Remember, bacteria loves sugar!

-Chiropractic care! Did I already mention this? Chiropractic adjustments are amazing for ending ear pain, often assumed to be an ear infection, and sore throats. Just ask our grand-daughter!

Ever wonder how chiropractic was formed? 116 years ago the first chiropractic adjustment was given in Davenport, Iowa. On September 18, 1895, it was Daniel David Palmer (the Father of Chiropractic) making a hands on healing connection and curing a deaf janitor named Harvey Lillard. The Ryan building janitor had been plagued by years of deafness following an injury, and the hands-on thrusting and realignment of spinal vertebrae, provided a miracle today known as a chiropractic adjustment.

Presidential nominee Rep. Michelle Bachmann started a firestorm with her statement recently when she stated a woman told her that her daughter had become mentally disabled due to a vaccination. Regardless of your political affiliation here is a study from 2007 that concludes that vaccines can cause brain injury in neonatal babies. The results were as follows:

16% of premies had serious cardiopulmonary events within 48 after a vaccine.

17% had brain hemorrhages after a single vaccine and after multiple vaccinations the rate rose to 24%.

As a parent, wouldn’t it be important to know that your child stands a 17% of a breathing crisis as the result of a vaccine?  Or a 24% chance of brain hemorrhage with multiple vaccines? Multiples routinely begin at 2 months of age, with 7 vaccines on one day. Here’s the information from the best medical sources.  Is the pediatrician going to tell the parents about these studies?  Isn’t this level of danger worth knowing about?

What are we doing to our kids?

The abstract of this study is below.

http://www.jpeds.com/article/S0022-3476%2807%2900185-0/abstract

Are you looking for a new chiropractor? Maybe your looking for your first chiropractor? Great! At Onkels Chiropractic we offer comprehensive, modern, effective chiropractic care in a relaxing setting. Dr. Evelyn and Dr. Michael Onkels, a husband and wife team, are experts in treating musculoskeletal disorders of all types. Whether it's for a common complaint such as low back pain or a specific injury such as TMJ we can help resolve your injury and return you to your optimal health as quickly as possible! For more information or to schedule an appointment please call us at 818-841-2442.

Remember, life's greatest wealth is excellent health!!