Manuka honey is an “active” honey that is derived from the bees of the manuka bush which is native to New Zealand.
Manuka Honey active 10+ I think it cost £15.99 for 500g.abit pricey but so worth it and lasts ages!
It comes in a variety of strengths. The weakest being 5+ and the strongest that I have come across is active 30+. I usually get the active 10+ since it’s not too weak and not too expensive.
Honey in general has been labelled a “super” food due to the healing properties it contains. However, Manuka honey is in a different league all together. I can’t stress enough how beneficial it is for not only eczema, but to maintain overall good health.
Manuka honey strengthens the immune system. The manuka bush it’s derived from is also known as the tea tree. You may or may not know that tea tree oil is used as an antiseptic as it contains antibacterial properties. It also contains antibacterial and antiviral properties, which means it’s good to consume when coming down with a cold or the flu.
Taking manuka honey on a regular basis helps build up the immune system making your body stronger overall. It can be used as a natural eczema remedy as it contains anti-inflammatory properties which means when your eczema is about to flare-up, your body is able to overcome it more easily reducing the chances of irritation occurring.
I tend to have 2 teaspoons a day, one teaspoon in the morning and one in the evening. You can have it on its own or what I usually do is add it to my tea as a sweetener or have it on toast in the morning. I also have it with natural yogurt as a snack…very yummy 
It’s not only good for the skin, taking manuka honey on a regular basis has said to help keep gums healthy and free from gum diseases and help with stomach ulcers, heartburn, indigestion, diarrhoea and constipation.
it's very thick, sweet and yummy!
The only down side of using natural eczema remedies is that the benefits don’t always show straight away. But the good thing is that when these benefits start to show, you can rest assure that they will be long lasting. I personally can’t say the same about using steroids for treating eczema.
You may need to take manuka honey as a natural eczema remedy for at least a month before you start feeling the benefits. Trust me; you can’t go wrong with natural remedies. There are no side effects and even if it doesn’t cure your eczema completely, at least you know its benefiting your body in other ways.
To use it as an eczema remedy, you can apply it directly on to the skin. As you can imagine, it will be a bit sticky, so I would advise to apply for no longer than half an hour then rinse off. If you wish to keep it on longer, try covering the area with cling film to avoid it sticking to your clothes.
I do have a few eczema remedies using manuka honey that I would like to share with you all. I will be making a manuka honey face mask and cleanser as well as talking about a face cream I purchased from a health store.
Has anyone tried manuka honey on their skin? What did you think of it? Please share your thoughts and advice by commenting below. Thanks
Nadia
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Helpful info you have displayed here thanks.
Hiya, this is great, I’m going to look through the rest of your posts in a bit! I’m using steroid cream at the moment and it’s a nightmare! Can you recommend where to buy this honey, or should I just search for it on google?
Thanks!
Hey
You should be able to find manuka honey in health food stores. Here in the UK they’ve started selling it at supermarkets. There are loads of places you can buy it online as well
it’s not cheap i must warn you, but it’s so worth it. Well I think so anyway 
I’ve had eczema most of my life and it’s always been up and down. There wasn’t a single thing I didn’t try: fucidin, betnovate, betnovate RD, flucloxacillin, homeopathy, Chinese herbs, light treatment… basically everything western medicine can offer plus more but in the last 2 years I’ve been having to regularly take antibiotics yet again which only work for a while. Anyone who has it will tell you how much discomfort, pain and misery this causes especially when the skin constantly weeps. It’s heartbreaking to see and severely lowers your self-esteem, and of course limits what you can physically do.
Around 2 weeks ago I read up about manuka honey and went straight down to the health food shop to get some UMF 15+ and while it’s expensive it’s impossible put a price on your quality of life. I also got a few pairs of cotton gloves, dressing and tape. For the last few nights I’ve rubbed the honey on my hands as a cream, let it absorb a little then put the gloves on. The turnaround has been nothing short of miraculous and I’m seriously considering dedicating my life now to promoting this as a treatment to as many ezcema sufferers as possible.
If like me you’ve spent many years going to the doctors to be told “try not to scratch, don’t wash your hands too much” etc then be given a prescription of creams that make the skin thin and medicines that cause liver damage and all the rest of the utter rubbish that they tell you, then try this as a treatment. I can’t overstate how dramatic the improvement has been. Thank you so much manuka bees!!
Your comment really struck a chord with me. After having suffered from Asthma and Eczema since I was a baby I have spent my whole 26 years in discomfort, feeling embarrassed and often getting low/depressed when my skin flares up really badly. After a stressful period of work/family life my skin is worse than ever and I’ve been online trying to research how I can control it – it’s ruining my life. After years of being prescribed steroids by the doctor, which only make my skin weak and more prone to crack in the next flare up I’ve asked about light therapy and being tested for any food intolerance issues – to no avail.
I am now going to buy some manuka honey tomorrow first thing, and I hope I have the same results as you did.
I’m really glad to hear your skin is a lot better now.
My son was 20 months when I started using manuka honey on his eczema. He had it really bad on his feet mostly where his ankle is and where the bend happens. I would apply an ample amount of manuka at bed time and put socks on his feet. I did this for 2 months and I havent had to do it again. Its now been 3 months since I stopped applying it and it has yet to come back! Not only has it not come back but his skin is SO soft in the area where it used to be so rough and dry! This stuff is miraculous! He also had mild eczema on his arms and legs and for that I used Nordic Naturals fish oil products for kids.. It has worked wonders for the rest of his body!
Hi guys,
Thank you so much for posting all this. I have had eczema in my ears for the last 10 years and like you Martin have tried everything under the sun but nothing works. I have now bought a pot of Manuka honey and I am using it on the inside of my ear lobes. Bit messy but hey…..who cares. It is either that or rip my ears off as it is driving me nuts!!!! I will personally shoot anyone who says ‘don’t scratch! It is impossible not to! Anyway as soon as I put on the honey my ears felt soothed so that is a positive sign! I will keep you posted how it goes!
Hi Anje…thanks for sharing and please keep me updated on how it goes with the manuka. It must be really tricky having eczema in the ears! Does it come and go or has it constantly been there for the last 10 years? I really feel for you! My dad is always telling me not to scratch and he sometimes thinks I do it on purpose, why would anyone do that!? It’s difficult for an outsider to relate so try not to take it personally when someone says something like that to you
Hi Nadia, at first the eczema was not constant but it is now and has been for months! I have mixed the honey with some vitamin E oil to make it a bit easier to apply so we’ll see what happens.
Hi Nadia,
Where can I find the skin cream you were mentioning at the bottom of the post as well as the masks you make with manuca? I have been suffering from eczema for 25 years now, but in the past few years it has been worse than ever, it is all over my face and it is terribly discomforting. I have used so many steroids on my face directly, as advised from one doctor and then was later told not to do so by another doctor 3 years later! I will definatly try manuka honey asap! I hope this works !! thank you for posting.
Hi
I used to get a small cold sore on my nose whenever I suffered from a cold. I started using manuka honey after reading about its benefits. I noticed immediate relief and the initial tingling sensation and redness would disappear within a day or two. After 2 or 3 times of the doing this when I noticed the same problem, I never got any cold sores again. I now use manuka honey regularly; in tea, on toast or porridge, for any skin problem, mouth ulcer and even used it on my son who recently had chicken pox. It is the best medicine.
Thank you for this helpful information. I have Manuka honey on hand 16+ so I’ve added it to my diet starting this morning and applied it directly to my irritated skin. Within a half hour the itching has subsided. Other helpful natural remedies…
I’ve been applying therapeutic grade lavender essential oil to my skin to help control itching. Equal parts olive oil and lavender oil. This helps take the itch away, it isn’t sticky and the bottles are small enough to keep in my purse. I also have been applying castor oil to help moisturize the skin. These are helping but not enough to make it go away. I’ve started taking L-Lysine (500mg) supplements hoping this will help and now with the honey I’m hopeful my itchy rash will start to retreat in the near future. Thanks again!!
My husband had eczema on his hands and face for years, and nothing worked but manuka honey. He started putting it on at night (wrapped his hands with bandages and put plasters on his face). The next day the itching was gone and within a few weeks the eczema was gone. I think it flared up again once or twice, but he treated it with manuka again. After that the eczema never re-appeared and its been about five years now. He did nothing differently, so we assume it was the manuka that helped. He says that he got the honey that was not irradiated, so perhaps its something that also made a difference.
It’s so nice to hear when eczema sufferes find something that works for them and keeps their eczema at bay! Well done to your husband for trying Manuka, some people are very sceptical when it comes to natural remedies, they think anything that hasn’t been prescribed by a doctor can only work as a placebo! I’m still struggling with my eczema, going to keep trying different things until it gives me some peace. I must say though that using Manuka as well as other natural remedies has been helping so it’s all good
Just wondering – should the honey be on toast and in tea? I’d heard that heat reduces honey’s healing properties?
My story is more or less the same as Martin’s. I happened to stumble upon manuka honey while I was buying evening primrose oil at a health food shop, I just asked the assistant and when she explained the health benefits I thought I would give it a try. I first put it on overnight on the eczema on my hand and by the next morning it had virtually disappeared. I now use it on other parts of my body too and I don’t really mind that it’s sticky, plus it smells great.
I can’t believe more people haven’t been made aware of it… we all know steroid creams are damaging and have horrible side effects. I agree that all eczema sufferers should be made aware of it. I would also recommend evening primrose oil tablets for general skin complaints and spots and Aveeno as a general all over body moisturiser for skin-problem suferers which you can find on the shelves of Boots, Superdrug, Asda etc and contains naturally active colloidal oatmeal – also great for eczema. With a combination of the 3 products I have finally figured out a way to keep my skin under control – hooray!!
Hi Tina … thanks for your lovely comment
It does taste different but I really like the taste! It’s really good for your immune system so you can’t really go wrong by having a spoon or two everyday. Will be posting more blogs soon so don’t you worry 
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