Health & Wellness

 

An All Natural, Award Winning Relief for the Common Cold Has Arrived!

Tis’ the season for sore throats! With the seasons changing and the cold weather approaching, we at Pacific Resources International have important things on our mind. One of those things is the scary side effects of cough medicine. We wanted to find an all natural relief for the common cold using the healing properties of Manuka Honey and Bee Propolis.

We are proud to announce that our Lemon and Honey Cough Elixir was awarded the 2016 Best of Supplements Winner from the Better Nutrition Magazine!

Our Cough Elixir uses a unique homeopathic formula with the active ingredient Bryonia, New Zealand bee propolis which is high in Bioflavanoids, and Manuka Honey that is specifically formulated to relieve symptoms of a dry cough.

Why choose PRI’s Lemon and Honey Cough Elixir over regular cough syrup? We believe that in order to heal your body, you need all natural ingredients.

Our Cough Elixir has absolutely:

• No high fructose corn syrup or other type of corn syrup
• No artificial colors or flavor
• No alcohol

An all natural cold relief that’s perfect for kids! Soothing honey and yummy flavors make relieving a scratchy throat that much easier. This season, keep your kids feeling 100% with our award winning Children’s Lemon Honey Cough Elixir or our Children’s Strawberry Cough Elixir!

 Upper respiratory-tract infections (URTI) occur most commonly in childhood. On average, a healthy three-year old child suffers from 6-10 colds per year. These types of colds are generally mild but the symptoms can cause a fever and make your child irritable, lethargic and uncomfortable. According to the world health organization, respiratory infections account for 20% of medical consultations, 30% of days lost from work and 75% of antibiotic prescriptions in the USA, Canada, and Western Europe. But how do our children end up with these respiratory infections? Viral infections in childhood can come from many things these include attendance at daycare centers, contact with elder siblings, smoking at home and lack of breast feeding. So what’s the first thing we do when our baby has an awful cough? We head down to the local pharmacy and get a good non-prescriptive children’s cough and cold medicine. But these are not always effective in reducing the recovery time and can often have adverse effects including toxicity with unintentional overdose if we aren’t careful. More is not always better when it comes to cough medicines. So what should we do to stop this and keep our children healthy? Do your research!

This isn’t the first time I’ve talked about Complementary and Alternative Medicines (CAMs) and it won’t be the last. CAMs are not taught widely in medical schools but they are products that are used in addition to or as a replacement for traditional western medicine. Why are we bringing this up? Because studies have been done on what herbal medicines may be a good CAM to help support our children’s lungs and keep them breathing well throughout the school year. Many of the studies have looked at Echinacea and Vitamin C but today we are going to look at what research says about propolis.

In a study done in Romania they found that the treatment of upper respiratory infections with a tincture containing propolis decreased and sometimes suppressed viral activity in the upper airways. It does this through its anti-viral anti-inflammatory properties known as flavones. Other clinical results supporting its effectiveness in the treatment and prevention of upper respiratory tract infection have been published in Germany and only from trials among adults. But we found a study that took place at 10 primary care pediatric community clinics in Israel. In this study there were 430 children age 1-5 and each was randomly assigned a propolis elixir or a placebo. The results of this study demonstrate, for the first time, that an herbal preparation containing an extract of propolis did have a significant beneficial effect on the incidence and severity of respiratory tract infections in young children. In another study by Crisan et al a lower incidence of URTIs and symptoms were found in a group of preschool children treated with a propolis preparation for 5 months. Additional studies are needed in larger samples to confirm these findings but this has hopefully opened the door to propolis being used as in clinics. In the mean time check out PRI’s Propolis and Manuka honey cough elixir  or the PRI Children's Propolis and Manuka Honey Lollipops to help keep your kids healthy and well.

***As with all bee products please make sure your child does not have any allergies before giving them these supplements. If you are unsure check with your doctor**

Sources

Crişan, I., Zaharia, C. N., Popovici, F., Jucu, V., Belu, O., Dascălu, C., & … Petrescu, A. (1995). Natural propolis extract NIVCRISOL in the treatment of acute and chronic rhinopharyngitis in children. Romanian Journal Of Virology, 46(3-4), 115-133.

Cohen, H. A., Varsano, I., Kahan, E., Sarrell, E. M., & Uziel, Y. (2004). Effectiveness of an herbal preparation containing echinacea, propolis, and vitamin C in preventing respiratory tract infections in children: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicenter study. Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine, 158(3), 217-221.

Del-Rio-Navarro, B. E., Espinosa-Rosales, F. J., Flenady, V. and Sienra-Monge, J. J. (2012), Cochrane Review: Immunostimulants for preventing respiratory tract infection in children. Evid.-Based Child Health, 7: 629–717. doi:10.1002/ebch.1833

Carr, R. R., & Nahata, M. C. (2006). Complementary and alternative medicine for upper-respiratory-tract infection in children. American journal of health-system pharmacy, 63(1).

 

The tiny world of bees is a magical place and propolis (a bee resin) just can’t stay out of the lime light in the research world. A recent review on literature has shown that propolis is an effective natural ingredient that can be used for prevention and treatment in dentistry and oral care. The review covered a multitude of studies published in PubMed and the research found that propolis is natural additive effective at reducing a variety of dental issues.

It was shown to be helpful in reducing dental canaries, helping with tissue repair and root growth after surgery, eliminates bacteria build up and reduces inflammation, helps with bone formation while enduring orthodontics, and reduces tooth sensitivity.

Propolis containing products such as toothpastes and mouthwashes are a great way to access the wonders of propolis. The propolis in these helps prevent dental canaries by inhibiting glucan synthesis reducing the acid formation which breaks down teeth and causes cavities. The extract when added to water and used as a mouthwash was shown to kill the bacteria that causes chronic gingivitis and topical application of propolis in an alcohol base was found to help repair surgical wounds by accelerating epithelial growth. So don’t miss out on all the benefits and pick up some pure propolis oral care products direct from the clean and pure country of New Zealand imported by Pacific Resources International for the last 30 years.

Sources

Sardana, D., InduShekar, K., Manchanda, S., Saraf, B. G., & Sheoran, N. (2013). Role of propolis in dentistry: review of the literature. Focus On Alternative & Complementary Therapies, 18(3), 118-125 8p. doi:10.1111/fct.12034

There are lots of articles out there that talk about how great Manuka honey is for wound care and how it can kill different bacteria but unless you have a science degree or a keen interest in how bacteria works its pretty difficult to understand how it actually does this. 

 

International Self-Care Day was developed in 2011 by the International Self-Care Foundation as a day for everyone to be mindful of their health. This can be a simple bubble bath, a walk around the neighborhood, yoga, or anything that can help put your mind at ease. People are opening up about the importance of self care for your mental and physical health. Nowadays, everyone is too busy taking care of everything or everyone else in their life and forget about themselves. This is a day to be a little selfish by indulging on a little self care.

Here’s a few things we are doing for our self care

HONEY VANILLA BUBBLE BATH

 

• 1/2 cup light Manuka almond oil
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1/2 cup mild liquid hand or body soap (Dr. Bronner’s is my fave)
• 1 egg white
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

 

There is a reason you love our award winning Lemon & Honey Lozenges and Cough Syrup (2016 Better Nutrition – Best of Supplements Award), and why we here are Pacific Resources International believe that natural and simple are the best for a healthy life style! Using the traditional cold formula of natural Lemon and combining it with New Zealand Active UMF Manuka honey with immune building CPL* Bee Propolis in our Lemon & Manuka Honey products helps enable our bodies fight off infection as nature intended. You can also try a Hot Lemon & Manuka Honey drink when a sore throat hits: just mix a spoon full of our Active Manuka Honey, a good squeeze of fresh Lemon juice, and hot water in your favorite mug and feel the relief!

Medical Doctors in the UK speak out and return to Nature for results…

“Cough medicines are ‘waste of money’ and you’re better off trying honey and lemon, say doctors.

Adds simplest and cheapest treatment for a short-term cough may be a homemade remedy containing lemon and honey.

Cough medicines are waste of money, doctors declared today. Both NHS (National Health Service in the UK)bosses and leading GPs have dismissed the products – and say traditional homemade remedies with lemon or honey to be the best approach…

… ‘There’s little evidence to suggest cough medicines actually work, although some ingredients may help treat symptoms associated with a cough, such as a blocked nose or fever.’ The webpage adds that the ‘simplest and cheapest’ treatment for a ‘short-term cough’ may be a homemade remedy containing lemon and honey…

…A Which( Testing Company) investigation two years ago said found many popular cough medicines do not work as well as they claim to. The report authors concluded that studies used to support the claims of effectiveness are often low quality. Many also contain high doses of sugar, with one week of the adult maximum dose of a popular product containing as much sugar as five Mars bars…”

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/Cough/Pages/Treatment.aspx

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2793863/cough-medicines-waste-money-better-trying-honey-lemon-say-doctors.html#ixzz3GG8RWPZP

Update:

More support for Manuka Honey:

Adding a little Manuka honey to your hot tea, smoothie, or even oatmeal, might help you fend off infections.

In recent research, microbiologist Elizabeth Harry of the University of Technology in Sydney, Australia, found that “when tested against other honeys, Manuka honey was the most effective at inhibiting the growth of all the bacteria.”

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/health/5-uncommon-tips-to-beat-a-cold-or-the-flu-105881337133.html

 

Maintaining healthy skin is not easy. Smoke, pollution, UV rays and caffeine produce free radicals in our body which can easily damage the skin. Stress and lack of sleep also speed up the process of aging. We are too busy working ourselves out, pressured in chasing our dreams to the extent of getting burnt out and not having enough time to pamper ourselves. But with this pandemic that we are facing right now, we are advised to stay at home thus giving us more time to take care of ourselves. 

Let us take time to know ourselves better. Recharge and realize what we need most for us to flourish. Grab this opportunity to lavishly reward ourselves by doing our self- care routines without being time- conscious. 

To help you decide and get started on your self- care routines, here are effective natural products with Manuka honey sourced from New Zealand bees for your skin care.

• Biohoney® Avocado and Rosehip Cream Cleanser

Cleansing creams are used to wash and moisturize your skin. It helps get rid of dirt and sweat. Although there are a lot of these cleansing creams that can be found in the market, you still have to choose the one that best suits your skin type.

 

Biohoney®Avocado and Rosehip Cream Cleanser is a gentle cleanser that purifies impurities while reinvigorating your skin. It has a combination of Avocado oil, purifying Rosehip oil and Manuka honey to help regenerate and improve damaged skin. 

 

• Biohoney® Grapeseed Eye Cream

Biohoney® Grapeseed Eye Cream is not just a nutrient rich but also a gentle cream that is specifically developed for the most sensitive skin types. It has features of Grapeseed oil- packed with age defying Vitamin E and Omega- 6 fatty acids. It has Avocado oils and Manuka Honey MGO 300+ that helps nourish and restore damaged skin.

• Certified Organic Bee Venom Mask

 

Biohoney® Rejuvenating Bee Venom Mask will give you a more radiant and more youthful skin. It has combinations of powerful age-defying ingredients like bee venom and New Zealand Tree Fern extract.

• Biohoney® Natural Acne Cream

This Natural Acne Cream aids in the breakdown of acne. It soothes and replenishes the skin with its natural ingredients, the power of 20% Manuka honey MGO 300+ and Manuka oil that promotes clearer and healthier skin.

 

• Biohoney® Natural Vitamin E Cream

Reveal a healthier and more youthful looking skin with Biohoney® Natural Vitamin E Cream. It gently glides into your skin, moisturizes and deeply nourishes to give you a more glowing skin. It has combinations of High-Strength Manuka honey MGO 300+, with an abundance of skin-loving nutrients including Avocado oil, Apricot kernel oil and Evening primrose oil.

Personalize your beauty regimen according to your needs to achieve a better version of yourself!

Furthermore, Manuka honey has a lot to offer. Apart from keeping your skin nourished, it has plenty of health benefits to give you . Treat yourself for a healthy snack, have some Manuka honey candies to help boost your immune system. Discover and enjoy the unique and amazing properties of Manuka Honey.

Honey is a truly amazing natural substance. Not only does it taste delicious and will complement any food but it can also help you on the outside too. We recently had a testimonial from a customer who was thrilled with how our manuka honey had helped: It was treated with Manuka Honey 5+ once/day on dressing.  ER told them… More How Manuka Honey can help burns.

 

Health is wealth no matter how we look at it. We have only one body and we are responsible for taking care of it.

Nowadays, we are too busy to make healthy options. We opt to choose ways that can make our lives easier even if it can badly affect our health. But with the health crisis that we are facing right now, we should turn a new leaf over and start on a holistic wellness approach and redirect our health choices to a better one to boost our immune system and improve our overall health and wellness.

Manuka Honey can be used on just about any food of your choice but it is more than just making your food delicious. It offers a variety of health goodness like digestive help, immune support, energy-booster, and wound healing. You can savor the value of Manuka honey products for your day to day health and wellness practices as well.

Here is a range of Manuka honey products to help you become fit and healthy inside and out.

 

• Propolis Soap with Manuka Honey & Tea Tree Oil

Propolis Soap with Manuka Honey & Tea Tree Oil is a soft and gentle cleansing soap that offers the goodness of Propolis, Manuka Oil and Raw Manuka Honey. It will become the only soap you will ever need.

Propolis Soap is fit for all skin types. It moisturizes the skin and provides necessary nutrients to delicate skin tissues. It is used for face, hands, and body.

This unique, natural soap brings together the healing potential of Manuka Honey and Botanical Oils. Its anti-bacterial and antifungal properties help clear skin problems and different types of skin rashes.

 

• Manuka Honey Hand Cream

Using Manuka Honey Hand Cream is an ideal way to maintain your hands nourished and healthy.

Manuka honey hand cream is made up of natural ingredients such as exotic botanicals and manuka honey that are combined to help restore and improve the skin's rejuvenation process.

 

• Manuka Oil

Manuka oil is refined from the Manuka trees in New Zealand where it has been treasured for generations by the indigenous Maori people. It can be used as a topical agent and also as an aromatherapy.

Manuka oil is known to have antibacterial and anti-fungal properties. It has many wonderful uses on the skin such as fast healing of skin blemishes and skin irritation. It can also be used as a practical way to treat skin and scarring caused by acne.

Manuka oil has a very sweet and aromatic scent. Diffusing manuka at night helps impart feelings of calmness and promotes restful sleep.

 

• Manuka Honey Wound And Burn Dressing

Manuka honey has antioxidant and natural healing components that make it a good burn ointment. It helps prevent infection, soothes and speeds up natural wound repair.

15+ Bio Active Manuka Wound & Burn Dressing contains Manuka Honey and is being used as a topical agent that helps in the natural management of skin healing due to cuts and burns.

 

• Manuka Honey & Propolis Lozenges

If your throat is feeling dry or sore, just chew or suck a manuka honey lozenge to keep that sore away.

Manuka Honey Lozenge is great for sore throat, coughs, and colds. It relieves sore throat by calming irritated tissues of the throat. Propolis boosts your immune system as well as helps with healing mouth sores and irritated throats. Manuka Honey with UMF 10+ helps improve your immune system.

 

• Natural Vitamin E Cream

Vitamin E plays an important role in the proper function of many organs in the body. It is a powerful antioxidant that fights off free radicals and slows down processes that damage cells.

Natural Vitamin E Cream can be very useful for a range of skin conditions. It assists in skin repair and cellular restoration from sun damage to improve healing scars or burns. It rebuilds moisture balance and deeply nourishes the skin. High-Strength Manuka honey MGO 300+, with an abundance of skin-loving nutrients including Avocado oil, Apricot kernel oil, and Evening primrose oil, helps to reveal healthier more youthful- looking skin. Boost your immunity while reducing fine lines, redness, and wrinkles.

 

• Propolis & Tea Tree Toothpaste

Propolis and tea tree oil are known to have antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties. Propolis and tea tree toothpaste is fresh and mild that gently cleanses and protects gums. This toothpaste has an invigorating mechanism that is effective against plaque formation and gingivitis making the teeth and gums healthy and leaves the teeth feeling clean and bright. 

 

• Propolis and Manuka Honey Cough Elixir

Propolis and Manuka Honey Cough Elixir is an all-natural cough elixir. It contains New Zealand CPL™ Bee Propolis Tincture which is high in Bioflavanoids, and NPA 10+ (MG 265+) Manuka Honey and is specially formulated to relieve the symptoms of a dry cough.

 

Whatever Manuka Honey products you choose to use, make sure to use these products for their health benefits. After all, wellness is becoming aware and making the right choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life.

 

 

 

 Author: Stacy Karen

This year taking care of our health (and the health of our families) is even more important than ever! 

During back-to-school season it is paramount that we incorporate wellness supporting foods and supplements in order to bolster and support the immune system as well as our overall health. 

As we get back to our studies and school routines, we might also find ourselves craving a sweet treat here and there.  Many sweet treats are nothing more than empty calories, but our manuka-based candies and lozenges include health-enhancing ingredients that support wellbeing  

Below you’ll find five of our favorite treats and immune system boosters to support you though back-to-school season and beyond:

Manuka Honey

Manuka honey has unique properties not found in any other type of honey known as MGO (methylglyoxal) aka NPA (non -peroxide activity), which makes it useful in supporting the body in various ways. Many consume it daily to promote general well-being, support digestive health, and also utilize its antibacterial powers to dress minor wounds and burns. (Source - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26061489). 

Take this by the spoonful each morning as a “supplement,” spread on toast, or incorporate into snacks, such as energy balls. 
Consume 2-3 teaspoons per day. 

Manuka Honey Sticks

 

A great portable treat. Manuka honey sticks are an excellent way to take the health benefits of manuka honey on the go. Eat honey straight from the stick or stir into tea or coffee, as desired. It's a great treat for kids' lunch boxes too! 
Our Manuka honey sticks come in packs of 10. Get them in original Manuka honey flavor or Lemon Twist. 

Manuka and Propolis Lozenges

A powerful combination, manuka and propolis lozenges are perfect for soothing tickly throats and supporting the immune system. (Source - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6335834/)

Propolis extract is a complex chemical that consists of proteins, amino acids, vitamins, trace minerals, and flavonoids which is processed by honeybees from the resin they collect from trees and plants. Bees use propolis to keep their hives free of infections and safe to raise their young. Us, humans, use it as a natural or homeopathic treatment for a variety of health conditions to keep us strong and well protected. 

Our lozenges are free of unhealthy dyes and sweeteners (like high fructose corn syrup) and come in Lemon and Honey, Aniseed, and Strawberry flavors. 

Manuka Honey and Propolis Lollipops

Loved by children & adults, our Manuka Honey and Propolis lollipops, support the body with bioflavonoids (from the Propolis), Manuka Honey MGO 263+, NPA (Non Peroxide Activity) 10+, and also include Menthol to help fight off infections.  

In fact, our lollipops are the same formula as our lozenges, just on a stick! This makes them safer for kids while providing the same great benefits. Added bonus, your kids will think they are getting a treat!

Our Manuka Honey and Propolis Lollipops are available in lemon and strawberry flavors. 

Manuka Honey Nuggets

A natural energy boost, manuka honey nuggets satisfy sweet tooth cravings and provide the health benefits of manuka honey is a conveniently portable package. A perfect little lunchbox treat or after-dinner candy, our manuka nuggets are much like hard candy, but with the benefits of manuka honey! 
Include in a lunchbox or keep a stash in your purse for any time cravings arise or your energy begins to feel depleted. 

Manuka Honey nuggets are available in four flavors: Manuka Honey, Lemon & Honey, Ginger & Honey, and Cherry & Honey. 
Supporting our health and immune system can be quite delicious, if we do say so ourselves! 

Incorporating manuka and propolis into your daily routine is a great way to boost overall wellness and strengthen the immune system. 

We think you’ll find including manuka honey, lozenges, and lollipops in your back-to-school health plan a worthwhile endeavor. Your taste buds will thank you, too! 

Author: Stacy Karen

Are you looking for a skin care treatment that will make your skin look smooth and fresh? Look no more, because today, we are going to talk about honey tapping. Have you heard of honey tapping before? Honey tapping is a single- ingredient skin care that will make your skin clear and glowing and one of the best honeys to use is Manuka honey. 

What is Manuka honey?

Manuka honey is a honey sourced from the manuka tree in Australia and New Zealand. It is packed with incredible skin care benefits because it has antibacterial, antimicrobial and antioxidant properties.  What makes it special is that it has higher levels of “Methylglyoxal”- an ingredient responsible for antibacterial effects of Manuka honey. 

Benefits of Honey Tapping to Skin

• Antibacterial and antimicrobial cleansing
• Exfoliation
• Removal of clogged pores and blackheads

How It’s Done

Click the link for a video tutorial: How to Apply Manuka Honey Tapping

Now that you know the benefits of Manuka honey tapping, grab a Manuka honey real quick and level up your skin care routine to achieve a healthier and natural glowing skin that you’ll surely love.

Source:

1.http://mosskincare.com/can-honey-tapping-help-acne/

I should have thought and or known, as I have grown up using Manuka honey for scrapes and cuts, enjoying it on toast or in my tea as well as taking the higher level activity Manuka Honey to help fight off colds and flu, but never once did I think to apply Manuka Honey to Canker sores!… More Manuka Honey in the Fight against Canker Sores