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The Buckwheat Honey Choice

Buckwheat honey is a natural substance made by honey bees.  It is not a synthetic drug made in a chemical plant.  Buckwheat honey is a dark honey with phenolic compounds, which differs from common clover honey.  Scientific research has been published on the health effects of buckwheat honey.

Even researchers and physicians do not know exactly how Buckwheat Honey works to relieve cough, however some believe it is because of the following natural properties:

  1. Demulcent (throat soothing) effects. 
  2. Powerful antioxidant properties of phenolics, peptides, organic acids, enzymes, Maillard reaction products, and possibly other minor components.
  3. Increased immune system cytokine release.
  4. Direct antimicrobial affects.

Most likely, Buckwheat Honey's effectiveness is a combination of the above listed properties.


NOTE:  Honey, Don't Cough LLC does not claim to know exactly how Buckwheat Honey works to relieve cough.

What the Experts Say About Buckwheat Honey...
Read more. Here's a reference list of scientific research articles on the Effectiveness of Buckwheat Honey.

 

Adeleye IA, Opiah L. Antimicrobial activity of extracts of local cough mixtures on upper respiratory tract bacterial pathogens. West Indian Med J. 2003;52(3):188-190. ISI | PUBMED

 

Allen KL, Molan PC, Reid GM. A survey of the antibacterial activity of some New Zealand honeys. J Pharm Pharmacol. 1991;43(12):817-822. ISI | PUBMED

 

Cooper RA, Halas E, Molan PC. The efficacy of honey in inhibiting strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa from infected burns. J Burn Care Rehabil. 2002;23(6):366-370. FULL TEXT | ISI | PUBMED

 

Cooper RA, Molan PC, Harding KG. The sensitivity to honey of Gram-positive cocci of clinical significance isolated from wounds. J Appl Microbiol. 2002;93(5):857-863. FULL TEXT | PUBMED

 

Department of Child and Adolescent Health. Cough and Cold Remedies for the Treatment of Acute Respiratory Infections in Young Children. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2001.

French VM, Cooper RA, Molan PC. The antibacterial activity of honey against coagulase-negative staphylococci. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2005;56(1):228-231. FREE FULL TEXT

 

Gheldof N, Engeseth NJ. Antioxidant capacity of honeys from various floral sources based on the determination of oxygen radical absorbance capacity and inhibition of in vitro lipoprotein oxidation in human serum samples. J Agric Food Chem. 2002;50(10):3050-3055.

FULL TEXT | ISI | PUBMED

 

Gheldof N, Wang XH, Engeseth NJ. Buckwheat honey increases serum antioxidant capacity in humans. J Agric Food Chem. 2003;51(5):1500-1505. FULL TEXT | ISI | PUBMED

 

Gheldof N, Wang XH, Engeseth NJ. Identification and quantification of antioxidant components of honeys from various floral sources. J Agric Food Chem. 2002;50(21):5870-5877. FULL TEXT | ISI | PUBMED

 

Henriques A, Jackson S, Cooper R, Burton N. Free radical production and quenching in honeys with wound healing potential. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2006;58(4):773-777. FREE FULL TEXT

 

Lusby PE, Coombes AL, Wilkinson JM. Bactericidal activity of different honeys against pathogenic bacteria. Arch Med Res. 2005;36(5):464-467. FULL TEXT | ISI | PUBMED

 

Schramm DD, Karim M, Schrader HR, Holt RR, Cardetti M, Keen CL. Honey with high levels of antioxidants can provide protection to healthy human subjects. J Agric Food Chem. 2003;51(6):1732-1735. FULL TEXT | ISI | PUBMED

 

Tonks AJ, Cooper RA, Jones KP, Blair S, Parton J, Tonks A. Honey stimulates inflammatory cytokine production from monocytes. Cytokine. 2003;21(5):242-247. FULL TEXT | ISI | PUBMED

 

Tonks A, Cooper RA, Price AJ, Molan PC, Jones KP. Stimulation of TNF-alpha release in monocytes by honey. Cytokine. 2001;14(4):240-242. FULL TEXT | ISI | PUBMED