Manuka - Okay - yes you can use it on open sores, and on your lips.

SO here is how to use it in your mouth (Therapeutically) Take a tablespoon of it. Place it in your mouth, let it melt and swish for around a minute and a half to two. Then swallow. ;o)

it burns like a B*tch. But it also soothes after that, and most importantly - it's healing.

When it gets too painful to take it straight up, I used to melt it in a small (baby cup) of warm water - about a mouthful so it's still strong, then do the same... rinse for 2 minutes and swallow.

Also the baking soda/salt, this mixture you can't swallow, but if you get club soda and flatten it, it does the same thing as the baking soda mixture and you can swallow it.

hugs and keep on trucking.