Honey curative properties

It has long been known that honey differs not only in color, aroma, and flavor, but also in chemical, biological, and curative properties. The chemical composition of honey depends in a certain measure on the plants from which they are collected and even on the soil on which the plants grow ... 

Yorish, N., Curative Properties of Honey and Bee Venom, University Press of the Pacific, Honolulu, HI, 2001. 

Throughout history, certain plants, as well as virtually every anatomical component of animals and humans, have been ascribed some curative property earthworms rolled in honey for the treatment of gastritis owl brain for headache sheep brain for insomnia deer heart for heart disease fox lung for tuberculosis goat liver for jaundice powdered human skull or the fresh blood of a dying Christian gladiator for epilepsy rabbit testicles for bladder disease and, of course, for impotence and cow dung for eye infections, to name but a few. 

Honey has enjoyed some application in medicine for thousands of years. Any number of unfounded medical properties have been ascribed to it among them, relief from nasal and bronchial pneumonia. And some really wild claims have been made for honey combined with vinegar without doubt, the sweetness of the honey makes swallowing the vinegar tolerable, but not curative. Nowadays, honey is employed in some medicinal compounds just to cover up harsh bitter flavors and to prevent granulation. 

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