Wounds honey

Honey is mostly used as a sweetener, but it can also function as an antiseptic for wounds and as a preservative. 

Honey is not only just a natural sugar substitute, but also certain strains of honey can actually help to heal wounds and kill bacteria. Honey has been used to prevent and cure illness for centuries. The Chinese used it to neutralize toxins and relieve pain, treat stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, and constipation. It is also perfect for dabbing onto bums and wounds to help heal the tissue Not all honeys are equal in their goodness. New Zealand Manuka honey is one of the best, as it is harvested from native tea trees, a natural antibacterial agent in itself. 

Honey also contains components from the specific plants used by the bees in their production, and it is speculated that some of these components might further add to the antibacterial and wound-... 

Williams, M., Honey and the treatment of wounds and bums, J. Wound Ostomy ContinenceNurs., 29, 295-300, 2002. 

Basualdo, C., Sgroy, V., Finola, M. S., and Marioli, J. M. (2007). Comparison of the antibacterial activity of honey from different provenance against bacteria usually isolated from skin wounds. Vet. Microbiol. 124, 375-381. 

Use of the starch-iodine complex has been reported for the disinfection of wounds and for the artificial insemination of animals.310 Food containers may also be disinfected with this complex.311 Uses of the starch-iodine complex in the iodization of food312,313 and ruminant fodder314 have also been described. This complex has been found effective in the storage preservation of cabbage and carrots,315 potatoes,316 and apples 317 The addition of 0.0005 to 0.005% of the complex to bee honey also improves its properties it was reported that the application of a 1% aqueous solution of the complex for spraying bee houses increased the yield of honey.318... 

Infantile Botulism—Ingestion ot botulism spores, often in honey, produces flaccid paralysis, poor feeding and suck reflexes, floppy baby syndrome. Wound Botulism—Contamination of wounds with C. botulinum spores can produce systemic symptoms. THERAPY Ventilatory support (often for weeks) Trivalent botulinum antitoxin Enemas and cathartics... 

MELITITES — A Stone now almost unknown, especially in laboratories. Dioscorides asserts that it resembles Galactite, and possesses the same virtues and potencies, only that it has a sweeter sap. Pliny (1. 36, c. 19) states that Melitite, when pounded, yields a sweet and honey-like juice, or sap, and that when mixed with wax, it is a medicine for excessive phlegm, spots on the body, ulceration of the jaws, and the pain of wounds. 

Green Salve. White pine turpentine and lard, 4 pound each honey and bees -wax, 4 pound each melt all together and stir in 4 ounce of very finely pulverized verdigris. This ointment cannot bo surpassed when used for deep wounds. It prevents... 

Honey has been used in healing remedies for at least 4,000 years. It is now known to act as an antiseptic/antibacterial agent, and is most commonly used as an anti-microbial agent used for dressing wounds, burns, and skin ulcers. 

The first clinical use of penicillin in the United States occurred with the survivors of the Coconut Grove fire in 1942. Bum victims are notoriously prone to severe Staphylococcus aureus infections, and before the early sulfa drugs and penicillin, allopathic physicians knew little about how to prevent them. Aloe and honey are perhaps the two most powerful substances that can be applied externally to speed wound healing and prevent infections in burn victims. One especially important attribute possessed by both substances is that they are liquid. They keep bum tissue moist, soothe the damaged tissues, and restore lost body fluids (a problem for bum victims) directly through the skin. At the same time they are potent anti-inflammatories and antibacterials. It is nearly impossible for a staph infection to get started when either substance is used on burned skin. Clinical practitioners who regularly use aloe report excellent results when it is used on skin wounds of any degree of severity and from any source. 

The dried plant was historically used for constipation in Western medical practice. It is almost never used this way now the plant is strongly active, with potential unpleasant side effects from internal use, and there are easier alternatives. For bums and infected wounds, aloe and honey are both powerful choices. Several research studies have noted that the fresh aloe juice alone is active activity declines with time and with any change in color of the juice. The dried plant, with the juice extracted, has been found to be inert against staph bacteria. 

Honey is one alternative less desirable choices include echinacea and St. John s wort for wound healing acceleration and to prevent scarring. 

For surgical wounds external applications of usnea, echinacea, garlic, grapefruit seed extract, eucalyptus, honey, witch hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)... 

Elbagoury, E. F., and S. Rasmy. "Antibacterial Action of Natural Honey on Anaerobic Bacteroides" J Egypt Dent 39(1) 38186, 1993, and Ndayisaba, G., L. Bazira, and E. Haboniman. "Treatment of Wounds with Honey." Presse-Med 21(32) 15168, 1992, cited in Elkins, Bee Pollen. 

Postumes, T., E. van den Bogaard, and M. Hazen. "Honey for Wounds, Ulcers, and Skin Graft Preservation." Lancet 341 756757, 1993, cited in Root-Bemstein, Honey, Mud, and Maggots. 

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