Honey For Wounds

I didn't know about honey for cuts and scrapes, but I had used it for years on burns. It is fantastic. I poured some scalding coffee down the front of my sweater. Couldn't take it off right away, but after putting honey on later, it stopped burning and wasn't sore at all. Of course the sooner you put it on the better. The last few years I discovered that Nutribiotic GSE (grapefruit seed extract) works even faster.

If you have a sore that is infected and open you can take honey and flour make a paste put it on it and bandage it up it will work like a drawing salve and suck out the infections. We did this on a spider bite my grandson had and the doctors wanted to cut it open and clean it out . We put it on over night and the next morning it was out. The doctors had been messing with it for 3 months.

I woke up this morning with a horrible cold sore that caused half of my lower lip to swell. After applying honey to the area, in a few hours the swelling was completely gone. And after a several more hours the cold sore is already starting to heal. I felt pretty silly putting honey on my lip at work but it's working like a charm.

After reading about honey being an ancient antibiotic I use honey and warm water to keep my pores clean on my face.
Also 3 yrs ago my mom's skin was breaking down (bedsores) in the nursing home and I put some pure honey on the skin and an aide told a nurse.
I brought the book and she was in awe.
Uses honey on bruises also.

I have had a few really bad burns on my arms from, either steam or hot metal. I have found that pouring honey onto the burn takes away the soreness and heals the burn very fast. I had no blisters and no scarring afterwards. It is quite amazing.

Our vet removed a lipoma from the center of our dog's chest. His first day home he ripped out the stitches going out the doggie door. Re-suturing was not an option. Our vet told us to keep it clean with hydrogen peroxide then to sprinkle sugar on it daily. It took about three weeks but the wound healed completely without further intervention. Wow!

Honey does work! But you should use RAW honey. Most of the honey sold in grcocery stores has been processed at high temperatures which can destroy a lot of its benefits whether you use it for eating or medication.

I have been volunteering in the Endocrine Ward in Mulago Hospital, Kampala, Uganda where they routinely use honey (as well as systemic antibiotics when appropriate) on foot ulcers with excellent results.

When I was a kid, I worked for a beekeeper. Stings were a common thing, and the easiest and best treatment was to remove the stinger (of course) and dab honey on the spot. Didn't necessarily do much for the pain, but swelling was almost nonexistent. The irony is almost as thick and sweet as the honey.

After spending $20 for a tiny bottle of Abreva for a cold sore, I read about applying honey - it really works! Took the pain away instantly and healing process is much faster than with contemporary methods. Pass it along!

I did nursing in Mexico for 25 years. We routinely use honey on bed sores and ulcers on legs caused by poor circulation and varicose veins with great results at little expense. It is just as effective for infected wounds also. I have found that bee propolis is more effective on herpes simple and any lesions in the mouth. Propolis is usually sold in an alcohol base so it stings but the results are worth it. Propolis is great for colds and sore throats when taken internally. The dose is indicated on the bottle (usually 10 drops in water for adults) I don´t know why it isn´t used much in the US. I believe it is popular in Germany.

There is medicinal grade honey being sold from New Zealand called manuka honey. It is very expensive but has been used for years for wound care, mrsa staph infections just to name a few. It is said that the darker the honey the higher the antibiotic and antimicrobial properties. If you can not afford the manuka honey I would recommend using and avocado honey or a peppertree honey because they are naturally darker verieties.

It should also be noted that if you are ingesting the honey you should always use raw honey because it has not been processed which can reduce or in some cased eliminate the medicinal properties of the honey.

WHERE CAN you get raw honey? Also, I use soy sauce (not light) over bad burns from cooking, and immediately takes out the pain.

I was a nursing assistant for 25 years. When I first became a CNA nurses used a mixture of betadine and sugar for bedsores. In a lot of cases it worked quite well and in other cases it did not. So, it totally makes sense that honey would work also. Honey has some antibacterial properties.

I also wanted to make a plug for using manuka honey in that I recently had a patient with horrible edema and leg ulcer that did not have medical insurance and did not believe in allopathic medicine. In trying to help this patient I was deeply concerned that if things progressed too much further an amputation may be necessary. However, I have been treating it with thickly applied manuka honey and dressing changes for the past two weeks with good results. Patient and I are not out of the woods yet, but the edema is gone and the appearance of the leg ulcer has significantly improved.

I usually get Manuka honey grade +15 or higher. Great taste, & great for arthritis sufferers!

Personally I like a good spoonful daily in a cup of coffee!
Am currently trying it out smeared on a bandage on my leg which is badly bruised. Will see what effect that has.

I was at work when I felt the tingling of a cold sore coming on. I looked in the mirror and saw several blisters about to burst forth. I had a special event coming up and did not want a cold sore. I quickly looked it up in People's Pharmacy and read about the honey remedy. We had raw honey at work so I put some on my lip and then held an ice cube on my lip (wrapped in a cloth). I continued to reapply the honey and kept the ice on it for about two hours when I saw that the blisters had already dissolved away. I also took some drops of colloidal silver. The blisters were stopped dead in their tracks. I kept the honey on it for the next two days and it was completely gone in two days. Sure wish I heard about this 40 years ago!

I'm originally from Switzerland and grew up under the impression that only Raw Honey was/had/has antiBiotic, antiViral, AntiSeptic and antiFungal properties all at the same time...am I wrong...???

AND... why is it and when...did it become (supposedly) dangerous to feed raw or any other honey to babies under a year old...

My first grandchild arrived a couple of months ago and my daughter who is nursing (breast feeding) my grandaughter exclusively has been warned off adding honey when it's time to begin introducing solid foods to supplement the baby's diet at six months...what gives...???...it's really curious...there seems to be no problem with it elsewhere in the world

viv
It's because raw honey can contain (naturally) botulism spores. There have been cases and deaths of babies under age one from botulism from ingesting raw honey. My friends in Europe know this... perhaps people just arent' informed when you say "there seems to be no problem in the rest of the world".

Humans over age one have immune systems developed enough to fight off infection from the small amt of botulism spores that can be in raw honey.

I had a very serious surgery a few years ago. After 1 week I had a severe infection at the 8 inch incision. My surgeon suggested cleaning with peroxide and apply sourwood honey to the wound 2 times a day. In 2 days all the redness and the incision area was greatly improved. Within 7 days the area was almost completly healed. I always keep my sourwood honey in my pantry.

I live in San Francisco, Ca. I go to a place that's called Trader Joe's and also Rainbow.