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Honey For Healing Wounds

Q. I did an internship in OB/GYN in 1973 at Kings County Hospital in Brooklyn. When a wound would start to open rather than healing, we would have the patient come to the hospital a few times a week and pour Golden Blossom honey straight from the jar purchased in the supermarket into the wound. NOTHING grows in honey. We'd get nice granular tissue that would heal from the inside out.

A. Thank you for sharing your experience. Wound management requires medical supervision, with or without honey.

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Joe Graedon is a pharmacologist who has dedicated his career to making drug information understandable to consumers. His best-selling book, The People’s Pharmacy, was published in 1976 and led to a syndicated newspaper column, syndicated public radio show and web site. In 2006, Long Island University awarded him an honorary doctorate as “one of the country's leading drug experts for the consumer.”.
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