Does Honey Heal Wounds?

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By the Midland Daily News, September 30, 2012 Historians have found references going back 4,000 years thatsuggest the use of honey for the treatment of skin wounds. It was recommendedboth topically and orally for various conditions. In 1894, a study showed thathoney did, indeed, have some benefits in healing. Fifty years later, medicalliterature confirmed quicker and faster wound healing with the topical use ofhoney.The honey bee produces beeswax, royal jelly, bee pollen, beevenom, and honey which have all been used in various ways for medicinalpurposes. With the introduction of antibiotics, there was less need for honeyto fight infections. However, as organisms have become more resistant toantibiotics, the interest in honey has reemerged.Wound healing has many stages and phases. Modern researchtechnology has documented that honey promotes improved healing in all of thephases. It appears to limit infection against some of the most aggressivebacteria, like Staphylococcus (including MRSA), Pseudomonas, andvancomycin-resistant Enterococcus. However, the healing effect seems to havemore mechanisms of action than just preventing infection.Honey appears to activate the local immune system to removedebris faster. It also enhances the formation of new blood vessels. In agespast and even recent times, people were taught to use hydrogen peroxide andiodine on their wounds. These products do reduce infection but they tend tokill new, young, healing cells. Honey is not toxic in this way. Rather, itprovides a medium for the new cells to grow faster and reduces healing time…