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Raw Honey Remedy for Sores, Ulcers, and Burns

Mar 30, 2019 | Diabetes Information, Health Information, Insulin Resistance, Natural Remedies

Raw Honey Remedy for Sores, Ulcers, and Burns

About 10 percent of diabetics have open sores that are very hard to heal, often lasting for years in that unhealed state; causing great discomfort and high risk of infection. But we have a very simple and completely natural remedy can rapidly heal these wounds.

Studies conducted in 1991 by a medical research team compared a conventional method of burn treatment commonly used to treat burns, pressure ulcers and leg ulcers, with a topical application of honey* applied to the surface of the wound. Burn patients were divided into two groups.

The burns of patients in one group were cleaned with a saline solution and pure, undiluted, unprocessed honey was applied daily. Burns of the other group were cleaned and covered with gauze that was soaked in a medicated dressing (5% silver sulfadiazine). The dressings were changed daily.

Results showed that within seven days 91 percent of the infected wounds treated with honey were free of infection, compared to less than 7 percent of the burns treated with the medicated dressing. Within 15 days, 87 percent of the honey treated wounds were healed. Whereas only 10 percent of the other group wounds were healed. Patients treated with honey experienced less irritation, more relief from pain, and no allergic reactions or side effects.

Raw Honey on Ulcers

Studies done by an earlier medical research team in 1988, showed that various types of wounds and skin ulcers which had not previously responded to conventional methods of treatment, such as antibiotics and medicated dressings responded favorably to a topical honey treatment.

Wounds and ulcer types treated with honey included: gangrene of the skin, burn wounds, topical ulcers, bedsores, and diabetic ulcers. After the wounds were cleaned with saline, honey and clean bandages were applied daily. Infected wounds that had not responded to conventional treatments were free of infection within 7 days of the first honey application.

Following treatment with honey, dead tissue was quickly replaced with healthy tissue. In some cases, diabetic ulcers were successfully treated with honey and skin grafts, thus preventing amputation. Apparently, the antibacterial properties of raw honey allow it to work on wounds and skin ulcers in the same manner it works on burns.

* The honey used must be raw unprocessed honey and it must state somewhere on the label that it is “unheated”.

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Research:

Honey: A Potential Therapeutic Agent for Managing Diabetic Wounds

The Efficacy and Safety of Natural Honey on the Healing of Foot Ulcers: A Case Series

Topical Application of Honey for Burn Wound Treatment – an Overview

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