Honey has healing properties. Winnie the Pooh’s been on the right track all along! Honey has been used for its healing properties for more than four thousand years.

In ancient Egypt, more than 500 healing formulas included honey. Greeks used honey to cure skin conditions.

In a recent issue of SAGE Publications’ International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds, a review article reports that honey is effective as a wound dressing and is beneficial in the following ways:

–Honey’s antibacterial quality rapidly clears existing infection and protects wounds from additional infection

–Honey debrides wounds and removes malodor

–Honey’s anti-inflammatory activity reduces edema and minimizes scarring

–Honey stimulates growth of granulation and epithelial tissues to speed healing.

The article “The Evidence Supporting the Use of Honey as a Wound Dressing” can be found on The International Journal of Lower Extremity Wounds’ website..

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