Honey has been amazing both in its taste and healing properties. I take honey almost everyday because I believe in its benefits.
Natural honey can heal burns more quickly than some standard dressing treatments, a study has shown.
"We're treating these results with caution, but it looks like honey can help speed up healing in some burns," said chief researcher Dr Andrew Jull, from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.
Honey has been used to treat wounds since ancient times. How it works is unclear, but it appears to fight infection and help the body remove dead tissue. Although honey benefited burns, the researchers could find no reliable evidence that it aided recovery from grazes, lacerations, surgical wounds or leg ulcers.
Dr Jull said: Health services should invest in treatments that have been shown to work. The findings were published by the Cochrane Library, which provides systematic reviews of research studies.
Just the food for the gods!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
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Honey is hygroscopic, meaning that it attracts and absorbs moisture. It thus retains the plasma that is inevitably released by the burn wounds and keeps it in close contact with the damaged tissue, allowing for re-absorption. The plasma is enriched with dissolved nutrients, minerals and trace elements, including propolis (which appears to have a disinfectant quality), from the honey when it is re-assimilated into the damaged flesh.
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