Re: honey for wounds. The tissue viabilty nurse I know says the important
thing is to use specially treated medical grade honey which is treated to
remove botulism, and not "ordinary" honey whether manuka or other types.
Honey can contain botulism but an adult human can eat tiny quantities OK,
but even tiny traces directly on a wound is a bad idea.
This makes sense to me because traces of botulism in honey are why you are
told not not give children <18 months honey - their immune systems aren't
fully developed.
Please can we have more gross stories, I'm enjoying this thread!
Paul
On 6 Nov 2017 10:16 p.m., "Ann Welch" <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Thanks, Eric, that zinc sounds good too, I’ll pass it on.
Regards,
Alison
On 6 Nov 2017, at 10:46, ericasher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Manuka Honey does have two main properties: three i n fact if you add
placebo:
Hygroscopic dehydration making it hard for bacteria to thrive
The mentioned Peroxide effect.
Clearly, using our own (NON fructose enriched) honey after a drop of
peroxide 3% onto the wound would do the job equally well. Peroxide fizzes
as it releases O2 and H20. This is an exothermic reaction so warmth is felt
as it occurs.
NB Delayed wound healing usually requires extra Zinc.
Take 25 mg a day till healed!!!
Cheap and simple
Eric
On 06-11-2017 09:22, Helen Nunn wrote:
Dear Alison
I heard from a (now retired) nurse friend, that she used to use honey
(before Manuka was heard of) to dress wounds that were hard to heal - she
mentioned leg ulcers to me. She talked of smearing it on to the dressing
and applying it direct. So it's definitely worth a try. (Once in Kenya I
had sugar applied to "draw a wound together" but I think honey would've
been better!) We're just so scared of doing wrong these days. Probably note
the paragraph in your link on how to use it. As beekeepers we'd probably
like to use some from a known (local?) source. I hope it works for her.
All the best
Helen
On 6 November 2017 at 09:11, Alison Jenner <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Dear all,
I just found this reference to Manuka honey in wound treatment.
https://www.advancedtissue.com/honey-can-help-wound-healing/
Any comments on how we can be sure to get genuine manuka honey, bearing
in mind the huge volume of exports of Manuka from New Zealand? More than
could be expected from the number of hives in NZ, apparently.
Literally asking for a friend who has a persistent post-op wound which is
taking longer to heal than she'd expect.
Regards,
Alison
