Clinical Applications of Honey

Honey is well received by human beings as a kind of healthy food. Recently, scientific research has suggested that it can serve as a medicine as well. When you suffer from diseases such as a burn, an abscess and other minor traumas, you can turn to honey for help.

Honey is especially useful in curing burns. If you are burnt, you can cover your wounds by honey. It is because that honey can diminish extravasate and reduce the pain as well. As such a medicine, honey also functions as a controller of infection. Usually, people who suffer from a minor or second-degree burn are advised to use it two to five times each day. When the surface of wound turns into a scab, using once or twice a day is enough. Some doctors would add procaine to it as well because this medicine can reduce the pain efficiently. A medical study showed that most patients who use honey as a medicine get well in six or ten days if their burns are not rather severe. You have to be aware that this method is only suitable for minor wounds. If you need to stop severe pains or prevent from the infection within the body, you should ask doctors for help.

Honey is also helpful with frostbites. If you have a second-degree or much severer frostbite, mix the cooked honey and a certain amount of Vaseline, and then cover your wounds with the mixture. You should make sure that your wounds are clean. After three to seven times, you will be all right again.

Besides, honey is used in dealing with abscesses and traumas. 10% honeydew can be used to washes the traumas. Then pure honey is suitable for covering the wounds. Patients should use it twice a day. There was a clinical case that an abscess patient got well in about two months. And another case indicated that the syphilis abscess is not suitable for this method.

In addition, honey is applied in curing stomach and duodenum abscesses. Past clinical cases told us that 15 in 20 cases were successful, while the rest patients were much better. The whole process in average cost 22.2 days. Meanwhile, foreign reports have shown that 82% of such patients would be well by using this method. Doctors suggest them to drink 100 grams of honey every day for nine days. Since the tenth day, they would need 150 grams to 200 grams. Or they can take honey with the procaine three times a day.

Another application is in curing dermatitis. If you have eczema or your skin is allergic, you can try honey together with zinc oxide and asylum.

If you have these problems next time, you can have a try.