Topical agents- honey

Sushil Kumar Paudel Dear Docs, i am using honey for wound healing especially clean wound, and it works very very well, but i have no clue about the mode of action, anyone have any idea about that? thanks!!

20 June at 16:41 · Comment · · Flag

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    Swarupmay Majumdar I fear honey will attract more flies than bees and cause more maggots, anyway, if it works for u , why not try?

    20 June at 16:58 ·
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    Sushil Kumar Paudel of course thats one complication of using honey, but if we can prevent/ or bandage it up, then its more effective then any other antimicrobial cream, and also wound healing occurs so fast.

    20 June at 17:55 ·
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    Swarupmay Majumdar so how do u apply it? mix with some thing? and do u put bandage on them?is it an approved method in KLM?

    20 June at 17:56 ·
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    Sushil Kumar Paudel if the wound is dirty, it can be used only when we make the wound clean, lets say after 1, 2 days of cleaning and flushing.............. we can use directly on wound without mixing, and if the area is likely to contaminate after cleaning then we can put bandage, otherwise we can leave it open.

    20 June at 18:02 · · 1 person
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    Sushil Kumar Paudel but honey must be pure, should not be mixed with sugar.....LOL!

    20 June at 18:06 ·
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    Sumit Virmani It works by absorbing moisture (osmotic effect by very high sugar content) and inhibiting bacterial growth. Pure honey never gets contaminated even at room temperature because of the same reason.

    20 June at 18:48 · · 1 person
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    Sumit Virmani Here is a great scientific article on the same topic:
    http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2001/november/Molan/honey-as-topical-agent.html

    20 June at 18:50 · · 1 person
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    Nassem N. Naimi

    I used to use honey especially while I was working with equine then I combined Sugar with Iodine (cheaper) and i got perfect results on hoof abscess.
    I have a rabbit case 2morrow with a docked tail (rabbit fight) so I will see if the owner will like the idea.

    20 June at 20:40 · · 2 people
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    DrKumar Ravi good information given by dr virmani n dr sushil , we can also try it after reading the article

    21 June at 12:49 ·
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    Sumit Virmani

    Thanks to Dr. Sushil for bringing this up.
    The important fact : "Honey produced as a food often is not well filtered, and may contain various particles in it. Also, although honey does not allow vegetative bacteria to survive, it does conta...See more

    21 June at 13:04 ·
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    Sushil Kumar Paudel Thanks to all docs. for kind concern and information.

    21 June at 16:43 ·
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    Joseph Cyrus nice idea/.

    21 June at 19:08 ·