HERB - honey as medicinal

[John+Lynette]

jyeates at realtime.net: Thursday, February 03, 2000 10:48 AM Wrote:
> just caught a CNN blurb about raw honey's use as anti-bacterial and
> in promotion of wound healing ... anyone have any good references for
> the details ????  always keep raw honey around as a food item, and
> intertested in this new aspect ...
Beware of raw honey.  It is notorious for botulism.
Pasteurizing does nothing to  change the wonderful beneficial properties of
honey.
Honey promotes wound healing because of the high sugar content.
This is not a new discovery, it nourishes wounds.  It is used in medicine
where there is particularly poor circulation to a wound and/or very poor
overall nutrition. Raw honey should never be used for this because of the
danger of introducing bacteria. The news does not always get it right.

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