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> Actually, I heard the other day that apparently honey is bacteriostatic so
> if you use it to cover a would, apparently it'll keep yu from getting
> infected.
>
> Just thought it was interesting, and er, a lot more hygenic than the other
> thing... =}
>
> ciao!
> Daryl.
>
My wife made me a believer in the curative powers of honey. She received a
bad burn. With triple antibiotic creams, it was weeping and failing to heal
altlhough it seemed to be resisting infection. She normally would have used
honey from the start but the burn was so bad that she chickened out and
opted for traditional treatment. After three days with no improvement, she
cleaned it off and applied the honey. Within hours, the surface closed up,
stopped weeping, and the pain subsided for the first time. A day later,
still wary of the holistic approact, she reverted to traditional medications
but it again got weepy and sore so again she resorted to honey and again it
healed rapidly. I saw it with my own eyes - I'm a believer. It is useful
for any open surface wounds, not just burns.
While on this subject another very convincing first aid she uses is powerful
ground cayenne pepper on deep cuts and wounds to stop the bleeding. It
seems like it would be painful but the nerves don't react to the strong
pepper and the wound stops bleeding and seals up within seconds. She leaves
the caked pepper in the open wound like a poultice and binds it closed to
heal without a scar.
Colin Foster,
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