German Hospital Uses Honey to Treat Wounds

Honey Often More Effective Than Antibiotics
Scientist Live, 7/28/06

For several years now Bonn pediatricians have been pioneering the use in Germany of medihoney in treating wounds. Medihoney bears the CE seal for medical products; its quality is regularly tested. The success is astonishing: “Dead tissue is rejected faster, and the wounds heals more rapidly,” Kai Sofka, wound specialist at the University Children’s Clinic, emphasises.

“What is more, changing dressings is less painful, since the poultices are easier to remove without damaging the newly formed layers of skin.”

Some wounds often smell unpleasant – an enormous strain on the patient. Yet honey helps here too by reducing the smell. “Even wounds which consistently refused to heal for years can, in our experience, be brought under control with medihoney – and this frequently happens within a few weeks,” Kai Sofka says...