Healing with Honey
With its strong antibacterial properties, honey can reduce pain and odor in wounds. 
A wound dressing that uses sterilized Manuka honey in calcium alginate has been tested and found effective at the Billings Health and Rehabilitation in Billings, Montana. Karen Zulkowski, Montana State University associate professor of nursing and student Jayme Day will present their findings this summer at the World Union of Wound Healing Societies conference in Toronto, Canada.
Calcium alginate was added to the honey to retain moisture so that the dressing would not stick to the wound, but help remove dead tissue.
Honey wound dressings have been used in Australia, New Zealand and parts of Europe.
Source: Montana State University News Service
