Ndayisaba G, Bazira L, Habonimana E
Département de Chirurgie, CHU Kamenge, Bujumbura, Burundi.
Presse Med. 1992 Oct 3;21(32):1516-8.
Honey has been used long ago to treat wounds and cutaneous ulcers, and its healing properties have recently been rediscovered. Its applications on wounds or infected burns give satisfactory results. In a study of 40 patients with wounds of various origin honey provided healing in 88 percent of the cases. At the end of the healing process a few microorganisms were isolated from the wounds, but they did not prevent consolidation. This treatment, therefore, seems to be effective; moreover, as it is simple and inexpensive it should be better known and added to the list of commonly used antiseptic products.
