Ten simple and proven facts about raw honey’s healing properties
Posted By Anjela on October 28, 2009
- The honey must be raw, meaning it has never been heated, pasteurized or heavily filtered. The active enzymes that promote healing are killed when honey is heated.
- Honey was used in the battlefields of the Civil War as a means of sustenance, energy and to slather wounds; helping to fight infection and induce healing.
- Raw Honey is antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-fungal and antibiotic. It will never spoil!
- Treatment with honey is called Apitherapy.
- A number of studies have been done concluding that raw Honey is proven to help healing of wounds, burns and ulcers.
- Honey contains potassium which bacteria cannot survive in.
- Honey is a humectant. It attracts and retains moisture, drawing out infection and impurities.
- Raw honey applied to wounds has been found to cause zero tissue damage.
- Honey removes infections through osmosis.
- The active enzymes in honey give it a “hydrogen peroxide effect”.
Enjoy eating and experimenting with the healing benefits of raw honey!
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Anjela, so glad to find you. Do you sell raw honey? We live in Fairwood area near NE Kent. I wonder about the botulis scre or hoax? I’m an ND intereated in natual eating and care
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I believe that I saw an article on King-5 were honey can be used in MRSA cases have you heard anything about this. I work in infection control and find this very interesting.