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Honey may reduce healing times in patients suffering mild to moderate burn wounds.

That is the conclusion of this article, which continues a long string of studies which demonstrate that humble ordinary honey is a kind of minor miracle-worker.

In this study honey was used on a number of different kinds of wounds, not just burn wounds. Compared to the usual treatments, honey speeded up healing in burn wounds. It did not, however, work as well on other kinds of wounds. In those cases, the usual kinds of treatments worked as well or better than honey.

The mechanisms which cause this healing improvement is not yet known.

Indeed, honey has been used as a treatment for burns since ancient times. The news of this study only confirms what people have known for millenia. In general, the study also confirmed the safety of the use of honey in this usage. Different kinds of honey produce slightly different results. Some researchers are trying to zero in on which kinds of honey are most effective to treat burn wounds.