Honey as a Wound Dressing - Honey is one of the oldest known medicines that has continued to be used up to present times. Its use has recently been rediscovered by the medical profession, especially for dressing wounds. The numerous reports of the effectiveness of honey in wound management have recently been reviewed by scientists. The rapid clearing of infection from wounds treated with honey has been among the many observations, even with anti-biotic resistant strains of bacteria such as Staph/MRSA and VRE.
Any honey can be expected to suppress infection in wounds because of its high sugar content.