Stefan wrote

 >    Honey has powerful antibacterial properties, according to its origin
 >(the best one seem to be thyme honey), but, in my personal opinion, it would
 >be better to consider it as a potentially very good LOCAL antibiotic (like
 >is the case in the treatment of wounds, burns and scalds) and not so much as
 >a "systemic" antibiotic.

Been away for a few days so was not able to respond earlier.

Can Stefan please provide a reference for where thyme honey has been tested and shown ot have these powereful antibacterial properties

I was also interested in Stefan's post where he was saying to look at what plant the honey came from to determine its antibacterial properties.  I would also like to have a reference for this work.  Here in Australia, our some of our melaleucas have tea tree oil distilled from them which is supposed to be good but the honey from at least one, which I have had tested, shows no activity nor peroxide activity.

We will be able to market some of honey's in the future for wound dressings but we will have to prove that they have the activity.

Trevor Weatherhead
AUSTRALIA