Ron asked:

> From which flower did the honey in your cases originate?

Local honey - very mixed - oil seed rape, apple, blackberry, clover,
hawthorn, lime (tilia spp) etc.

> Was it liquid or creamy honey that was applied?

Have used both - it makes no difference to the wound/burn/infection as the
warmth of your body will melt set honey very quickly; set is easier to apply
as it does not drip everywhere!

> Have you noticed the reports on Jarrah honey, that is supposed to have
> an even 50% higher anti-bacterial activity than Manuka honey?
> So in cases where a bacterial problem exists, it might be good to try
that.

It might be if we had it available - but as far as I can see, our local
honey is able to kill bacteria quite adequately (I have never seen any
infection in a wound treated with it) so why pay six times the price of
local honey (yes, six times!) for manuka - especially when I have a couple
of tons of local honey in my honey house?

Peter Edwards
(thinking that an awful lot of clever marketing is behind manuka honey -
perhaps more than is justified)
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