"Bill Truesdell" wrote about the healing power of honey after surgery.

Bill
Thanks for sharing that with us - it is just one more example of the amazing
power of honey.

I have had two experiences of this power.  First, my wife suffered for many
years from chilblains on an enlarged big-toe joint - rather like a bunion.
She tried everything that doctors could suggest for many years.  Then we
started keeping bees and I suggested using honey.  A teaspoonful of honey
was put on the smooth side of some lint and applied to the very raw and
inflamed chilblain before going to bed.  Cling film was wrapped around to
stop leakage and some sticking plaster applied to hold it all in place.  The
next morning the improvement was quite unbelievable and after three days the
area had healed completely.

Some years later, I had a nasty incident involving a blowtorch.  I was sat
on the floor doing some plumbing and having finished with the blowtorch, put
it down beside me.  Just seconds later,  I had finished what I was doing and
went to get up; in doing so, I absentmindedly put my hand on the red-hot
nozzle of the blowlamp and put my full weight on it.  There was a hissing
sound and I looked in horror at my hand.  The flesh on my palm was severely
burnt, with a lot of white flesh and a large blister starting to appear.  I
put my hand under cold running water for over ten minutes, but the pain was
still intense as soon as I removed it from the stream of cold water.  I then
applied a large quantity of honey and bandaged it up.  It was painful for
days but, despite a blister covering most of the palm of my hand, it all
healed perfectly, with no skin shed. Today there is no scar visible.

I still have difficulty believing that it could have healed so perfectly.

Peter Edwards
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www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/

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