This message was originally submitted by [log in to unmask] to the BEE-L list at LISTSERV.ALBANY.EDU. It was edited to remove quotes of previously posted material. Guidelines for BEE-L Submissions 1. Do not include excessive quotes of previous submissions. If you must quote previous postings, include only what is necessary to make your point. Submissions that include the entirety of previous posts will be rejected without comment or notice. ________________________________ From: Ron van Mierlo [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Sat 2006.04.08 05:06 To: Informed Discussion of Beekeeping Issues and Bee Biology Cc: Fredrik Leyon; Hans-Olof Holm Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Review of Honey as Wound Dressing Now Online Hi all I would like to respond to the article "The Evidence Supporting the Use of Honey as Wound Dressing" that now can be found on the Internet, as Mr. Hooper reported. It is great to see a collection of reported evidence that honey does work as wound healing dressing and most of us can probably recall many ealier individual reports claiming as much, but the article in question missed to quote the honey source(s) for each case. In order to attach any claims to any particular kind of honey, to see how they do compare in clinical tests and futhermore for a user to know which honey to select for his or her wound problem it would be necessary to have the honey sources quoted in future tests as well. The report originating from New Zealand, most people might automatically apply the Manuka honey as the medium that was possibly applied here, since Manuka has had a name as honey with good anti-batererial properties, but don't forget that the West-Australian Jarrah honey has been proven in the past years to have even 50% stronger anti-bacterial properties than Manuka. With those big differences clearly existing for honey of different origin, the need to know that origin is very obvious. I used some Jarrah honey taken with me from Australia as wound dressing, just as my own local Swedish honey and without any adverse effects on me, but the wounds have always been superficial and clean to start with. There was no simultaneous parallel treament done with any other medium, so I can't make any personal claims yet for or against the use of honey. You could wonder what kind of response honey would trigger in people that have a history of allergic reactions, honey might then not be so harmless perhaps? Ron van Mierlo Sweden -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---