Treatment of wounds with honey is possible due to the disinfecting and antiseptic properties of the bee product. Everyone remembers well how the body of Alexander the Great was safely delivered home in a container filled with honey. The decay did not touch him.
Academician N.V. Tsitsin believes that this bee product kills harmful bacteria and counteracts the growth of various pyogenic microorganisms.
Honey can be safely called a biological antiseptic, the action of which is directed against microbial cells. In folk medicine, the bee product is used alone or along with antibiotics, if prescribed by a doctor.
The content of the article
- 1 Herbal Recipes
- 1.1 Eucalyptus leaves
- 1.2 Chamomile flowers
- 1.3 Marsh drier
- 2 Pure use
- 3 Pine resin, pork lard
- 4 Potatoes
- 5 Fish oil and xeroform
- 6 Birch tar
- 7 Konkov ointment
Herbal Recipes
The recipes below are designed to heal various wounds on the skin and mucous membranes, as well as ulcers that do not heal for a long time, including trophic ones. They will also be effective for non-cancerous tumors.
Eucalyptus leaves
The tool is used in the form of lotions or baths until scarring of wounds, ulcers.
It is taken:
- 50 g eucalyptus leaves;
- half a liter of boiling water;
- two tablespoons of honey.
The leaves are languishing in a water bath for 10-15 minutes, cooled and filtered. After that, the honey product is added to the infusion and thoroughly mixed until it is completely dissolved.
Chamomile flowers
The tool helps well with diseases of the oral mucous membranes, accompanied by the formation of ulcers and inflamed areas: stomatitis, gingivitis. Can be used externally.
It is taken:
- two tablespoons of dried chamomile flowers;
- half a liter of boiling water;
- two teaspoons of honey.
The flowers are boiled over low heat for 10-15 minutes or languish in a water bath. They are cooled, filtered, after which the infusion is mixed with the honey product.
Marsh drier
It is designed to treat poorly healing wounds, skin ulcers and non-cancerous tumors. You can take it orally – the medicine is good for stomach ulcers.
It is taken:
- a tablespoon of marsh dryweed (dry chopped grass);
- a glass of boiling water;
- a tablespoon of honey.
The herb must be poured with boiling water, and then infused for half an hour. After cooling, strain, add honey product, stir.
Wounds, skin ulcers are washed with medicine. Or they drink a tablespoon half an hour before meals in the treatment of ulcerative lesions of the gastric mucosa.
Pure use
Honey for skin diseases can be used in its pure form, as an ointment. The bee product stimulates the growth of skin tissue, accelerating epithelialization. The wound is cleared of purulent contents, an unpleasant odor goes away, soreness and swelling decrease.
After treating the wound surface, it must be filled with liquid honey product. A piece of bandage is applied on top. The bandage is fixed with an adhesive plaster or in any other convenient way.
Best of all, pure honey helps with traumatic and purulent wounds. The same remedy will be effective in treating first, second and third degree burns.
Pine resin, pork lard
The recipe is used for burns, poorly healing wounds and boils.
You will need:
- honey product in liquid form;
- pine resin;
- melted pork lard.
All ingredients are taken in equal parts. After mixing and hardening of the lard, the agent is used to lubricate the burn surfaces and wounds. Boils are treated after opening them – the resulting cavity is filled with ointment.
Potatoes
Treatment of trophic ulcers with honey with the addition of raw potatoes is performed as follows. The healing mixture is kept on the affected area for at least two hours. After that, the wound surface is gently wiped with a sterile bandage.
During the day, you can apply 2-3 potato-honey dressings. And at night, use propolis ointment.
The medicine is being prepared:
- from 0,5 cups of potato gruel (peeled raw tubers are rubbed on a fine grater):
- and a teaspoon of honey product.
The recipe is also effective for painful calluses, pyoderma, phlegmonous acne.
Fish oil and xeroform
The recipe was created by the Honored Doctor of Ukraine – A.S. Burdey.
It is taken:
- 80 g of natural honey;
- the same amount of fish oil;
- 3 g xeroform.
The ointment helps with long-term healing wounds on the skin. Eliminates purulent contents, relieves pain.
Birch tar
It is taken:
- 500 g of honey product;
- 10 g of pure birch tar.
The honey product is heated in a water bath. Tar is added to it, everything is thoroughly mixed and laid out in a glass container for storage.
The ointment helps with burns, wounds and ulcers. Healing occurs within two to three weeks. Store the ointment in the refrigerator.
Konkov ointment
This agent is used as a disinfectant for poorly healing ulcers.
An equal amount is taken:
- honey;
- and spermaceti.
Or:
- honey;
- spermacet;
- calendula ointment (10-20 percent).
As a general tonic, it is necessary to use a tablespoon of honey three to four times a day. It will improve sleep, overall well-being and appetite.
