Dressing wounds with honey - update.

[Gingernags]

You may remember this, after kicking her leg through a wire square fence and removing the skin so nothing was stitchable.

Wound after accident

A couple of weeks after using the honey dressing

Well this is it now... about 2 months on

Remember this wasn't healing, getting wet was making proud flesh worse and the heat and flies were a real problem, so we started using pure honey on a gauze dressing and bandaging over that.

Its been slow process but have to say I'm pleased with it. I think keeping it covered has meant its taken a bit longer to heal, but its kept infection at bay and we've never had antibiotics. Should be a minimal scar I think. Hard work but almost there now!

(the little blood spot is just where she's caught herself, we try to keep boots over it now)

 

[amymay]

I think that you've done an amazing, amazing job on this.

You'll remember that I was all for you having the vet, antibiotics etc.

Just shows you what hard work, perseverence, and good old fashioned common sense can do.

Well done

 

[old_girl]

I am a honey convert. It's amazing that nature has provided us wth such a brilliant healing material without help from man!

If anyone fancies a good long read, there's some evidence for honey here: (pdf FILE)

http://ijl.sagepub.com/cgi/reprint/5/1/4...ourcetype=HWCIT

 

[Moggy in Manolos]

Yes i too have become interested in this honey thing old_girl,i have always heard of its healing properties but not in relation to horses,soam gonna have to keep some at hand
Excellent work on your horses wound coppertop

 

[spike123]

I had never heard of using honey before but seeing your pics I am very impressed.I think I may well just have to get some to keep up the yard with my first aid stuff.

 

[Alex_kate]

that is looking really good, i will def remember the honey thing

 

[barkinghorse]

So how do you use it?
Do you just slap on any old honey out of the kitchen cupboard and then bandage it?
Jo x

 

[henryhorn]

 

[PapaFrita]

That's brilliant!! Sugar works really well too in deep wounds. We treated one of our dogs with it after he got into a fight and made a big hole in his side. No scars at all although we had to spray fly repellent on it for obv reasons.

 

[guisbrogal]

I have been a huge honey fan for years. It is fabulous stuff...although I am not that keen on eating it