Wound management and recovery expectations?

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Well my six moth old foal tried and failed to jump a fence last night It was post and rail with a top strand of barbed wire. I know barbed wire is far from ideal but its fencing for cattle too and has a six foot hedge behind it and fence has never been challenged before. Anyways foal was very look lots of scrapes but none deep or on joints but one is near his hock. All cleaned up and vet been to give abs and pain relief the question is what now? Vet very old school suggested purple spray!
I'm thinking maybe Manuka honey?
Anyone had this and any pics of recovery so I know what to expect?
Thanks is advance : )

 

[mynutmeg]

Manuka honey would be great, the other thing I've found brilliant is an ointment called Multiderm - we got our tb as a yearling, he still had a hole in his shoulder from when he was 6 weeks old, the stud left a plow in the field! He went climbing on it and degloved his leg from his shoulder to the knee. He now has a small scar at the point of his shoulder where the would broke down. When we got him at 11 months old it still hadn't healed properly but within 6 weeks of using the multiderm it was completely healed. I've also used it on myself on pressure sores from a cast and found it healed those within a few days.

So I would keep it clean and then either manuka honey or multiderm (get from a feed store)

 

[be positive]

No pictures but had very good recovery, no scaring to speak of, on two youngsters with some very major lacerations and a deep puncture wound using ordinary honey, before manuka was widely used. This was under vet advice, he is rather alternative a youngster usually recovers well, they are still growing and heal so much better than older horses.
I would now use honey on any wound, it has good healing properties and is unlikely to do any harm, purple spray is not going to do much to help heal it.