UK Nursing Magazine Outlines Evidence for Use of Honey in Wound Care

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UK Nursing Magazine Outlines Evidence for Use of Honey in Wound Care

 

 

 

Honey Dressings in Wound Care

 

Nursing Times (UK), 2006 May 30-Jun 5;102(22):40-2

 

 

 

Irene Anderson outlines the evidence that is available to support the

use of honey in wound care and provides practical points for clinical

practice

 

 

 

Bees collect sugar solutions from plants and concentrate the solutions

by allowing water to evaporate. The bees also add enzymes, one of which

converts sucrose into glucose and fructose and another which converts

some glucose into gluconic acid, so making the pH of honey too acidic

for microbes to grow in it. This reaction also produces hydrogen

peroxide (Molan, 2005). The type of honey from Leptospermum plant

species (such as manuka) is known to have a broad spectrum of

antimicrobial activity (Molan and Betts, 2004). A range of presentations

of honey is available with a CE mark; some are available on the Drug

Tariff. Indications and contraindications for using honey are listed in

Boxes 1 and 2...

 

 

 

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