Honey is a sweet food and medicine that nature has gifted us. Its history of medicinal use can be traced back 8,000 years. Sometimes, the therapeutic effects of honey surpass even those of medications, particularly its outstanding antibacterial and antiviral properties.
Honey’s Antibacterial Properties Are Superior to Antibiotics’
“Bacteria quickly learn how to fight off the effects of the antibiotic drugs, but they don’t have honey resistance,” Nural Cokcetin, a research fellow at the Australian Institute for Microbiology and Infection in the science faculty at the University of Technology Sydney, said in an interview with The Epoch Times.Honey has been used to treat skin problems and wound infections for thousands of years. For instance, ancient Greeks and Egyptians would apply honey topically to the skin to treat wounds and burns. Honey’s effectiveness in treating wounds and eczema was also documented in Persian traditional medicine. Interestingly, the concept of microorganisms such as bacteria and fungi causing wound infections during those historical periods might not have even been known.