Wired News: Honey Remedy Could Save Limbs

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There are many fascinating stories about the use of

honey as a wound dressing.

There's a book called " Honey, Mud & Maggots " that

talks about the use of these (and other) folk remedies

by allopathic medicine. It's fun reading if you're

interested.

 

I think it's interesting that the article talks about

silver as though it's something negative or has the

same status as antibiotics, because it doesn't.

Just like honey, silver has only just begun to

re-emerge as an alternative to the use of highly toxic

antibiotics (aka: colloidal silver). Robert Becker

talks about his controversial use of silver in his

book " The Body Electric " , which is/was required

reading in a few acupuncture schools.

Bob Beck has published similar alternative uses of

silver & micro-current for all sorts of problems. The

guy's a bit odd but has some interesting data.

 

Another much simpler mechanism of action, than its

breakdown into hydrogen peroxide, is because honey is

a very hydrophilic molecule. Meaning that it draws

water towards it and away from a wound. As it draws

out extracellular fluid, it creates an inhospitable

environment for bacteria & viruses, so that the body

cleans itself, rather than killing microbes.

So it's a functonal antibiotic because it changes the

environment, rather than trying to manipulate/kill the

pathogen.

 

I'm not saying that the hydrogen peroxide pathway isnt

legitimate, because it probably is. But sometimes, I

think the lab techies make things alot more

complicated than they need to.

 

cheers....