I have also read of simple syrup being used to cure dicubitii since sugar is naturally anti-microbial... thus sugar curing. PT
________________________________ From: Neville Munn <[email protected]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, March 20, 2013 3:21:51 AM Subject: RE: CS>Could honey be a replacement for antibiotics against resistant bacteria? Jarrah honey. I wonder if Blue Gum honey is included anywhere? Honey on leg ulcers used to be the in thing many moons ago, and that would be pure honey from the farm as opposed to the mixture you get in the shop they flog off as 'pure' honey. My old step mum said she used it way back for an ulcer on her leg and fixed it, but then her brother was a bee keeper so she had access to pure honey. Yummmm...Nothing quite like pure Blue Gum honey <g>. N. > Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:37:02 +0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: CS>Could honey be a replacement for antibiotics against > resistant >bacteria? Jarrah honey. > > A local beekeeper (Western Australia) told me that medicinal properties > have been discovered in the honey from a particular kind of gum tree > which grows in this general area (south west). > A search on jarrah honey brings up lots of hits. > In fact, one website said: > > While many people have heard of the medicinal value of New Zealand's > Manuka Honey, it has only recently come to light that many Australian > Honeys are significantly more effective in healing wounds than their New
