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eCAM Advance Access published online on January 7, 2008
eCAM, doi:10.1093/ecam/nem175
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© 2007 The Author(s).
This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/uk/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Medical Honey for Wound Care—Still the ‘Latest Resort’?

Arne Simon1, Kirsten Traynor2, Kai Santos1, Gisela Blaser1, Udo Bode1 and Peter Molan3

1Children's Hospital Medical Centre, University of Bonn, Bonn, 2Institute for Bee Research, Celle, Germany and 3Department of Biological Sciences, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand

While the ancient Egyptians and Greeks used honey for wound care, and a broad spectrum of wounds are treated all over the world with natural unprocessed honeys from different sources, MedihoneyTM has been one of the first medically certified honeys licensed as a medical product for professional wound care in Europe and Australia. Our experience with medical honey in wound care refers only to this product. In this review, we put our clinical experience into a broader perspective to comment on the use of medical honey in wound care. More prospective randomized studies on a wider range of types of wounds are needed to confirm the safety and efficacy of medical honey in wound care. Nonetheless, the current evidence confirming the antibacterial properties and additional beneficial effects of medical honey on wound healing should encourage other wound care professionals to use CE-certified honey dressings with standardized antibacterial activity, such as MedihoneyTM products, as an alternative treatment approach in wounds of different natures.

Keywords: Medical honey – wound care – MRSA

For reprints and all correspondence: Dr med. Arne Simon, Paediatric Haematology and Oncology, Children's Hospital Medical Centre, University of Bonn, Adenauerallee 119, 53113 Bonn, Germany. Tel: 0049 (0) 2282873-3254/3255/3305; Fax: 0049 (0) 2282873-3301; E-mail: asimon{at}ukb.uni-bonn.de

Received July 19, 2007; accepted November 5, 2007


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