Print This Page

Bandages with Honey for Wound Healing

More than 4,000 years after the ancient Egyptians applied honey to the wounds, Derma Sciences, Inc., a pharmaceutical company that manufactures products for the healing of wounds, began to sell the first dressing with honey after it's approval by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Medihoney is a highly absorbent material made from seaweed and saturated with manuka honey, a powerful type of honey that, according to specialists, kills germs and accelerates healing. Also called Leptospermum honey, manuka is produced by bees that gather nectar from the manuka bush and other plants of Australia and New Zealand.

From -- Melenio.com -- (December, 28 2007)