2009/4/6

Best home remedy for ulcers

Following an abrasion, a poorly healing wound on the legs due to poor circulation can be very slow to heal. Honey is the traditional remedy whose use was first recorded by the Egyptians in 2000 bc and as Mr P. J. Armon, consultant gynaecologist, re¬ports continues to this day.

'Honey, probably the best home remedy for ulcers, has been used in the treatment of infected wounds at the Kilimanjaro Medical Centre in Tanzania for the past four years with excellent results. In one case a woman was admitted with a massive post partum haemorrhage, requiring emergency hysterectomy and five further operations to deal with intestinal obstruction and abscesses. During the course of this debilitating illness she developed a massive bedsore on her sacrum, 15—20 centimetres in size, exposing the bone. The surface of the sore was covered three times daily with a thin layer of pure honey and a dry dressing. Twenty-one days later the cavity had closed without surgical treatment and the sacrum was covered in a new layer of skin. Only one seven-day course of antibiotics had been used during this time.'
Mrs Elaine Field from Cornwall records a similar if less dramatic result.

I have had for six months or more flaky skin on the top joint of my ring finger. After being given some hydrocortisone ointment by the chemist I then had a huge weeping sore which my doctor thought might be cancerous and accordingly referred me to a specialist. In the meantime my finger looked so awful I had to cover the sore when I left the house and each time smeared honey over the patch. Within two weeks it was completely clear and has not returned. I consider honey a miracle cure.'

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