Wound Healing Properties of TH
The healing properties of honey are well known (3). In general, honey improves wound healing by abating the oedema, inflammation, and exudation that commonly occur in all types of wounds. Honey stimulates the growth of epithelial cells and fibroblasts (25,42). Manuka honey heals moist burns and several other types of wounds (25,43). Studies of TH report similar outcomes (36,41,44). In full-thickness burn wounds treated with TH and conventional hydrofibre silvertreated wounds, the wounds treated with the TH show a reduction in wound size of 32.26% (45). The healing efficacy is also superior in TH-treated burn wounds compared with hydrofibre silver and aquacel plain dressings (41). Wound healing in TH-impregnated dressings are comparable to those obtained with modern hydrofibre and silver dressings (46). Patients prefer TH hydrogel dressings than conventional dressings because the treatment is soothing, they experience minimal pain and the dressings have a pleasant odour (47). TH is as effective as Manuka honey in the treatment of diabetic foot (47).