Using sugar to heal wounds

Submitted by Sophie Gale on Thu, 04/12/2018 - 00:49
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Green Wizard Book of Herbal Lore

Sugar is used in many poor countries instead of costly antibiotics. Apparently when you pour sugar on a wound and bandage it, the sugar absorbs the fluids that microbes need to grow. Salt does the same thing. I think honey works a little differently.

http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180328-how-sugar-could-help-heal-wounds

Kay Robison

Sun, 04/15/2018 - 22:14

I had heard about honey, but not sugar. Very cool.

Cassiodorus

Mon, 04/16/2018 - 09:40

Thanks! This is very useful information. And sugar, if stored properly, reportedly can last indefinitely.

http://www.stilltasty.com/fooditems/index/18441