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  Treating wounds using alternative healing methods will become a vital skill when there is no doctor around. Besides providing you with the much needed food, your pantry also holds two items that will help you treat wounds: honey and sugar. These two ingredients are very effective at cleansing and healing traumatic wounds. Treating wounds with honey and sugar is an ancient method of healing that was tested over time. The ancient Egyptians were the first to document this method and the healing proprieties of sugar and honey are mentioned even in the Bible, Koran and Torah.

People around the world have used honey and sugar to cleanse and heal traumatic wounds, in particular gunshots wound and battle injuries where a loss of flesh lead to infections.

How does honey and sugar work for treating wounds?

  Sugar is a short chain, soluble carbohydrate composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It has many names and it’s also known as glucose, dextrose, fructose, galactose, sucrose, maltose, and lactose. Sugar has high osmolality and it’s able to draw fluid out of the wound. It reduces water content in the wound and inhibits the growth of bacteria. It is also helpful in removing dead tissue while preserving the tissue that is still alive.

Honey is a viscous, hypersaturated sugar solution made from 75-80 percent sugar and 20 percent water. It is very effective at killing staphylococci, including the community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, within a few hours. Honey has also anti-inflammatory activity and its ability to absorb water provides antiseptic activity. Scientists believe that the healing proprieties of honey are derived from its ability to produce hydrogen peroxide from the glucose oxidase enzyme found in its composition.

Treating wounds step by step

  You first have to make sure the wound has stopped bleeding and that it’s very clean. You can apply cayenne pepper to stop the bleeding, but I must warn you that it will sting like hell. You will then have to clean the wound with a mild soap and warm water or a saline solution. Pat the area dry until there is no moisture inside the wound. Honey and sugar react and bind with calcium and if calcium is not available because of bleeding, no clot can form.

Pour granulated sugar directly on the wound and make sure it gets down as deep into the wound as possible and it’s not just sprinkled on the surface and outer rim of the wound. If the wound is too large you need to apply honey first and then add sugar on top (you can mix sugar and honey until you make a thick paste).

Cover the wound with a clean bandage and secure it with tape. The bandage will prevent the honey and sugar from leaking out and it will keep the wound protected from external debris and bacteria.

Change the bandage and repeat the cleaning and sugar application once a day. You will have to do it more than once per day when you notice the bandages are wet from the removed fluid.

Alternative to using honey and sugar

Although there are many reasons one should store honey, chances are that not everyone has this wonderful food at hand. There is an alternative to honey for treating wounds and it involves using cooking oil.

You will need to combine three parts of powdered sugar and one part of cooking oil and mix it until is uniformly smooth. A thick layer (1/2 inch) of this mixture will have to be applied directly to the wound. This alternative works just as well and science backs it up.

Sugar will dehydrate all bacteria and prevent it from reproducing. If the bacteria die, no infection can occur. The oil coats the outer bacterial membrane and prevents water and foodstuff from entering the cell. It also prevents egress of cellular waste products. As a result, the bacterial cell withers and dies.

A few words of advice:

• This is a homemade remedy, therefore I recommend you should research anything you read so you are assured of its use and the accuracy of the information provided.
• Commercial honey is not as effective at treating wounds as raw honey.
• If you apply cayenne pepper on the wound to stop bleeding, be prepared to experience pain. It does sting and some people cannot tolerate this pain.
• Manuka honey is the best type of honey that one can store and it’s even being used by the New Zealand army forces.
• You should avoid using this treatment for infants as they can develop botulism from honey.

Mixed together, honey and sugar or sugar and cooking oil can provide a healing alternative that is available for anyone. The paste resulting from mixing these ingredients can be applied directly to an open wound. It is a healing method guaranteed to stave off infection and hasten the healing process.

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Suggested reading:

Dakin’s Solution, a homemade antiseptic from WWI

How to make Sugardine, a cheap and effective antiseptic

How to treat burns when there is no doctor

Stay safe and God Bless!

Source: Prepperswill.com

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