all kinds of honey have anti bacterial properties. it also helps wounds stop bleeding faster,dries to form a natural bandage, and has been shown in scientific studies to speed healing of cuts, scrapes, even surgical incisions.
Honey was used as a wound antiseptic as recently as WWI.
Honey was used by the ancient Egyptians to prevent infections. It was also used by them as a preservative. Food items stored in honey remained edible long after it would have otherwise rotted. The Jewish notion of going to a “land of milk and honey” indicated a land of both good nourishment and good health.
I just put it on a canker sore and it burns like fire!