Actually the honey makes peroxide. It has been known for some time now that when honey mixes with water (like the natural water in your body) it produces A slow release of peroxide. Pouring pure peroxide on a wound kills a lot of the good skin cells along with the infection, so hospitals have stopped using it on wounds. But the peroxide produced by the honey keeps on steadily slowly releasing small amounts over a long period with good results, even less scaring.
As a diabetic, I’ve had experience with tough to treat and extremely slow to heal skin ulcers. All of these treatments (Manuka, vinegar, peroxide) cause unrelenting pain that doctor’s fail to treat. Take it from me - when you have a skin wound that is a constant source of excruciating pain, it’s pretty hard to accept adding to one’s misery by the use of Manuka, vinegar, or peroxide. It’s as barbaric as pouring salt into wounds as a form of torture.
Here is a chart from the link at comment #13 that may be of interest: [I hope this prints better than it looks in the reply box.]
Antimicrobial activity of honey bee products.
Bioactive compound Bee product Medicinal effect References
Phenolic compound: propolis benzofuran Propolis Antifungal (Pasupuleti et al., 2017;Salatino et al., 2005;Viuda-Martos et al., 2008)
Phenolic compound: 2,2-dimethyl-8-prenylchromene Propolis Antimicrobial (Salatino et al., 2005)
Phenolic compound: 4-hydroxy-3,5-diprenyl cinnamic acid (artepillin C) Propolis Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer (Cornara et al., 2017, Pasupuleti et al., 2017,Salatino et al., 2005)
Phenolic compound: 3-prenyl cinnamic acid allyl ester Propolis Antimicrobial (Cornara et al., 2017, Pasupuleti et al., 2017,Salatino et al., 2005)
Terpenoid: isocupressic acid, a labdane diterpenoid Propolis Antifungal (Pasupuleti et al., 2017;Salatino et al., 2005)
Terpenoid:13C-symphyoreticulic acid, a clerodane diterpenoid Propolis Antitumor (Pasupuleti et al., 2017;Salatino et al., 2005)
Phenolic acid: ellagic acid Honey Antioxidant, chemopreventive, antiproliferative (Cornara et al., 2017, Pasupuleti et al., 2017)
Phenolic acid: syringic acid Honey Anti
Here is a chart from the link at comment #13 that may be of interest: [I hope this prints better than it looks in the reply box.]
Antimicrobial activity of honey bee products.
Bioactive compound-— Bee product-— Medicinal effect-— References
Phenolic compound: propolis benzofuran; Propolis; Antifungal; (Pasupuleti et al., 2017;Salatino et al., 2005;Viuda-Martos et al., 2008)
Phenolic compound: 2,2-dimethyl-8-prenylchromene; Propolis; Antimicrobial; (Salatino et al., 2005)
Phenolic compound: 4-hydroxy-3,5-diprenyl cinnamic acid (artepillin C); Propolis; Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anticancer; (Cornara et al., 2017, Pasupuleti et al., 2017,Salatino et al., 2005)
Phenolic compound: 3-prenyl cinnamic acid allyl ester; Propolis; Antimicrobial; (Cornara et al., 2017, Pasupuleti et al., 2017,Salatino et al., 2005)
Terpenoid: isocupressic acid, a labdane diterpenoid; Propolis; Antifungal; (Pasupuleti et al., 2017;Salatino et al., 2005)
Terpenoid: 13C-symphyoreticulic acid, a clerodane diterpenoid; Propolis; Antitumor; (Pasupuleti et al., 2017;Salatino et al., 2005)
Phenolic acid: ellagic acid; Honey; Antioxidant, chemopreventive, antiproliferative; (Cornara et al., 2017, Pasupuleti et al., 2017)
Phenolic acid: syringic acid; Honey; Anti (something missing)
NOTE: The 4 categories at the top are now separated by colons or semicolons. Items within a category are separated by commas.
For a better chart, go to the link on comment #13.
As kids, we were constantly being ripped up, and proactive use of Zinc Oxide attested to a fairly healthy life. Wifey (city girl, medically trained) never heard of zinc oxide before meeting me, and was amazed at the results. works on baby-butts too...