Honey between Traditional Uses and Recent Medicine

Neveen Helmy Abou El-Soud
 

Complementary Medicine Researches & Applications Department, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt
 

From ancient times, honey was not only used as a natural sweetener but also as a healing agent. Many health-promoting and curative properties attributed to it are the basis for some traditional folk medicine treatments throughout the world today.
Its beneficial effects in different disorders, rediscovered in recent decades , varying from its antibacterial effects and benefits in wound healing to its safe role in peptic ulcer, gastroenteritis, oncology, ophthalmology, dermatology and dental hygiene. This will be discussed in this review on the basis of a series of scientific studies conducted to investigate the therapeutic properties of this natural product.
 
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Citation: El-Soud NHA. Honey between Traditional Uses and Recent Medicine. Maced J Med Sci. 2012 Jul 31; 5(2):205-214. http://dx.doi.org/10.3889/MJMS.1957-5773.2012.0213.
Key words: Honey; history; composition; healing properties; therapeutic uses.
Correspondence: Prof. Neveen Helmy Abou El-Soud. National Research Center - Complementary Medicine, 33-El Bohouth street - Dokki, Cairo, Giza 12311, Egypt. E-mail: neveenster@gmail.com
Received: 15-Sep-2011; Revised: 16-Nov-2011; Accepted: 09-Dec-2011; Online first: 19-May-2012
Copyright: © 2012 El-Soud NHA. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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