Editing Honey (section)

=== Wounds and burns ===
Honey is a [[folk treatment]] for burns and other skin injuries. Preliminary evidence suggests that it aids in the healing of partial thickness burns 4–5 days faster than other dressings, and moderate evidence suggests that post-operative infections treated with honey heal faster and with fewer adverse events than with [[antiseptic]] and [[gauze]].<ref name=Jull2015>{{Cite journal |title=Honey as a topical treatment for wounds |last1=Jull |first1=Andrew B. |last2=Cullum |first2=Nicky |last3=Dumville |first3=Jo C. |last4=Westby |first4=Maggie J. |last5=Deshpande |first5=Sohan |last6=Walker |first6=Natalie |year=2015 |journal=Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |volume=2015 |issue=3 |pages=CD005083 |pmid=25742878 |doi=10.1002/14651858.cd005083.pub4 |pmc=9719456 |quote=Honey appears to heal partial thickness burns more quickly than conventional treatment (which included polyurethane film, paraffin gauze, soframycin-impregnated gauze, sterile linen and leaving the burns exposed) and infected post-operative wounds more quickly than antiseptics and gauze. |url=https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:370288/UQ370288_OA.pdf}}</ref> The evidence for the use of honey in various other wound treatments is of low quality, and firm conclusions cannot be drawn.<ref name=Jull2015 /><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Majtan |first1=J. |title=Honey: an immunomodulator in wound healing |journal=Wound Repair and Regeneration |date=2014 |volume=22 |issue=2 Mar–Apr |pages=187–192 |doi=10.1111/wrr.12117 |pmid=24612472 |s2cid=40188613}}</ref> Evidence does not support the use of honey-based products for the treatment of [[venous ulcer|venous stasis ulcers]] or [[ingrown toenail]].<ref name="OMeara Al-Kurdi Ologun Ovington 2014">{{cite journal |last1=O'Meara |first1=Susan |last2=Al-Kurdi |first2=Deyaa |last3=Ologun |first3=Yemisi |last4=Ovington |first4=Liza G. |last5=Martyn-St James |first5=Marrissa |last6=Richardson |first6=Rachel |title=Antibiotics and antiseptics for venous leg ulcers |journal=Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |publisher=Wiley |volume=2014 |issue=1 |date=10 January 2014 |pages=CD003557 |issn=1465-1858 |doi=10.1002/14651858.cd003557.pub5 |pmid=24408354 |pmc=10580125}}</ref><ref name="Eekhof Van Wijk Knuistingh Neven van der Wouden 2012">{{cite journal |last1=Eekhof |first1=Just A.H. |last2=Van Wijk |first2=Bart |last3=Knuistingh Neven |first3=Arie |last4=van der Wouden |first4=Johannes C. |title=Interventions for ingrowing toenails |journal=Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews |publisher=Wiley |date=18 April 2012 |issue=4 |pages=CD001541 |issn=1465-1858 |doi=10.1002/14651858.cd001541.pub3 |pmid=22513901 |hdl=1887/117180 |s2cid=44706332 |hdl-access=free}}</ref> Several medical-grade honey products have been approved by the [[United States|US]] [[Food and Drug Administration]] for use in treating minor wounds and burns.<ref name="Saikaly2017">{{cite journal |last1=Saikaly |first1=Sami K. |last2=Khachemoune |first2=Amor |title=Honey and Wound Healing: An Update |journal=American Journal of Clinical Dermatology |date=6 January 2017 |volume=18 |issue=2 |pages=237–251 |doi=10.1007/s40257-016-0247-8 |pmid=28063093 |s2cid=207482579}}</ref>