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Honey heals wounds

Applying manuka honey to a horses leg wound causes the injury to heal faster, University of Sydney researchers have found.

“Wounds in horses, particularly leg wounds, have long healing periods. But we found applying a manuka honey gel throughout healing led to 27 percent faster healing times” researcher Dr Andrea Bischofberger said.

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