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TexasProgresive

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3. The is an old time remedy and not just in Zimbabwe

Reply to xchrom (Original post)

Fri Feb 15, 2013, 10:08 AM

Feb 2013

Sugar---and its cousin, honey---have been used to treat wounds for thousands of years. Modern research has proven its medical abilities, including providing topical nutrition, stimulating tissue growth, reducing inflammation and exhibiting broad-spectrum antimicrobial action. Battlefield conditions require effective, inexpensive, easy-to-use and non-toxic methods for treating wounds. Sugar meets these conditions and should be included in all medic supply kits.

http://www.ehow.com/how_5693114_treat-battlefield-wounds-sugar.html

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Family sugar remedy tested for healing people's wounds [View all] xchrom Feb 2013 OP

Sweet! LiberalEsto Feb 2013 #1

If it works by drawing water away, then silica gel should work even better than sugar. n/t Ian David Feb 2013 #2

Not necessarily. Silica is not water soluble. kestrel91316 Feb 2013 #5

The is an old time remedy and not just in Zimbabwe TexasProgresive Feb 2013 #3

I remember reading about sugar on wounds in Discover magazine rurallib Feb 2013 #6

This is in an old medical book I have newfie11 Feb 2013 #4

How do salt and sugar prevent microbial spoilage? TexasProgresive Feb 2013 #7

Has sugar ever been used to treat battlefield wounds? TexasProgresive Feb 2013 #8

It would also draw water out of the bugs, themselves Warpy Feb 2013 #9

sugar plus betadine treatment was in Southern Medical Journal Celebration Feb 2013 #10