Table 1.

Effects of various types of honey on classes of wound

Wound class	Wound type	Type of honey	Effect of honey	References
Acute	Burns	Manuka	Control of infection and inflammation, shorter healing time	[73]
	Surgical and traumatic	Indian Syzygium cumini	No significant difference	[74]
Chronic	Infected, surgical and traumatic	Manuka	Significant clinical improvement	[75]
	Pressure ulcers	Medihoney	Shorter healing time	[76]
	Lower extremity ulcers	Pakistani Beri (Ziziphus jujuba)-honey	Shorter median healing time	[77]
Mixed acute and chronic	—	MedihoneyTM	Significant decrease in wound size, perceived pain levels, and wound sloughing/necrosis	[78]
Malignant	—	Manuka honey	Decreased odor and inflammation	[79]