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The following doses have been studied in scientific research:
ADULTS
BY MOUTH:
- For cough: 25 grams of a paste containing 20.8 grams of honey and 2.9 grams of coffee has been dissolved in 200 mL of warm water and drank every 8 hours.
APPLIED TO THE SKIN OR ON THE INSIDE OF THE MOUTH:
- For burns: Honey is applied directly or in a dressing or gauze. The dressings are usually changed every 24-48 hours, but are sometimes left in place for up to 25 days. The wound should be inspected every 2 days. When used directly, 15 mL to 30 mL of honey has been applied every 12-48 hours, and covered with sterile gauze and bandages or a polyurethane dressing.
- For foot sores in people with diabetes: Manuka honey (Medihoney Tulle Dressing) and beri honey have been used in dressings for as long as needed.
- For dry eye: Eye drops (Optimel Manuka plus eye drops) or eye gel (Optimel Antibacterial Manuka Eye Gel) have been used twice daily for 8 weeks along with warm cloths on the eyes and lubricant eye drops.
- For swelling (inflammation) and sores inside the mouth (oral mucositis): Honey 20 mL has been rinsed around the mouth 15 minutes before radiation therapy, then 15 minutes and 6 hours after radiation or at bedtime, and then slowly swallowed or spit out. Honey has also been placed in the mouth in gauze and replaced daily. Also, a honey/coffee paste 10 mL or honey paste alone 10 mL, each containing 50% honey, has been rinsed around the mouth and swallowed every 3 hours.
- For a skin condition that causes redness on the face (rosacea): 90% medical-grade kanuka honey (Honevo) with glycerine has been applied to the skin twice daily for 8 weeks and washed off after 30-60 minutes.
- For wound healing: Honey is applied directly or in a dressing or gauze. The dressings are usually changed every 24-48 hours but are sometimes left in place for up to 25 days. The wound should be inspected every 2 days. When used directly, 15 mL to 30 mL of honey has been applied every 12-48 hours and covered with sterile gauze and bandages or a polyurethane dressing.
CHILDREN
BY MOUTH:
- For cough: 2.5-10 mL (0.5-2 teaspoons) of honey at bedtime.
APPLIED TO THE SKIN OR ON THE INSIDE OF THE MOUTH:
- For wound healing: Honey soaked gauze has been packed into wounds twice daily until healed.
- For swelling (inflammation) and sores inside the mouth (oral mucositis): Up to 15 grams of honey has been applied inside the mouth three times daily.
- For sores and ulcers of the mouth and gums caused by herpes virus (herpetic gingivostomatitis): Up to 5 mL of honey has been applied inside the mouth every four hours. *