Comment by DanBC

Honey dressings were being used in some English NHS hospital settings.

This from 2008 isn't great, but it's not calling it woo: http://www.nhs.uk/news/2008/10October/Pages/Honeyandburns.as...

This from 2016 is a bit better: http://www.cochrane.org/CD005083/WOUNDS_honey-as-a-topical-t...

> There is high quality evidence that honey heals partial thickness burns around 4 to 5 days more quickly than conventional dressings. There is moderate quality evidence that honey is more effective than antiseptic followed by gauze for healing wounds infected after surgical operations.

I think "partial thickness" is called "second degree" in the US.

That's different from just pouring it on a new burn, and I definitely don't think people should do that.