Fantastic study! Let's start using this!

[Dr. Simcha Shapiro]

I would add one caveat, which is that it is important when using honey for medicinal purposes, to use unpasteurized honey (not what you buy in the Makolet- צריך להיות דבש שלא עבר חימום), as the high heats of pasteurization destroy the medicinal nature of the honey (this is also true for using honey for cough). 

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

August 2014, 14:293,

Open Access

Date: 08 Aug 2014

“Coffee plus Honey” versus “topical steroid” in the treatment of Chemotherapy-induced Oral Mucositis: a randomised controlled trial

• Mohammad Ali Raeessi, 
• Neda Raeessi, 
• Yunes Panahi, 
• Homa Gharaie, 
• Seyyed Masoud Davoudi, 
• Alireza Saadat, 
• Ali Akbar Karimi Zarchi, 
• Fereshteh Raeessi, 
• Seyyed Mostafa Ahmadi, 
• Hamidreza Jalalian

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Abstract

Background

Oral mucositis is one of the common complications of cancer chemotherapy and about 40% of the patients who take chemotherapy protocols, experience this irritating problem. The purpose of this study was to draw comparison between the therapeutic effects of our treatment modalities (topical steroid, honey, honey plus coffee) in patients suffering from oral mucositis.

Methods

This was a double blinded randomised clinical trial of a total of 75 eligible adult participants which they randomly fell into three treatment groups. For all the participants a syrup-like solution was prepared. Each 600 grams of the product consisted of “20 eight-mg Betamethasone solution ampoules” in the Steroid (S) group, “300 grams of honey plus 20 grams of instant coffee” in the Honey plus Coffee (HC) group, and “300 grams of honey” for the Honey (H) group. The participants were told to sip 10 ml of the prescribed product, and then swallow it every three hours for one week. Severity of lesions was clinically evaluated before the treatment and also one week after the initiation of the intervention. This study adhered to the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and guidelines of Good Clinical Practice.

Results

This study showed that all three treatment regimens reduce the severity of lesions. The best reduction in severity was achieved in HC group. H group and S group took the second and third places. In other words, honey plus coffee regimen was the most effective modality for the treatment of oral mucositis.

Conclusion

Oral mucositis can be successfully treated by a combination of honey and coffee as an alternative medicine in a short time. Further investigations are warranted in this field.

Trial registration

Iranian Registry of Clinical Trials IRCT: 201104074737N3, (9 May 2011).

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Dr. Simcha Shapiro

Leumit Family Physician

Sabar Home Hospice Care

Jerusalem, Israel

[galit giladi]

nice.

I'll try that.

thank's

galit giladi

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