Why honey is effective as a medicine - 2. The scientific explanation of its effects

The effectiveness of honey as a therapeutic agent has been unequivocally de monstrated in the literature reviewed in Part 1 of this article published i n 1999, but the biochemical explanation of these effects is more hypothetic al, However a rational explanation can be seen when one looks at the scient ific literature outside that on honey, Some of the components of honey are substances known to have physiological actions that would explain many of i ts therapeutic effects. in addition, research on honey has shown directly t hat it has physiological actions that would give therapeutic effects.