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Here's Today's Feel-Good Story:
The UK is trialing using a combination of medicinal-grade honey and food-grade vinegar to clean and treat wounds rather than traditional antibiotics or antiseptics and seeing major success.
As far back as Classical Rome and older civilizations have been using the mixture known as oxymel.
“In our survey of pre-modern recipes we noticed a pattern of combining honey and vinegar to wash or dress wounds and swellings, and this inspired us to focus on that combination in our analysis,” said Dr. Erin Connelly, a researcher on the study.