Honey may reduce healing times in patients suffering mild to moderate burn wounds. A systematic review by Cochrane Library Researchers concluded that honey might be useful as an alternative to traditional wound dressings in treating burns.
“We’re treating these results with caution, but it looks like honey can help speed up healing in some burns,” says [...]

Since antiquity honey has been used for wound healing of skin injuries.
Honey has been shown in several studies to fight the growth of bacteria responsible for wound infections. In one preliminary study, nine infants with large, open infected wounds that failed to heal with conventional treatment were treated successfully with topical application [...]