Suffering from a wound can be frustrating, especially when medications and topical cremes fail to heal the imperfection fast enough. However, certain everyday foods promote faster wound healing as well as prevent future ailments by improving your overall immune system. By understanding the vitamin and medicinal elements of some natural foods, you can easily aid in your body's healing process.
Honey
Honey is known for a wide variety of health benefits including its high antioxidant content and wound healing ability. According to an article by Dr. Peter Charles Molan, a honey researcher at the University of Waikato in New Zealand, honey has traditionally been used as a topical treatment for infected wounds. Molan writes the substance can even be effective on antibiotic-resistant bacteria strains. Honey is comprised primarily of carbohydrates and water, but includes a large amount of vitamins and minerals, including niacin, riboflavin, pantothenic acid, manganese, phosphorus, calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, potassium and zinc. The sweet substance can also help soothe inflamed throats and provides a natural energy booster.
Mushrooms
Mushrooms have various antibacterial substances that help a body heal. A 2009 article in The American Journal of Surgery reported that one such medicinal mushroom called Sparassis crispa was proven to promote wound healing at a significantly high rate when ingested. Other mushrooms that have high medicinal properties according to, healingmushrooms.com, include Reishi, Maitaki, Chaga and Shiitake mushrooms. However, cooked, fresh mushrooms provide more nutritional and healing benefits than canned mushrooms.
Garlic
Most frequently used as a spice, garlic is considered to be an herb of all trades and a powerful healer of various ailments. Among other things, garlic contains antibiotic, antiparasitic, antiviral and antiprotozoan properties used to treat everything from E. Coli infection to the herpes virus, to open wound sores and even yeast infections. According to an article in East Texas Review, medical research shows the herb also improves conditions such as circulatory, digestive, respiratory and urinary problems.
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