Three meta-analyses of honey for diabetic foot ulcers from 2019–2023 reported improvements to healing time and rate, pain, and/or length of hospital stay, compared to the usual care.[1][2][3]
A 2016 Cochrane review reported very-low-certainty evidence (only 1 study) that honey was as effective as an antiseptic plus an antibiotic for improving pressure ulcers (bed sores).[4]