My mare developed a bad stone bruise when I first bought her as a 2yo. The vet pared out a large amount of her sole without me knowing he was doing so( not my vet-long story). My vet and farrier advised putting on a shoe with hospital plate and foot cleaned and packed with surgardine everyday. I was so worried that my lovely mare would be “maimed for life”. Using the sugardine allowed for really quick healing without any infection.
I’ve used it on horses for years. Reading this early in the morning made me wonder if it would work for humans too, and apparently sugar is an old remedy for wound healing that works -
Go figure: there is one good use for sugar after all 
Actually honey was used as a wound dressing since before the Romans. Way before. To this day my Vet recommends unpasteurized honey (available at any health food store) as a topical dressing for burns, minor abrasions and to cure fungal and bacterial infections. You do not need to refrigerate it and it lasts forever. Sticky stuff but VERY effective. You can also take it internally yourself if you wish.
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Go figure, there’s a study that compared the efficacy of honey versus sugar in humans:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=Mphande%20AN
It found honey to work better, but I find sugar easier to work with.
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Actually honey was used as a wound dressing since before the Romans. Way before. To this day my Vet recommends unpasteurized honey (available at any health food store) as a topical dressing for burns, minor abrasions and to cure fungal and bacterial infections. You do not need to refrigerate it and it lasts forever. Sticky stuff but VERY effective. You can also take it internally yourself if you wish.[/QUOTE]
Yes, honey is amazing stuff for abrasions and scrapes. Amelia Boone, two-time winner of the World’s Toughest Mudder race, raved about them on The Tim Ferris Podcast. She uses the pre-made ones from CVS:
http://www.cvs.com/shop/health-medicine/first-aid/first-aid-tape-gauze-pads/cvs-sterile-manuka-honey-latex-free-adhesive-pads-skuid-937404
Great info thank you!
Another vote for MCKEE POWNALL !!
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Another vote for MCKEE POWNALL !!??
Long ago a small animal vet who had been a veterinarian in the Calvary , gave me some sugardine for my horse’s ear plaque. It took care of it rapidly and and no more occurrences. I can’t find the original sugardine. I believe it must have been made with gentle iodine as it was for aural plaque and the inner ear is more sensitive. I will try making some 1% gentle iodine mix. I’d like to confirm this if anyone knows.
For those who have made their own sugardine - how and what did it look like?
I did try making some for another issue (hoof) and when mixing/stirring sugar with iodine or betadine, it was grainy and separated. I did try making a sugar syrup - cooking sugar with water til totally dissolved then mix with iodine which had better consistency.
I make my own. Usually 2 parts betadine (iodine-based surgical scrub) to one part sugar. With iodine instead of betadine, you might need to add more sugar.
I will mix different consistencies for what I need to apply it to. More watery for toughening soles and walls, a bit thicker for treating an abcess and very granular and paste-like consistency for wounds.
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I’ve used it on horses for years. Reading this early in the morning made me wonder if it would work for humans too, and apparently sugar is an old remedy for wound healing that works -
Go figure: there is one good use for sugar after all :)[/QUOTE]
It does work. I use it on myself for certain types of wounds, especially when you have something that just doesn’t seem like it wants to heal. The sugardine usually takes care of it in a day or two.
Bumping for someone.
Thanks for this information.
Looking to hardened my horse’s walls & soles - sounds like can mix this up (more on the thin side) and put it in one of the metal hoof dressing cans, and paint it on?
Yup!
Does anyone know if you can replace granulated sugar with powdered? For use on hooves not in wounds. I thought it would make it more like a paint for easier application
Never tried it!
I used to use this stuff back in the day. Works great.
If you can find one without any cornstarch, I don’t see why not, it’s just finely ground sugar.
But I believe most contain a small amount of cornstarch, and cornstarch increases bacteria growth, so I would be hesitant to use it for fear of it making the paste less effective.
Alternatively, get a grinder or something and pound your own sugar into powdered sugar.
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If you have a good blender (like a Vitamix) you can powder the sugar in that. Not sure it makes a lot of difference once liquid is added, but worth a try just for fun.
