April 30, 2012 — Floral honey as a secondary dressing can promote healing, minimize slough and necrosis, and reduce the affected area of many types of wounds, according to a prospective observational study. click link above
There has been many reports of using medicinal honey for decreased wound healing. These have not been studied in a scientific manner. The linked report gives some evidence of honey in wound healing
There would need to be more studies to establish this to be in the mainstream treatment technique