Latest evidence update: 2026-04-15
Strongest in Consistency (83). Held back by Recency (62).
Solid mix of RCTs with some methodological gaps.
Good cross-study replication, some imprecision.
Tens of thousands of participants pooled across studies.
Studies agree on direction of effect.
Healthy mix of recent and established research.
Effect-size tagged on 90 of 92 claims for this food. Our research updates daily; remaining claims are pending re-processing.
Areas where research points to a consistent direction of effect. The strength of evidence is graded; the size of the effect is not quantified.
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Honey mouthwash is more efficacious than chlorhexidine mouthwash in preventing intolerable oral mucositis.
Honey mouthwash is superior to placebo in preventing intolerable oral mucositis in cancer patients.
In the primary random-effects meta-analysis, honey did not differ significantly from pharmacological treatment for most acute pediatric cough endpoints, with high heterogeneity.
In the primary analysis, honey significantly reduced the effect of cough on the child's sleep compared with pharmacological treatment (MD -0.73).
In the honey-versus-dextromethorphan subgroup alone, honey showed significant benefit on two endpoints (exploratory).