Huns tenderizing meat under saddle

[Michael Kerr]

I was reading Otto J. Meanchen-Helfen's book The World of the Huns & he mentioned Ammianus Marcellinus's description of the way the Huns warmed raw meat while on horseback & he mentioned that this theory has been rejected as a misunderstanding of a widespread steppe practice; the Huns are supposed to have used raw meat for preventing & healing the horse's wounds caused by the pressure of the saddle. He did add that at the end of fourteenth century a Bavarian soldier named Hans Schiltberger who probably never heard of Ammianus, reported that the Tartars of the Golden Horde, when they were on a fast journey, “took some meat & cut it into thin slices & put it into a linen cloth & put it under the saddle & rode on it."
While I assume this method probably served both purposes I was wondering if any members who are experts or have some knowledge of horses & injuries they might receive can tell me if the treatment for saddle wounds theory is a possibility. Does raw meat have healing properties for minor wounds as I am not sure if dripping cow blood would aid in fighting an infection & are there any modern examples?
Regards
Michael Kerr