It is difficult to find a person who does not know about the beneficial properties of honey. The taste of the product is able to satisfy the preferences of even the most sophisticated gourmets.

At the same time, no one even knows about the harmful properties of the delicacy. In the last article titled, I talked about the varieties of honey, how to choose, store and use a delicacy correctly. In this article I will talk about the composition and properties of honey, its usefulness and harm. Let me tell you under what conditions a delicacy can be harmful to health.

Composition of honey

Bee honey is a waste product of the honey bee (digestion of plant nectar). The chemical composition is rich in nutrients for maintaining health and longevity. He contains:

• nutrients;
• trace elements;
• enzymes;
• vitamins;
• antibacterial substances;
• antioxidants.

The delicacy contains vegetable protein, carbohydrates, water. Carbohydrates make up 75% of the volume of other components and are represented by rapidly digestible sugars: glucose, fructose, sucrose. The special value of the delicacy is that fructose prevails over other carbohydrates (more than 60%). This distinguishes honey from the line of products that contain "fast" sugars.

Antioxidants help break down harsh substances - free radicals that contribute to disease and premature aging. Bactericidal and antifungal substances act as natural antibiotics and destroy pathogenic microflora.

Golden nectar is rich in B vitamins (B1, B2, B6), ascorbic and folic acid, provitamin A (carotene), biotin, vitamin K. It contains potassium, magnesium, zinc, lithium, chromium, osmium, zinc, chlorine. The product contains organic acids: lactic, acetic, formic, gluconic, butyric. Surprisingly, the treat contains an insulin-like substance that breaks down fructose in the body without involving the pancreas. This property allows the product to be used for diabetes and pancreatic diseases.

Useful properties of honey

The unique composition of honey was studied in the early 19th century. But the product has long been used in cooking, medicine and cosmetology. In ancient times, our ancestors appreciated it not only for its taste, but also for its healing properties. The product is widely used to prevent and treat diseases of the heart, lungs, bones, digestive tract, gynecological diseases and colds. In the absence of drugs, the treat saved thousands of lives, both adults and children.

In the modern world, golden nectar has not lost its relevance. It is still a favorite delicacy of most people, used in folk and official medicine, the beauty industry and the food industry. In folk recipes, the product is better known as an effective remedy for flu, colds and catarrhal complications (cough, runny nose, sore throat). But the indications for the use of amber nectar are much broader.

If we consider the properties of the honey product, the benefits and harms to the body, then the usefulness of the delicacy far exceeds the possible negative impact on health. If used correctly, the harmful properties of the product can be completely eliminated.

Beneficial features:

• antibacterial and antifungal action;
• strengthening immunity, including against viruses and tumors;
• activation of metabolic processes, breakdown of body fat, maintenance of normal body weight;
• normalization of blood pressure, strengthening of blood vessels and heart function;
• improving the antitoxic function of the liver, normalizing the composition of bile;
• destruction of free radicals, inflammatory mediators, elimination of toxic substances from the body;
• anti-inflammatory effect in diseases of the lungs, upper respiratory tract, urinary tract, eyes and ears;
• increasing the potency and activity of sperm, maintaining fertile function in men and women;
• enveloping and healing effect on the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, oral cavity and nasopharynx;
• increasing the regenerative properties (ability to heal) of the mucous membranes and skin;
• calming effect on the nervous system, normalization of sleep, elimination of anxiety and depression.

Golden nectar is allowed to be consumed by diabetics who adhere to a strict diet without. The exception is cases of decompensated and severe forms of the disease with high blood glucose levels.

Honey-based cosmetic procedures: face masks, hair strengthening, body scrubbing contribute to skin rejuvenation and healing. The use of delicacies in cosmetology is an inexpensive, but effective way that everyone can afford. The versatility and affordability have made honey one of the most popular products.

Honey harm

For many, it will be a real discovery that golden nectar can cause serious harm to health. It should be noted that nectar can have a negative effect in 2 cases. Firstly, when using a poor-quality product containing preservatives and other harmful additives. In such cases, it is necessary to carefully choose honey, buy a treat from bona fide producers, preferably directly from apiaries. I described how to determine the quality of a product in a previous article. Secondly, the harm of honey to the human body occurs when it is misused. More on this.

Like any medicine, golden nectar can bring not only benefits, but also harm health.

1. Heating the nectar to a temperature above 60 degrees promotes the destruction of nutrients and the release of carcinogens that cause the formation of malignant tumors. No need to add honey to boiling water. It can be used with warm drinks: tea, coffee, milk.
2. In some people, nectar components cause individual intolerance, which leads to manifestations of an allergic reaction: skin rash, Quincke's edema, bronchial asthma, less often anaphylactic shock. Before using a treat, especially in children, you should make sure that there is no allergy (give the product to taste in small portions).
3. It is inappropriate to feed children under 2 years of age with nectar, which is associated with undeveloped immunity and a high probability of allergic reactions.

The amount of treats that can be eaten per day should not exceed 150 grams (75 grams in 2 divided doses). It is better to consume no more than 50 grams of the product regularly. In this case, the action of golden nectar will be most effective, with a low risk of developing unwanted effects.

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Honey has entered a person's life since time immemorial, and if you ask any of us what is the benefit of honey for the human body, then hardly anyone will give a detailed answer to this question.

We all just know from birth that honey is useful, period, and we take it for granted! This article will tell you everything, or almost everything about the benefits of honey! Most likely a lot of what you read you did not know before.

Honey is an absolutely amazing product! This is perhaps the only product that does not deteriorate at all. Did not know? And this is exactly so!

Once during excavations in Egypt, archaeologists opened Egyptian burials and found pots of honey there. And with honey of the highest quality, which could be eaten even now.

Over the centuries that it has lain in the ground, it has not lost its healing qualities and has not deteriorated.

The secret of this unique property is due to the fact that honey has a very low percentage of moisture content and a huge percentage of "sweetness", which simply destroys bacteria and microorganisms.

An important role is played by the enzymes that got into honey thanks to bees. Let's take a look at what benefits honey can bring to the human body and what useful properties it has.

Health Benefits of Honey

What is honey? It is the most valuable and healthy food product, which is nectar partially digested in the goiter of a honey bee.

This is literally a whole storehouse of health and the periodic table! In addition, this is the kind of food that refutes the assertion that everything healthy is necessarily tasteless! Well, who can say that honey is tasteless? Plus there is a very gourmet experience. And if you, as they say, become boring with ordinary honey, be sure to try some rare variety of this delicacy.

What is honey made of? It contains about 20% water, about 75% carbohydrates, as well as vitamins B1, B2, B6, K, E, C, etc. In addition, it contains folic acid and carotene (provitamin A).

Any type of honey contains as many as 22 trace elements, and in total, honey contains about 300 different substances. It has literally everything! All elements are so necessary for the human body for proper and full functioning.

By its taste and nutritional qualities, honey is fundamentally different from other sweet substances, for example, from sugar. In what way is honey superior to it?

In terms of calorie content, they are approximately the same, but sugar contains sucrose. It is poorly absorbed by the human body, it can accumulate in it, eventually turning into fructose and glucose. The result of this accumulation is the person gaining excess weight.

In honey, however, there is no such drawback at all! No matter how much you eat it, you will not gain even 100 grams.

Well, I was able to convince you of the benefits of honey? If so, be sure to include it in your diet. Well, if only you are not allergic to it. The benefits of honey for the human body are simply enormous!

According to ancient legend, even the Egyptian queen Cleopatra (I'm sure you know who it is) maintained her defiant beauty and youth with the help of honey. And how are we worse than her? We adopt honey masks, honey massage and go ahead, to beauty and youth!

The benefits of honey for women

The benefits of honey for women are even more obvious than for men, since it is women who are accustomed to looking after their figure, skin condition, etc. Most men are far from this. So we will consider the benefits of honey exclusively from the female side. So how can he help us?

First of all, this is using it during weight loss and all kinds of diets! I am often asked whether it is possible to use honey while losing weight?

As much as possible, and even necessary! I'll tell you a real story. Once, scientists conducted a small experiment on 2 groups of women who were losing weight.

The first group consumed honey while losing weight, and the second did not eat anything sweet at all! Guess what the result was?

The group of women who ate honey lost weight much faster and more efficiently than the first! As a result of this experiment, scientists have identified the benefits that honey has for losing weight. So he:

1. Cleans the body of toxins, toxins and other foreign rubbish that accumulates in our body
2. Normalizes the function of the gastrointestinal tract
3. Improves brain activity
4. Improves sleep
5. Eliminates fatigue, the effects of stress
6. Relieves the need for sweets

Honey is that sweet product that can not only be consumed by losing weight, but also which at the same time kills the desire to eat sweets in general! And you can't take advantage of this, knowing that most women have a terrible sweet tooth, it's just stupid.

Some tips for using honey for women looking to lose weight

For the best effect, combine honey with cottage cheese, porridge, wholemeal bread, unsweetened fruits, vegetables like pumpkin.

You can use honey with tea, but there is one nuance here. Honey cannot be stolen into a cup, otherwise it will lose its beneficial properties. It is best to drink tea, which is called a bite.

The maximum daily intake of honey should not exceed 80 grams. This is about 5 teaspoons per day. This amount is quite enough to saturate your body with everything it needs.

Get in the habit of drinking 1 glass of so-called honey water in the morning and evening. Prepare it like this:

• In a glass of warm, but not hot, boiled water, you need to dilute 1 teaspoon of honey and add lemon juice there.

If you consume such a drink regularly, then it is able to normalize appetite, remove toxins from the body, and saturate it with all the necessary trace elements and vitamins. In addition, the immune system will noticeably strengthen, which is especially important in autumn and winter, during the period of the general flu and when most people lack vitamins.

Bee honey is a medicine that is both ancient and modern. Despite the thousand-year tradition of observation, for many people the beneficial effects and benefits of honey for the body is a mystery, and its use is a matter of taste.

Increasingly, a huge selection in retail chains, markets and fairs is the result of a well-organized advertising campaign, and a really high-quality product can only be found by acquaintance, from a "trusted" beekeeper.

The benefits and harms of honey collected by bees have nothing to do with synthetic and "intricate" varieties that can be offered to ignorant buyers under the guise of a "cure for all diseases."

Only real honey collected by bees can have healing properties, prolong youth and improve health: it is known that beekeepers and their relatives prevail among centenarians over 100 years.

Only the honey that is collected in the native region will bring true benefits to the body. How not to be mistaken? Let's start with the fact that there are varieties that are positioned as, for example, "Bashkir honey" that cannot be produced on the territory of this republic (chestnut, acacia, angelica, buckwheat). This is followed by honey products with an "exotic" accent, the origin of which is highly questionable in our country (camel thorn, eucalyptus). But there are also such "miraculous" species that cannot be found in nature, for example, ginseng, celandine, boar uterus, hazel, rose hips, agape, juniper, Far Eastern lotus, etc. Unscrupulous traders “attribute” the medicinal properties of medicinal plants to such varieties of “honey”. This is how specialized products “for the liver”, “for the heart” and many others appear - for almost all diseases. Moreover, this has already become a kind of tradition - at any honey fair, wherever it is organized, wide showcases with buckets of "honey" are necessarily decorated with informative tablets describing the healing properties of these "achievements" of pseudo-beekeeping.

What is honey?

In order to be able to figure out how honey is useful, you need to get an idea of \u200b\u200bwhat kind of product it is, how it is produced, what are the features of its use.

• Honey is a sweet sticky product collected and partially processed by honey bees.
• Honey is a combination of carbohydrates (glucose, fructose, maltose, sucrose, etc.), pollen and water, which is from 13 to 20% and actually affects the density of this sweet nectar.
• Flower honey obtained from a particular plant is called monofloral, while the pollen content of this plant in the final product, according to the current GOST, must be at least 46%. Only such a product can be called, for example, linden, buckwheat.
• The nectar collected from a wide variety of plants turns into polyfloral honey (mixed, floral, herbal).
• Bee honey is a fairly high-calorie product (330 kcal), therefore, adults are recommended to consume 100-150 g of this delicacy per day, and children up to 50 g.

Tip: When buying this medicinal delicacy, you should ask the seller if there are protocols for analyzing the pollen content in honey for each type of product - this way you can catch unscrupulous traders or find a really high-quality product.

Honey is the best friend and healer

The main useful property of honey is to improve metabolism in the body, break down "excess" fat, prevent its deposition in the "problem" areas of the figure. It is on this feature that all the other healing qualities are based - to help with diseases, strengthen immunity, and promote weight loss. What exactly is honey useful for?

• This sweet product contains almost the same trace elements as human blood, so it is useful for anemia.
• Vitamins, organic acids, biogenic stimulants, which natural honey is rich in, have a beneficial effect on the vital functions of the body: bactericidal effect, restoration of strength, reduction of pain, counteraction to colds and inflammatory diseases, rejuvenation of the skin, internal organs and systems.

Features and contraindications

The use of honey is a subtle and individual process. He can harm the body only if there are contraindications to the use of honey:

• there is an allergy to pollen and, therefore, to all beekeeping products;
• abuse a sweet treat, for example, with diabetes;
• the product is initially of poor quality, for example, containing mechanical or biological impurities and allergens, overheated in the sun, fermented due to non-compliance with storage conditions;
• bees created "poisonous" honey (another name - "drunken").

Warning: Honey can be harmful to teeth, like anything sweet. If you are prone to tooth decay and other dental problems, rinse your mouth with water after consuming honey.

The benefits of certain types of honey

The use of this useful delicacy for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes can help to solve several problems at once, since the key effect of honey on the body is to restore the normal course of metabolic processes. Various types of honey do not have a clear therapeutic specialization, there are individual characteristics and recommendations, so you can focus on your own taste preferences - after all, the treatment should be tasty.

What is the healthiest honey? Traditional medicine recommends honey from herbs - meadow, forest, mountain, steppe, etc. as the most multicomponent, with a wide spectrum of therapeutic action. This sweet nectar is collected by bees from dozens or even hundreds of plants, including many medicinal ones. In addition, dark honey is extremely useful, containing more iron, copper, manganese than light honey.

Honey as a dietary product

Losing weight with honey is a fairly popular, useful and simple way to tidy up not only the figure, but the entire body as a whole. Here are several options for the "honey" diet.

Recipe 1.1 tbsp. stir honey in 200 ml of warm drinking water. Take on an empty stomach (especially useful in the morning!), In the afternoon for 20 minutes. before meals. All other sweets are excluded. It is advisable during this period not to eat flour, fatty, semi-finished products, to establish a drinking regimen - so it will be easier for the body to readjust to a "healthy way", and the course of losing weight on honey will be more effective. It is recommended to conduct such a course for up to three months.

Recipe 2. Add lemon juice (1 tbsp) or grated ginger (0.2 tsp) to honey water prepared according to the previous recipe. You need to be guided by your taste and individual preferences, since with a pleasant drink there will be a completely different motivation to achieve an ideal figure. Take also on an empty stomach, but not the same number of glasses every day, but gradually increasing the daily dose to a volume of 2.5-3 liters.

The beneficial effects of honey on the human body is diverse. However, in many respects, its effect on physiological processes has not yet been adequately studied. The following is reliably known:

honey is an excellent high-calorie food product (100 g of honey gives about 350 kcal). Delicious and aromatic in itself, it improves the taste of food;

well absorbed and absorbed. Easier to digest in the body than ordinary sugar, honey is a very valuable dietary product;

has a double effect on appetite: it enhances the weakened one, inhibits the increased one. It also acts in two ways on the secretory function of the stomach: either increases it or decreases it, depending on the method and conditions of use;

has a normalizing and laxative effect on the intestines with sluggish peristalsis and constipation, especially in combination with wheat bran;

after suffering some infectious diseases (dysentery, salmonellosis, etc.) and treatment with appropriate antibiotics in the patient's intestines, as a rule, the balance between normal microflora naturally coexisting with humans and random bacteria unfavorable for the body is disturbed: dysbacteriosis occurs. The use of honey in combination with acidophilic milk and other fermented milk products helps to restore the normal state of the intestinal microflora. This normalizing effect of honey can be used in fermentative and putrefactive processes in the intestines, which cause excessive gas formation and bloating. Combination of honey with such drugs as colibacterin, bifikol, bifidum-bacterin, lactobacterin is especially effective for dysbiosis;

the rapid absorption of honey in the intestines and entry into the liver provide stimulation of its various functions, has a beneficial effect on the cardiovascular and nervous systems;

marked increase in metabolic processes, a tangible increase in muscle performance and contractile activity of the heart with a regular daily intake of 100-150 g of honey instead of sugar;

anti-toxic effect of honey catalase, which neutralizes hydrogen peroxide, which is formed in the human body as a result of exposure to various adverse factors: bacterial and viral diseases, sudden changes in the weather, stress, overwork, etc. Hydrogen peroxide, lingering in liver cells and erythrocytes, disrupts their vital functions ; according to many scientists, regular intake of honey contributes not only to good health and performance, but also to the preservation of youth, prolongation of life;

in different countries honey is traditionally used as an antidote for poisoning with plant, animal and mineral poisons. In folk medicine, a few spoons of honey with cold water or warm tea are used as an antidote for snake and rabid dog bites, for food poisoning;

natural bee honey also has strong antimicrobial properties, sometimes even stronger than antibiotics. A 9-10% solution of honey kills many microbes within 24-48 hours. The nature of these properties is interpreted in different ways: sugars, organic acids, enzymes - inhibin and glucose oxidase. In honey there are antibiotics - phytoncides, inhibiting the reproduction of some pyogenic bacteria, in particular staphylococci and streptococci, as well as some protozoa - pathogens of Trichomonas diseases. These substances are easily destroyed when honey is stored in the sun and when heated. But, despite this, pathogenic or conditionally pathogenic microorganisms for humans - pathogens of foodborne toxicoinfections - salmonella and proteus can survive in honey; in Egypt, Syria and Ancient Greece, the anti-microbial properties of honey were used together with wax for embalming. Thanks to honey alone, the body of Alexander the Great was preserved for more than 300 years. And in the Egyptian pyramids near the city of Giza, a well-preserved body of an 800-year-old baby was found in a vessel with honey;

honey has been successfully used and is currently used for the preservation of various plant and animal food products, such as butter. To do this, put the oil tightly in a clean glass jar, lubricated with honey inside, and fill it with honey with a layer of 2-3 cm. Under such conditions, the oil can be stored for up to 6 months even at a temperature of + 20 ° C. Other foods can be preserved in a similar manner. The ancient Romans preserved roots, flowers, seeds, meat, and even rare game brought from distant conquered countries with honey. The Arabs even now, in our days, to protect meat from decay, preserve it in honey;

also revealed a beneficial stimulating effect of honey, or rather, its biogenic stimulants, on general well-being, mental and physical performance of a person, since honey promotes the expansion of the vessels of the brain and heart, thereby improving the activity of the nervous and endocrine systems. This effect of honey is enhanced by microelements and biogenic stimulants, activating, according to Academician Filatov, the activity of tissue respiration enzymes and increasing the overall vitality of the body.

In addition, the biological activity of honey has been established; growth substances - bios, or growth factor - have been found in it. So, if the cut branches of trees are treated with a solution of honey and then planted in the ground, then they quickly take root. An aqueous solution of honey gives life to plucked branches of jasmine, thuja, maple, boxwood and other plants. Growth substances stimulate the growth of healthy cells in human and animal tissues, enhance their reproduction. They do not cause the growth of malignant cells.

Before using this or that recipe, you need to know about some subtleties when choosing honey.

How to determine if you are buying quality honey? Ask the seller for a quality certificate issued by the laboratory. In this certificate, pay attention to the diastase number (this is an enzyme that bees secrete to break down starch). For acacia honey it cannot be less than 7, for spring honey - 13, buckwheat honey has a diastase of about 24-39. If they are trying to sell you heated honey, then the number will be much less. Also pay attention to humidity on the certificate. It should not exceed 21%.

You may be offered honey collected by bees not from flowers, but from sugar syrup. Naturally, such honey cannot be called useful.

It is often thought that if honey is candied, it means that it has become old and you should not expect any benefit from it. This is not entirely true. The fact is that honey has practically no time limit. It is known, for example, that even the honey that was found in the tombs of the Egyptian pharaohs retained its qualities.

When using honey, you need to know that it loses its healing properties when heated. Already at 50 degrees in a sweet product, all useful substances are destroyed - enzymes, vitamins. Therefore, remember before drinking hot tea with honey that it will be useful if the water temperature is not higher than 40 degrees.

Another point to consider when treating with honey. Many consider this product to be low in calories and use it instead of sugar. Of course, honey is better suited for our body as an energy source. But let's compare. 100 grams of honey contains 330 calories. And in 100 grams of sugar - 390. Not such a big difference.

Benefits of honey:

alkalizing effect when used internally, providing optimal conditions for antitoxic liver function;

bactericidal action against some pyogenic bacteria: staphylococci, streptococci and some of the simplest causative agents of diseases of the mucous membranes;

anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic action;

preservative effect in relation to various substances of plant and animal origin;

the presence of a growth factor that enhances the multiplication of healthy cells;

improvement of well-being;

increased appetite and improved absorption of food.

The most common treatments are:

taking undiluted and drinking with warm water, tea, coffee, milk, yogurt or mixed with other food products;

oral administration in the form of solutions of different concentrations (10-20%);

ionogalvanization - electrophoresis of a 50% solution through the skin from the anode;

the introduction of solutions of different concentrations through the thin (duodenal) and large (gastric) probes into the stomach, duodenum and intestines;

inhalation of solutions using inhalers or improvised means;

rinsing the mouth and nasopharynx with a 10-20-30% solution;

instillation in the eyes and nose of a 30% solution;

douching and irrigation of the mucous membranes of the vagina with a 10-20-30% solution;

the imposition of cotton and gauze tampons dipped in liquid honey or its 50% solution;

bandaging the wound surface;

lubrication of the skin, nasal mucosa and lips;

taking honey with medicinal plants, antibiotics in order to enhance their action, for example, in the treatment of dysentery, etc.

Doses

When prescribing honey treatment, a strictly individual approach to each patient is needed, the selection of the appropriate type of honey and its strict individual dosage ("And honey is sweet, but not two tablespoons in your mouth") in order to avoid the adverse effect of a large amount of easily digestible carbohydrates on the autonomic nervous system and the general metabolism.

It is necessary to dwell separately on the medicinal dose of honey and general indications for its use, since depending on the time of intake, on the temperature of the water in which honey is dissolved before use, the dose of honey can act on the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines in a different and even opposite way.

The daily dose for an adult is determined on average from 80 to 120 g (200 g - for peptic ulcer disease). For children, the daily dose of honey is set from 30 to 60 g. There are instructions to determine the daily therapeutic dose of honey at the rate of 1-2 g of honey per 1 kg of patient weight. An increase in the daily dose in excess of the established one is harmful, especially with diseases of the pancreas, obesity, etc. In the case of taking honey, especially its maximum doses, other sweets should be excluded from the diet. Like all herbal medicines - honey is classified as a natural herbal medicine - it is used 3 times a day for an average of 30-60 g. For better orientation, you need to keep in mind that one tablespoon holds about 20-25 g of honey.

A general indication for the use of medotherapy is usually unsuccessful or ineffective treatment of diseases by conventional methods, or honey is taken in order to increase the effectiveness of the complex drug treatment prescribed for a given disease, that is, honey is taken in combination with drugs to enhance their pharmacological action. The pharmacological healing effect of honey is facilitated by well-studied components of honey, bioelements, vitamins, biocatalysts-enzymes, potassium, sodium, calcium, manganese, copper, iron, fructose, phytoncides and other substances. But any appointment of honey as a medicine is carried out only by a doctor after questioning the patient about the tolerance of honey. The use of medical treatment at the initiative of a doctor should be carried out only after obtaining the consent of the patient. Medotherapy prescribed on the initiative of the patient does not remove the doctor's responsibility for the outcome of treatment.

And here are the recipes themselves, with which our grandparents were treated.

From colds

Squeeze the juice of 1 lemon. Add 100 g of honey. Take before bed. Drink with warm tea.

Horseradish juice and honey in equal proportions, mix and take 1 tbsp. l. in the morning and in the evening.

Add 1 tsp to a decoction of chamomile (for 200 g of water, 1 tbsp. L. Dried flowers). honey. Gargle with this broth. You can also mix honey with sage or mint decoction.

1 tbsp. l. mix fresh garlic gruel with 1 tbsp. l. honey. Take before bed. Drink with warm water.

Rub the whole body with honey and salt and take a good steam bath.

At night, drink 1 glass of tea with 2 tsp. honey, wrap myself up and sweat.

Mix honey in half with cranberry juice. Drink 1/2 cup 3 times a day.

From cough

Cut a funnel in black radish, add 1 tbsp. l. honey. After a while, the radish juice will mix with honey. The resulting infusion can be taken in 2 tbsp. l. 20 minutes before meals, 3-4 times a day.

Grate 1 onion, 1 apple. Add the same amount of honey, mix and take 1 tsp. 5-6 times a day.

With bronchitis

Mix 0.5 kg of chopped onions, 50 g of honey, 400 g of sugar, pour 1 liter of water and put on fire. Cook for 3 hours over low heat. Cool, take 4 times a day for 1 tbsp. l.

Mix 1 tbsp. l. honey, 30 g lard, 1 tbsp. l. hot milk. Take 3 times a day.

Grate the radish, squeeze out the juice and mix it with honey. Take 2 tbsp. l. 20 minutes before meals 3-4 times a day.

Mix 1 tbsp. l. sunflower oil, honey and brandy (vodka). Heat the mixture while stirring for steam, but do not boil. Take in one go (in one gulp) and immediately go to bed under the covers.

A clove of garlic and 1 tsp. mix honey and eat, chewing thoroughly. Repeat 3 times a day.

With bronchial asthma

Thoroughly knead 1 tbsp. l. viburnum berries and pour them with 1 glass of warm boiled water, stirring in it 1 tbsp. l. honey. Bring to a boil, cook over low heat for 20 minutes, mix thoroughly and strain. Use this portion completely during the day, taking 1 tbsp. l. every 1.5-2 hours. For asthmatics prone to hypertension, it is better to take juice from fresh viburnum berries, 1 tbsp. l. 8 times a day.

With whooping cough

Mix 50 g of garlic and 20 g of dry chopped thyme herb, pour 0.5 l of water, cook in a covered bowl over low heat until the liquid evaporates by half. Strain, add 200 g of honey, preheated with steam, and 200 g of sugar.

Mix everything well. Take this pleasant syrup for whooping cough in 1 tsp. after meal.

For diseases of the digestive system

At present, many authors report on the effectiveness of honey as a therapeutic and dietary agent in the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases (honey as such or together with medicines). And it is no coincidence that in folk medicine it is said that "honey is the stomach's best friend."

As a rule, with gastritis, in the first place, the secretory and motor functions of the stomach are disturbed, the amount and acidity of gastric juice decreases (sometimes to a complete absence) or increases. Bee honey has a normalizing effect on these functions, including on the inflamed gastric mucosa and appetite: it enhances a weakened appetite, while an increased one inhibits it.

In chronic gastritis with low secretory function and low acidity, usually accompanied by some anemia and exhaustion of patients, honey, preferably buckwheat, herbal honey, with mint, thyme, oregano, is taken 3 times a day 15-20 minutes before meals, 30- 60 g in a glass of boiled cold water, drink the solution quickly. In this form, honey more strongly stimulates the motor and secretory functions of the stomach and intestines, promotes the secretion of gastric juice, and increases its acidity. In addition, honey helps restore appetite and improve digestion in general, which is very important for such patients.

If the accepted type of honey has an irritating effect on the gastric mucosa, it must be replaced with another type that is more easily tolerated by the body.

The described technique can be used to treat chronic atrophic gastritis with zero acidity. Here you can take a solution of honey and with meals, along with dishes of the appropriate diet.

With low acidity of gastric juice, you can take horseradish or black radish juice with honey in a 1: 1 ratio. The mixture is taken 1 teaspoon 3 times a day 20 minutes before meals; it is impossible - with acute nephritis, pancreatitis, cholecystitis, peptic ulcer.

For gastritis with increased secretory function and high acidity, honey is recommended to be taken 1-2 hours before meals 3 times a day, preferably 30 g for breakfast and dinner and 40 g for lunch in a glass of warm water (drink slowly, in small sips). It is in this form that honey is better absorbed, less irritating to the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines, relieves pain attacks faster, helps to thin mucus, reduces the acidity of gastric juice and improves appetite. The use of honey with a warm decoction of the corresponding herbs is very effective. However, it should be borne in mind that in some people with increased stomach acidity, honey eaten on an empty stomach causes heartburn. To avoid it, honey is best added to porridge, cottage cheese, milk or tea; you can take it with baking soda or almagel.

There are recommendations of traditional medicine for chronic gastritis to take honey with aloe. To do this, wash 3-5-year-old shoots of aloe, grind and mix with honey in a 1: 1 ratio of about 1 tbsp. spoon of both, the mixture should be taken 1 teaspoon half an hour before meals 2 times a day with low acidity and 45 minutes before meals with high acidity. The course of treatment is 2-4 weeks. If necessary, and this is determined by the doctor, the course of treatment can be repeated. It must be remembered that aloe juice is a biogenic stimulant that accelerates the growth of cells, including malignant neoplasms. Therefore, unauthorized prolonged and indiscriminate use of aloe juice is unacceptable. In addition, there are contraindications to its use: high blood pressure, pregnancy, polyps and fibrous formations.

In chronic gastritis with a preserved secretory function and normal acidity, honey is taken in the same doses as for the aforementioned gastritis 3 times a day 45 minutes before meals in a glass of water at room temperature. As a rule, the course of treatment with honey for patients with chronic gastritis is 1-2 months. If necessary, and, of course, with the obligatory agreement with the attending physician, the course of treatment can be repeated.

In old Russian clinics for chronic gastritis with low and normal secretion of gastric juice, plantain juice with honey is recommended: 500 g of honey is mixed with 500 g of plantain juice and boiled over low heat for 20 minutes. Chilled juice is taken before meals for a tablespoon 3 times a day. By the way, this mixture, warm, is also used in the treatment of whooping cough, acute and chronic bronchitis as an expectorant and emollient.

There are many examples, both in folk and modern scientific medicine, of the successful use of honey in the treatment of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer.

The problem of radical treatment of peptic ulcer disease is very relevant, since this disease does not tend to decrease. In case of peptic ulcer, honey has a multifaceted effect: low radioactivity, biological stimulants and antimicrobial substances contained in it stimulate the regenerative capacity of cells, have a wound healing effect, and by reducing irritation of nerve endings in the mucous membrane of the stomach and duodenum, honey also has some pain relieving, enveloping act. All this in a complex and promotes faster healing of the ulcer. This is the local action of honey. In addition, honey also has a general strengthening effect, which applies primarily to the nervous system, which plays an important role in both the onset and maintenance of this disease.

In case of peptic ulcer disease, honey (its dose is increased to 200 g) is recommended to be dissolved in a glass of boiled warm water and taken 1.5-2 hours before breakfast in a dose of 30 to 60 g, 1.5-2 hours before lunch in a dose of 40 to 80 g and 2-3 hours after a light dinner at a dose of 30-60 g. Patients with peptic ulcer disease with reduced gastric secretory function and low acidity should take honey 5-10 minutes before meals.

In its warm form, honey promotes faster pain relief, elimination of nausea and heartburn, normalization of gastric acid secretion, and its acidity. The course of treatment with honey - as in gastritis - 1-2 months. By agreement with the doctor, honey can be combined with medications.

Professor F.K. Menshikov proposes the following treatment regimen for gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer: divide the daily dose of honey (400-600 g) into 3 parts, and take each part 3 times a day on an empty stomach in a heated form; for this, a vessel with honey is placed in hot water with a temperature of no more than 50 ° C for 5-10 minutes before use. The course of treatment is 15-20 days.

Peptic ulcer disease is also treated in the old folk way. Its essence is to take 2 tbsp. tablespoons of liquid honey 1 time per day on an empty stomach, usually late at night, the crystallized honey is dissolved in a water bath. In folk and modern scientific medicine, honey treatment is widely used for liver diseases, hepatitis of various etiologies, including epidemic ones. As a rule, in these diseases, many physiological functions of the liver are disrupted, primarily the neutralizing, antitoxic function. After all, the liver is a filter through which bacterial and chemical poisons pass.

The above characteristic of honey as a remedy allows us to recommend its use for these diseases. The bactericidal factors of honey - phytoncides and glucose oxidase - suppress the putrefactive flora of the intestine, catalase neutralizes hydrogen peroxide that lingers in the liver and damages it, fructose ensures the formation of glycogen - the main energy material of the liver; trace elements, which are rich in medicinal honey, create optimal conditions for the performance of the functions of this, in the words of IP Pavlov, "the vigilant guardian of the body."

The following facts testify to the importance of trace elements for the vital functions of the liver. In the liver of healthy people who died from injuries, 15 trace elements were found. Among them are aluminum, manganese, cobalt, copper, zinc, which are part of tissue respiration enzymes. No trace elements were found in the liver of those who died from severe infections, the body exhausted them in the struggle for life.

The complex of the above biological substances of honey promotes the activation of all processes occurring in the liver, especially the increase of its antitoxic function, including with degenerative changes - cirrhosis.

During medical treatment of patients with liver diseases, long and strict adherence to the "liver" diet No. 5 generally accepted in our country according to the nomenclature of diets of the Institute of Nutrition of the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences is mandatory. Honey complements this diet. It is given 3 times a day for 20 g (approximately 1 tablespoon) along with food

- cereals, vegetables, cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.

- or before meals in the form of a 10% solution: 1 tbsp. spoon for 1 glass of warm boiled water. Drink in small sips. The course of treatment is up to 3 months. and more. Such patients benefit from taking 30 g of honey in combination with pollen - 0.8 g and royal jelly - 0.05 g - 2 times a day.

Diet and honey, preferably lime, mint, together create favorable conditions for the restoration of the normal state of the liver and prevent the development of cirrhosis. It is absolutely necessary to provide the diet with a large amount of essential vitamins: A, B, C, etc. Some researchers consider it useful to increase the detoxifying function of the liver before operations in the abdominal cavity, with infectious jaundice (epidemic hepatitis), as well as taking honey in the morning for therapeutic and prophylactic purposes. and in the evening, 1 teaspoon in half a glass of apple juice, which, with its acidity, contributes to a greater manifestation of the antimicrobial properties of honey.

There are no studies on the use of honey for chronic cholecystitis and pancreatitis, although their validity and necessity is obvious. For example, here are some considerations about the advisability of medotherapy for pancreatitis. 11 trace elements were found in the tissue of the pancreas. Among them, such as iodine, cobalt, manganese, copper, zinc. With pancreatitis, poor tolerance of many foods is noted, in particular, cabbage, beets, legumes. This is due to the depletion of the body in vital chemicals. Their deficiency is replenished with honey trace elements. But it should be taken only in the absence of contraindications: intolerance, pre-diabetes (sugar in the urine), etc.

In the treatment of diseases of the liver, gallbladder, spleen in folk medicine, the following composition is recommended: mix a glass of honey and a glass of black radish juice, take 1/2 cup 3 times a day. The systematic use of honey for these diseases prevents the formation of stones in the gallbladder, improves the processes of tissue metabolism.

At the same time, honey has a beneficial effect on the digestion processes in the intestines.

For diseases of the intestines, in particular, enteritis and colitis, honey has found limited use, since the bactericidal and anti-inflammatory properties of honey did not give a positive effect here. Honey, passing through the stomach, duodenum and being exposed to digestive juices and enzymes, loses its antimicrobial properties. When directly injected into the stomach, duodenum and intestines through a probe, honey, its solutions of various concentrations due to the presence of bactericidal substances in it - phytoncides, glucose oxidase, bend - noticeably suppresses the pathogenic and putrefactive intestinal microflora.

For spastic colitis of nervous origin, accompanied by constipation, honey, preferably chestnut, mint or oregano, should be taken up to 3 months. 3 times a day in natural form or in the form of a thick aqueous solution, 1 tbsp. spoon 2 hours before meals or 3-4 hours after meals, but before that you need to take half a glass of boiled ordinary water with baking soda (half a teaspoon) or half a glass of alkaline mineral water "Essentuki" No. 4, 17, "Borjomi", etc. for some neutralization of acidic gastric juice, which reduces the antimicrobial properties of honey.

For the treatment of inflammatory processes in the lower parts of the large intestine (rectitis, proctitis, hemorrhoids, cracks, ulcers and erosion in the rectum), gauze and cotton swabs soaked in liquid honey or in its 50% aqueous solution are used. Put microclysters with honey or Konkov's ointment, containing mainly: honey 34 g and fish oil 64 g. Also injected into the intestine through a thick probe 50-100 ml of 50% aqueous solution of honey.

Due to the large amount of sugars and organic acids, honey also has a laxative effect, stimulates intestinal peristalsis, which is used for lethargy and constipation. In these conditions, it is recommended to take orally from 60 to 100 g of honey at a time, or divide this dose into 2 doses. It is better to take honey with apple juice or cold water on an empty stomach or at night. You can also put an enema with honey: 10-100 g of pure honey or its 50% aqueous solution.

The laxative effect of honey, which plays the role of a chemical factor, is especially enhanced when combined with a decoction of wheat bran, which plays the role of a mechanical factor. 2 tbsp. boil bran spoons in one glass of water for 5-10 minutes, cool and add 1-2 tbsp. spoons of honey. The mixture should be taken on an empty stomach early in the morning or in the evening before bedtime. For these purposes, you can recommend in the morning on an empty stomach and in the evening before bedtime a mixture of honey and horseradish juice in a ratio of 1: 1, 15-20 g.

For bowel diseases, the following composition is also recommended as a mild laxative for constipation: 2 tbsp. spoons of honey, 100 g of mashed boiled food beets and 2 tbsp. tablespoons of vegetable oil mix and divide into 2 parts: one part is taken on an empty stomach, washed down with 1/2 glass of cold water, the second part is taken before bedtime, washed down with warm water. This composition also has choleretic properties, so it is used for tyubazh - blind probing. To do this, the whole mixture is taken immediately, washed down with a glass of heated alkaline water: "Essentuki" No. 4, "Borzhomi", "Smirnovskaya", "Slavyanovskaya", "Istisu", "Izhevskaya", "Sairme", "Novoizhevskaya", "Berezovskaya" , lie on the right side, after 10-20 minutes they drink another glass of warm mineral water, apply a warm heating pad to the right side and lie for 1 hour. For a course of treatment, 5 such tubes, after 2-3 months. the course of treatment can be repeated. Tubage is done 1-2 times a week, depending on the patient's condition.

It works well for constipation and a special mixture. To prepare it, you need to take in equal proportions (for example, 100 g each) dried prunes, dried apricots, figs, rinse, pour over with boiling water and pass through a meat grinder. Add 100 g of honey and 5-7 g of Alexandrian leaf (senna), mix everything thoroughly, put in a clean glass jar and store in the refrigerator. One tablespoon of the mixture, diluted in half a glass of cold water, is taken daily at bedtime.

It is well known that intestinal diseases: enteritis, colitis and enterocolitis of infectious origin, as a rule, can be successfully treated with appropriate antibiotics, sulfa drugs and diet. But often after treatment, due to the fact that antibiotics and sulfonamides kill not only pathogenic microbes, but also the normal intestinal microflora, dysbiosis occurs. And with disruption of the vital activity of the normal intestinal microflora, poisonous, harmful substances are formed.

Restoration of the normal state of the intestinal microflora is usually carried out by taking colibacterin, lactobacterin, bificol, bifi-dumbacterin and other bacterial preparations. If you take these drugs with honey (1 tbsp. Spoon), then the normalization of digestion and the composition of the intestinal microflora occurs much faster. For the same purposes, a combination of honey with acidophilic milk or acidophilic paste (500-800 g each) is also used.

Traditional medicine for spastic constipation recommends a mixture of honey and pumpkin pulp, pumpkin porridge or boiled pumpkin with honey. Honey with pumpkin seeds is also recommended as an anthelmintic.

In the treatment of diseases of the gallbladder and biliary tract, it is recommended to use fried corn cobs with honey.

Sometimes the question is asked: "Is it possible to use honey every day?" Can. Daily moderate consumption of honey, 30-60-100 g instead of sugar and other sweets, has a beneficial effect on the stomach and intestines, contributes to their normal functioning, and acts regulating their motor and secretory functions.

Observations have shown that the most pleasant and healthy drink turned out to be a 7-day honey infusion of kombucha, which contained 5% honey, 5% sugar and was enriched with vitamins B1 and C. It well regulates the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, suppresses putrefactive and pathogenic intestinal microflora , increases the protective properties of the body. Kombucha infusion can be consumed throughout life. It is very useful for children who are advised to drink it instead of soda and kvass. In case of stomach diseases with high acidity, the infusion of the mushroom should be consumed with soda or alkaline mineral waters "Essentuki" No. 4, 17, "Borzhomi", "Slavyanovskaya", "Smirnovskaya" and others. People suffering from chronic diseases of the intestines, liver and biliary tract, after taking this drink, it is recommended to lie on your right side and lie down for 20 minutes. You need to take it for at least 2 months under compulsory medical supervision.

In addition to information about the use of honey in the nutrition of an infant, the medical literature also contains instructions on the treatment with honey (in the absence of allergies) of eating disorders in infants and premature infants (dyspepsia, dystrophy), especially "artificial" ones, and their number, according to the Institute of Nutrition Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, has recently increased and already reaches about 50% of newborns. In childhood, often due to the absence or lack of the enzyme invertase, which is necessary for the breakdown of complex carbohydrates in the intestine, digestive disorders appear, accompanied by pain (colic). Daily addition of 2-3 teaspoons of honey containing this enzyme to a mixture of cow's or goat's milk with slimy rice broth instead of sugar makes it easier to digest milk casein proteins, turning them into small flakes; fats and carbohydrates; prevents the appearance of constipation and abnormal putrefactive fermentation in the intestines of the child, as a rule, arising from the use of ordinary sugar - sucrose; has an analgesic effect.

The advantage of honey over other food products, in addition to its rich chemical composition, is that honey is better tolerated by children than sugar, and its high calorie content allows you to enter a large number of calories in a small amount of food, which is very important for preterm babies deprived of appetite. for whom weight gain is vital. In addition, the excellent digestibility of the mixtures is noted, the number of erythrocytes increases, the usually disturbed state of the intestinal microflora is normalized, digestion occurs without much stress on the digestive system, due to which food leaves the stomach of an infant in a short time.

The addition of honey, especially buckwheat, to cow's milk or infant formula is indicated for delayed growth and development, hypochromic anemia (anemia with a lack of iron in the blood, as well as in case of vomiting in infants, constipation, and intestinal infectious diseases. prescribe during treatment simultaneously with medicines 30-60 g of honey, since it was found that dysentery bacilli die faster in this case than when treated with only medications. The activity of intestinal microflora, in particular, lactic acid bacteria, is normalized: unfavorable conditions are created (acidic Wednesday), and the sticks die.When constipation in children 5-8 years old honey is given 1 dessert spoon before bedtime in 1/2 glass of warm milk.Due to the fact that many children often have food allergies, it should only be used after consulting a child's doctor, as honey for some children, along with eggs, strawberries and chocolate, is an allergen.

With a stomach ulcer

Dissolve 2 tsp in a glass of boiled water. honey and drink 2 hours before or 3 hours after meals. Take 3 times a day. The daily dose of honey is no more than 3 tbsp. l. (at this time, exclude sweets). The course of treatment is 1.5-2 months. With increased acidity, taking honey causes heartburn, so it should be taken with cottage cheese or milk. With low acidity, take the honey solution 5-10 minutes before meals.

Take 100 g of honey, 0.5 cups each of alcohol and juices of radish, beets, carrots. Mix, strain through cheesecloth, insist in a cool dark place for 3 days. Drink 2-3 tbsp. l. 3 times a day. Shake well before use. The course of treatment is 5 days.

With gastritis

For gastritis with high acidity, take honey dissolved in cold water 3-4 times a day 10 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 1-2 months. The daily dose is 2-3 tbsp. l. honey.

Drink fresh potato juice 1/2 cup 3 times a day, adding 14 tbsp. l. honey, 30 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 10 days, then repeat.

Dilute 1 tbsp. l. honey in a glass of cold water. Take 10 minutes before meals 3 times a day. Useful for gastritis with high acidity of gastric juice. The course of treatment is 1-2 months.

With colitis

Take 3 tbsp. l. crushed dry chamomile flowers, put in a thermos and pour 3 cups of boiling water, leave for 2 hours. Strain, add 80 g of honey and drink in 3 divided doses throughout the day. The course of treatment is 1 month.

Dissolve 30-35 g of honey in 1 glass of warm boiled water and drink 2 hours before a meal or 3 hours after it. Take 3 times a day. The daily dose of honey is 70-100 g, while other sweets are excluded. The course of admission is 1.5-2 months.

With cirrhosis of the liver

Take 1 kg of bee honey, 1 cup of olive oil, peeled cloves, 3 heads of garlic, 4 medium-sized lemons. Remove the seeds from the lemons, and cut the peel from 2 lemons. Pass the lemons and garlic through a meat grinder, transfer to an enamel pan, mix with honey and butter and stir with a wooden spoon. Transfer the mixture to a 2 liter jar and store in the lower compartment of the refrigerator. Stir with a wooden spoon before use. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day 30-40 minutes before meals. Carry out 3-4 courses of treatment during the year.

With diseases of the cardiovascular system

Due to the presence of a complex of substances that ensure normal metabolic processes in the heart and good contractile activity of the myocardium, honey, especially lavender, mint, forest and steppe honey, is considered an appropriate nutritional and therapeutic agent in the treatment of certain cardiovascular diseases: coronary heart disease, hypertension in the initial stage , myocarditis, coronary atherosclerosis, weakening of myocardial contractile activity, cardiac arrhythmias (the rationale for the use of honey is given above), pre-infarction, myocardial infarction.

After taking honey, glucose and fructose quickly pass into the bloodstream and serve as an energy material for the heart muscle and other tissues. Honey's improved liver's ability to detoxify toxins is especially important for cardiovascular patients. Improving urine output (urination) is also a valuable medicinal property of honey.

It is believed that long-term use of honey, at least 1-2 months, has a beneficial effect on patients, leads to expansion of the blood vessels of the heart muscle, improvement of its blood supply and oxygen flow to it, to the normalization of overall nervous activity and blood pressure.

At the same time, the general well-being of such patients improves.

However, honey should not be taken in large quantities with hot tea, as this leads to general excitement and increased sweating with vigorous heart work. Therefore, honey should be taken in a dose of no more than 50-70 g per day 2-3 times for 1.5-2 months. in small portions: 1 hour each or a dessert spoon with milk, cottage cheese, pomegranate juice, black currant and other fruits and vegetables rich in vitamin C.

For the same purposes, you can recommend an infusion of rose hips with the addition of honey: 1 tbsp. spoon (10-15 pieces) of dry fruits is brewed as tea, 2 cups boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes, then add 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey; leave in a dark place for several hours and filter. Take 1/2 cup 2-3 times a day. The drink is stored in a well-sealed container.

Excellent results in the treatment of severe cardiovascular diseases are obtained by enriching the usual sodium-free (salt-free) curd-milk diet with honey.

Depending on the patient's personal tolerance of certain food products, a combination of honey with these products, 20 g each, is used 5-6 times a day at regular 4-hour intervals. Used fresh and sour milk, cottage cheese and dishes made from it (pudding, casserole, lazy dumplings), well-boiled viscous cereals, mashed potatoes from boiled vegetables, fruits and berries in a raw form, as well as mashed dishes from boiled fruits and berries.

Food is cooked without salt, honey is added to the finished dish. If the patient wishes, honey can be added in the amount necessary to obtain a pleasant taste. However, the maximum daily dose of honey should not be exceeded. It is advisable to use express milk honey here.

When treating hypertension at home, you can use the following composition of traditional medicine: 1 glass of carrot juice,

1 glass of table beet juice, 1 glass of horseradish juice (which is obtained by infusing grated horseradish on water for 1.5 days), 1 glass of honey and juice of one lemon. Mix all this well and take 1 tbsp. or 1 teaspoon 3 times a day one hour before meals or 2-3 hours after meals. The course of treatment is 1-2 months.

In folk medicine for diseases of the cardiovascular system, honey is used with other food and medicinal plants. For example, viburnum with honey is very useful, which enhances its effect on the body. By themselves, the viburnum fruits normalize heart contractions, lower blood pressure, and increase urine output. It is also recommended to infuse valerian with honey, black radish juice with honey, onion juice with honey, etc., which are prescribed by the doctor to each patient individually. Onion juice mixed with honey in a 1: 1 ratio is prescribed for atherosclerosis. Take 2-3 times a day for a tablespoon before meals.

For vascular diseases of the lower extremities (endarteritis, varicose veins), coronary heart disease, honey with garlic is recommended. 250 g of peeled and grated garlic are poured into 350 g of liquid honey, mixed thoroughly and infused for a week. Take a tablespoon 40 minutes before meals 3 times a day for 1-2 months.

Unfortunately, information on the use of medotherapy in diseases of the cardiovascular system is still scarce and scattered. The usual observations and opinions of individual doctors and patients about the high effectiveness of honey treatment for cardiovascular diseases are clearly insufficient. Therefore, we need more detailed clinical observations, differentiation of methods of medical treatment with the obligatory combination of dietary and drug treatment.

With hypertension

Mix 1 cup freshly made beetroot juice and 5 tbsp. l. honey. Take 2 tbsp. l. 3-5 times a day.

Mix 1 glass of carrot and beetroot juices, 5 tbsp. l. honey, 150 ml of alcohol and 1/2 cup of cranberries. Insist in a dark place for 3 days. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day.

Pass a glass of cranberries through a meat grinder, add the same amount of honey. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day 15-20 minutes before meals.

Mix bee honey and bee pollen 1: 1. Take 1 tsp. Three times a day, half an hour before meals. The course of treatment is 1-1.5 months. Can be repeated after 10 days.

Mix equal parts beet juice and honey. Take 1 - 2 tbsp. l. 4 times a day.

Mix equal proportions of honey and pollen. Take 1 tsp. 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is 1 month, then take a break for 10 days and repeat.

Mix 1 glass of onion juice and honey, store in a cool place under a tightly covered lid. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day one hour before meals or 3 hours after meals.

With atherosclerosis

Mix 1 glass of honey and onion juice. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day 1 hour before meals or later

2 hours after eating. The course of treatment is 2 months, then take a break for 10 days and repeat the course. You can also make a mixture of honey and garlic juice.

Mix 1 tbsp. l. honey, curdled milk, 2 tsp. cinnamon powder. There is a mixture throughout the day. Prepare a new mixture the next day. The course of treatment is 2 weeks.

With myocardial infarction

Mix equal proportions of onion juice and honey. Take 1 tbsp. l. 2-3 times a day.

Crush 100 g of walnut kernels and mix with 2 tbsp. l. buckwheat honey. There is for 1 day in 3 doses.

Mix 1 kg of black chokeberry with 2 kg of honey. Take a mixture of 1 tbsp. l. in a day.

With myocarditis

Take 1 tsp. flower honey 2-3 times a day with milk, cottage cheese, fruit. In this case, honey cannot be taken with hot tea or milk, as this can lead to excessive sweating and increased heart function.

With angina

Mix 5 heads of garlic, pounded into gruel, 10 grated lemons and 1 liter of honey, transfer to a jar and let stand for 1 week. Take 4 tsp. 1 time per day 20-30 minutes before meals. You need to eat slowly, between taking each spoonful of the mixture, take a break of 1 minute. The course of treatment is 2 months.

When treating other diseases

With neuroses, neurasthenia, hysteria and insomnia, honey - best of all floral (field and meadow), acacia or mint - is taken in equal parts, 100-120 g 3 times a day for 1-2 months. In the evening - 1 tbsp. Dissolve a spoonful of honey in a glass of warm water or milk and drink 30 minutes before bedtime. This so-called honey water is an excellent sleeping aid for insomnia. Recommended for neuroses and honey baths, which have a beneficial effect on the body as a whole.

The method of dispensing honey baths is as follows. The water temperature is 37 °, the duration is 15-30 minutes. After filling the bath with water, add 60 g of honey (2 tablespoons). Contraindications to taking honey baths are honey intolerance, cardiovascular and pulmonary insufficiency, tumor process, active inflammatory focus, blood diseases, diabetes mellitus. 12-15 baths are allowed for the course of treatment, daily or every other day. You can repeat the course of honey baths in 4-5 months. The possibility of prescribing supporting sessions (1 bath once a week) was noted. Honey baths can be alternated with coniferous and sage baths.

Honey (80-120 g per day), preferably with lemon juice or rosehip decoction, is widely recommended for kidney and urinary tract diseases (and even for urinary incontinence in children).

Fructose, which is rich in honey, has a positive effect on fat and protein metabolism. Its use allows you to be content with less protein and at the same time maintain a positive nitrogen balance. The restriction necessary for these diseases, sometimes even the complete exclusion of salt, makes food tasteless. Honey combined with fruit and berry juices makes it possible for the chef to prepare dishes that are acceptable even for discerning and capricious patients.

More suitable varieties of honey are: chestnut, meadow and field honey from herbs, from fruit crops, for example, sweet cherry, exhibiting increased antimicrobial activity. It is known that in folk medicine, patients with kidney diseases are recommended to systematically use a decoction of rosehip berries with honey.

Since honey has a calming and diuretic effect (due to glucose and fructose), it is used to normalize high blood pressure during pregnancy.

In addition to the listed diseases, honey as an anti-inflammatory agent is indicated for panaritiums, boils, carbuncles, atrophic ulcers, necrosis, gangrene, long-term non-healing purulent wounds, especially after burns, frostbite. Honey according to a specially developed "Temporary instruction" was widely used for the treatment of purulent gunshot wounds in hospitals during the Great Patriotic War. Treatment is carried out using bandages with honey, a combination of honey and fish oil (Konkov's ointment) or in the form of local foot or hand baths: the affected area is immersed in a suitable dish with a 30% solution of bee honey in distilled or boiled warm water for 20-30 minutes. part of the body, 1-2 procedures daily. The number of procedures is determined by the doctor.

Honey is used, like other beekeeping products (propolis, apilak, bee venom, pollen, wax), for some skin and skin and fungal diseases, diathesis, scrofula resulting from metabolic disorders, in particular, mineral, protein, vitamin, since, being substances of a living cell, bee products have a more physiological effect on the body than synthetic drugs. They are used both fresh and in the form of various preparations prepared from them (dragees, tablets, solutions, extracts, ointments).

50 g of eucalyptus leaves pour 1/2 l of water, cook for 3-4 minutes, strain and add 2 tbsp. spoons of honey. Apply in the form of lotions and baths to treat wounds.

Brew one tablespoon of dried chamomile flowers in 1 glass of boiling water, filter after cooling and add 1 teaspoon of honey.

Apply as a gargle for stomatitis, tonsillitis, and also in enemas for colitis.

Honey with cucumber juice is used in folk medicine in the complex treatment of acne. For this purpose, Art. tablespoons of chopped cucumbers pour a glass of boiling water, insist for 2-3 hours, filter, squeeze out the sediment and add a teaspoon of honey. Stir until completely dissolved. With a cotton swab dipped in this mixture, rub the face (after washing) and after 30-40 minutes rinse with cool water.

For acne and seborrheic dermatitis, you can use honey with sage infusion. For this purpose, a tablespoon of sage leaves is poured with a glass of boiling water. Insist under the lid for 30-40 minutes (or boil for 5 minutes over very low heat), filter, add 1/2 teaspoon of honey to the warm infusion and stir.

Lotions are made 2-3 times a day.

For the same purposes, with oily skin in the form of lotions, use a mixture of warm boiled water, a teaspoon of honey and a teaspoon of calendula tincture.

In folk medicine, a method is known for treating eczema, burns, ulcers, pyoderma, phlegmanous acne and even painful calluses with fresh potato juice. The addition of honey greatly enhances the anti-inflammatory properties of potatoes.

Method of preparation: peeled potatoes are grated on a very frequent grater. Add a teaspoon of honey to 1/2 cup of gruel and mix. The mixture (with a layer of at least 1 cm) on a piece of bandage or a gauze napkin is applied, fixing with a bandage, to the affected skin area for 2 hours (several times during the day). At night, a bandage with 10% propolis ointment or Propoceum ointment, which is freely sold in pharmacies, can be applied to the affected surface; in the afternoon, repeat the potato and honey applications.

For many years, M.M.Frenkel has been using honey with aloe juice in the treatment of inflammatory diseases of the pharynx, nasopharynx, larynx and trachea, for skin diseases of the ears, for the prevention of X-ray epithelitis: honey diluted with freshly squeezed aloe juice at a rate of 1: 5, taken orally a teaspoon before meals 3 times a day for 1-2 months.

For inflammatory diseases of the eyes - keratitis, herpetic eye diseases, ulcers and burns of the cornea, conjunctivitis - they are treated with honey 20% ointments or 20-30% honey drops, which are prepared in distilled or boiled water. Also used for these diseases is 3% honey chloramphenicol ointment. Eucalyptus honey is also valuable here. They are treated with honey in the eye clinics of Omsk (since 1956), Gorky and the 2nd Moscow medical institutes, in the Odessa regional hospital.

V.I. Maksimenko (Omsk Medical Institute) believes that honey contains the same substances as drugs against cataracts. And if honey treatment is started at an early stage of the disease, then surgery can be avoided altogether.

For the treatment of gynecological diseases, cotton or gauze tampons soaked in liquid natural honey or in its 50% solution are used. The best types of honey are: thyme, linden, forest flowers.

For arthritis and tonsillitis, honey (2 parts) together with aloe juice (1 part) and alcohol (3 parts) are used as a warming compress as an anti-inflammatory agent.

In inflammatory diseases and atrophic processes of the mucous membrane of the upper respiratory tract and lungs - with laryngitis, sinusitis, honey is successfully used in the form of iontophoresis (introduction of honey components into the human body through the skin through the skin) - from the anode of a 50% solution of honey, as well as in the form of aerosol and steam inhalations (15-20 minutes before bedtime). Honey inside and at the same time honey inhalations, as well as electrophoresis with honey are effective for acute and chronic rhinitis (crystallized honey is introduced into the nostrils here), frontitis and tracheo-bronchitis. Honey inhalation is recommended for bronchial asthma.

For colds and flu, as well as for inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract and lungs, honey, preferably mountain, sweet clover, with oregano, thyme, linden, 1 tbsp. a spoon is usually taken at night in pure form or in a glass of hot tea, milk, it is possible with lemon juice (100 g of honey and the juice of one or half of a lemon) for 3 doses. You can also take honey with diaphoretic and expectorant plants (thyme, wild rosemary, coltsfoot leaves, black elderberries, small-leaved linden flowers, raspberries, etc., infusions of fragrant violets, oak leaves and acorns, marshmallow, lingonberry leaves ; elecampane root, etc.).

Usually they take a tablespoon of dried plants, brew it as tea in one glass of boiling water, infuse for 20 minutes, filter, add 1 tablespoon of honey and take as a diaphoretic and as an expectorant 1/4 cup 2-3 times a day.

For the treatment of these and other diseases (tonsillitis, pharyngitis, ulceration and inflammation, including fungal, nasal and oral mucosa, inflammation of the gums during periodontal disease, nasopharynx, vocal cords), honey, preferably crystallized, is put in the mouth and delay as long as possible and more often (up to 6 times a day) for a fuller use of its antibacterial and anti-inflammatory action. At the same time, the antimicrobial substances of honey are slowly absorbed through the mucous membrane of the mouth and throat and exhibit a corresponding anti-inflammatory effect. You can also use irrigation and rinsing both with the honey itself and with its aqueous solutions of various concentrations.

Steam inhalation with honey gives a good effect. To carry them out at home, take an ordinary teapot, pour 1-2 glasses of water into it. After the water boils, dissolve in it 1-2 tbsp. spoons of honey. The evolved vapors are inhaled for 20 minutes. through a 15-centimeter rubber tube with a funnel put on the spout of the kettle or by adapting other available means for this: gas mask, hairdryer, etc.

In folk medicine for chronic inflammatory diseases of the lungs and respiratory tract honey is widely used (1 tbsp. Spoon) in a glass of hot milk or with various juices of vegetables, fruits (80-120 g each) with internal fat (lard) of a badger, dog, bear (30 g each). The healing effect of honey here is due to its antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, expectorant and resistance-enhancing action.

One of the remedies for these diseases, as well as for the flu, is a mixture of honey with horseradish juice or garlic gruel in a 1: 1 ratio. This mixture is taken at bedtime in 1 tbsp. spoon and washed down with warm water. Honey is used for these diseases and for setting a warming compress on the chest. Why do you need to mix by

1 tbsp. spoonful of honey, mustard, alcohol, water, sunflower oil, flour. The mixed mass in the form of a cake wrapped in a piece of gauze is applied to the required area of \u200b\u200bthe chest, covered with thick paper, cotton wool and wrapped in a woolen scarf. Such a compress is usually placed before bed at night, removed during the day. The composition can be used again. There are about 10 of such compresses. Before applying the compress, the skin is lubricated with vegetable oil.

For cough, traditional medicine recommends radish with honey. Make a depression in the radish so that 2 tablespoons of liquid honey enter it, cover with thick paper and insist 3-4 hours. Take a teaspoon of juice 3-4 times a day before meals. It is good to use this remedy before bedtime.

When coughing, the following composition is also recommended: mix 1 teaspoon of honey in a glass of water, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of anise seeds and a pinch of salt. The mixture is brought to a boil, filtered and cooled. Take 2 tbsp. spoons after 2 hours. For children with cough and whooping cough, it is recommended as a folk remedy a mixture of honey and warm olive oil in a 1: 1 ratio, 1 tsp several times a day.

With angina

Mix the onion, pounded into gruel, with honey in a 1: 1 ratio. Take the onion-honey mixture for 1 tsp. 3-4 times a day 15-20 minutes before meals. The mixture will be more effective if you use onion juice.

Dilute 1 tsp. honey in a glass of warm water and gargle.

Mix honey and aloe juice in a 1: 3 ratio and lubricate the tonsils.

Mix carrot juice, diluted in half with water, with 1 tbsp. l. honey. Gargle.

For insomnia

Pour 1 tsp. honey and 1 tsp. dill juice with a glass of milk. Store in the refrigerator for no more than a day, at room temperature - no more than half an hour. Take 1 tsp. after a meal, heated.

With dyskinesia of the biliary tract

Mix 1 glass of apple juice with 1 tbsp. l. honey. Drink 1/2 cup 3-4 times a day.

For diseases of the urinary tract

Mix peeled pine nuts with honey and take 1-2 tbsp. l. 3 times a day.

Mix celery seeds with honey in a 1: 1 ratio and take 1 tsp. 3 times a day.

Grind 150 g of aloe leaves, pour 30 g of warmed up natural honey, leave for 24 hours, then heat, strain. Take 1 day in the morning. an hour before meals.

With menopause

Mix 50 g of ground coffee, 0.5 kg of honey and juice of 1 lemon. With low blood pressure in menopause, take a mixture of 1/2 hour. l. 2 hours after eating.

With laryngitis

Mix 1 cup of honey and 0.5 cup of lemon juice, boil over low heat and take every 10 minutes.

With anemia

Take 200 g of cocoa, lard, honey and butter, and, stirring constantly, bring the mixture to a boil over low heat and completely dissolve. Then, removing from heat and allowing to cool, pour into a glass jar. Store in a cool, dark place. For consumption, stir in 1 glass of hot milk 1 tsp. mixture and take 3-4 times a day.

With urolithiasis

Mix 3 cups of sea buckthorn juice, 2 tbsp. l. honey, 1 cup boiled water, 0.5 cups infusion of mint leaves. Drink 1 glass a day. Keep the juice cold.

Drink 1 tbsp. l. cranberry juice, eating 1 tbsp. l. honey 3 times a day. Take for inflammatory processes in the kidneys.

With male infertility

Mix equal proportions of lemon juice, celery juice and honey. Take 2 tbsp. l. 3 times a day half an hour before meals.

With obesity

1 tbsp. l. Dissolve honey in 0.5 cups of boiled water, cooled to room temperature, and drink in the morning on an empty stomach. After that, there is nothing for 2 hours. In the evening, 2 hours before bedtime, repeat the procedure on an empty stomach. The course of treatment is 1 month. Rest between courses 2 weeks.

With a hangover

Eat 100 g of honey in two doses. It neutralizes the effects of alcohol.

With tuberculosis

Rinse the aloe leaves, chop them and squeeze out the juice. Mix 1/2 cup of aloe juice with 250 g of honey and 2 glasses of Cahors wine, let stand in a dark place at a temperature of 4-8 degrees for 4-5 days. Take 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

100 g of honey, 100 g of butter, 100 g of lard or goose fat, 15 g of aloe juice and 50 g of cocoa mix, heat, but do not boil and take 1 tbsp. spoon in a glass of hot milk 2 times a day: morning and evening.

Rinse the aloe leaves, chop and squeeze the juice. Mix 150 g of aloe juice with 250 g of honey and 350 g of Cahors, infuse in the dark at a temperature of 4-8 ° C for 4-5 days. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

Keep aloe leaves at the age of 3-5 years in the dark at a temperature of 4-8 ° C for 12-14 days. Then rinse the leaves in water, grind and pour boiled water in a ratio of 1: 3. Set aside for 1-1.5 hours, then squeeze out the juice. Mix 100 g of aloe juice with 500 g of chopped walnuts and add 300 g of honey. Take 1 tbsp. spoon 3 times a day 30 minutes before meals.

The listed recipes can be recommended not only for tuberculosis patients, but also for patients exhausted after other diseases, when enhanced nutrition and a lot of vitamins are required. It should be noted that with tuberculosis, honey must be prescribed necessarily in combination with anti-tuberculosis drugs, since it does not act destructively on a tuberculosis bacillus. For this disease, honey with horseradish is recommended in a 1: 1 ratio. Bee honey can also be used here in the form of nutritious enemas mixed with egg yolk and medicines. The temperature of such enemas should be 37.5-40 ° C, the volume of 30-50 ml. The mixture is injected immediately or gradually, by drip method.

Honey in cosmetics

Honey is known not only for its medicinal properties, but is also widely used as a cosmetic product. The composition of this amazing product includes a lot of elements: glucose, fructose, sucrose, proteins, organic acids, vitamins. It contains salts of phosphorus, iron, sodium, calcium, potassium, as well as other macro- and microelements.

The presence of aluminum in honey determines its anti-inflammatory, astringent effect, boron contributes to the correct division of cells, iron - to the normal functioning of tissues, cells and the body as a whole. Honey improves cellular respiration, stimulates the function of the nervous system, the secretion of glands.

Due to the fact that honey has the ability to easily penetrate the pores, even when applied externally for cosmetic purposes, it not only has a positive effect on the skin, but also carries its healing properties to the whole body. It nourishes, softens, moisturizes, tones, helps to maintain beauty and health. Honey is used in masks to prevent wrinkles and cleanse the skin of the face and hands. Honey masks help to make the skin soft and smooth and are very beneficial for aging skin. Before applying the mask, you must first cleanse your face with water or using special products.

Dry skin mask to prevent early wrinkles

Add 1 tbsp to the raw yolk. l. glycerin or honey and stir. Apply the resulting mass to the skin and leave for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with plain water. This mask can be applied daily before the morning toilet.

Masks for dry and normal skin

1. Mix 100 g of honey with the juice of 1 lemon. Apply the resulting mass in a thin layer on the skin and leave for 10-15 minutes, then rinse with cold water.

2. Mix 2 tbsp. l. flour with whipped protein and add 1 tsp. honey. Apply the resulting doughy mass to cleansed skin for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with plain water. The mask is recommended to prevent wrinkles in dry and normal skin.

3. Grind 1 tsp. honey, 1 yolk and 1 tbsp. l. cream. Apply the mixture on your face for 20 minutes, and then rinse with warm water.

4. Mix 1 tsp. cottage cheese with 1/2 tsp. honey, 1 tsp. milk or kefir. Grind the mixture and apply on the skin of the face, and after 30 minutes, rinse with warm water and rub the skin with a slice of lemon.

5. Prepare from 2 egg whites, 1 tbsp. l. honey and 1 / 2h. l. peach or almond oil homogeneous mass, then add to it

2 tbsp. l. oat flour. Apply the resulting mixture on the skin for 20 minutes, then remove it with a swab dipped in warm water and make a cool compress. The mask improves the moisture balance of the skin, nourishes and cleanses it well.

6. Mix 1 tsp. cottage cheese with 1/2 tsp. honey. Add 1 tsp. milk or kefir. Rub everything thoroughly and apply to the skin of the face. After 30 minutes, wash off with warm water. It is also good to rub the skin with a lemon wedge.

7. Take 1 tbsp. l. honey, egg yolk, 8 drops of vitamin A oil solution, 20 ml of milk and 1 slice of black bread. Pour the bread over with hot milk and leave for 3-5 minutes. Then add honey, yolk and vitamin A. Stir everything thoroughly and apply on face. Wash off the mask after 15-20 minutes.

Honey cream for dry skin

Stir 3 tbsp. l. lanolin, 1/2 tbsp. l. honey and 1 tsp. lecithin and place in a water bath. Pour in 4 tbsp slowly. l. warm water, stirring continuously until the mixture cools.

Disinfectant mask

Mix 20 ml of alcohol and 25 ml of water (2 tablespoons each) and add 100 g of slightly warmed honey. Mix everything well until a homogeneous mass is obtained. Keep the mask for 10-12 minutes. This mask cleans, has a disinfectant effect, softens the skin.

Anti-aging masks

1. Thoroughly mix 90 g of barley flour, 35 g of honey and 1 egg white, pre-beaten until frothy. The mask is applied for 10-15 minutes. Recommended to prevent wrinkles in dry and normal skin.

2. Mix 2 tsp. honey, 1 tbsp. l. strong tea, 2 tbsp. l. oatmeal and 1 tbsp. l. water. Grind the resulting mixture and heat in a steam bath, cool and apply on the face. Then cover your face with a paper towel and towel for 15 minutes. Wash off the mask with warm water.

Honey water

1 tbsp. l. dilute honey with 2 cups of warm water. It is recommended to wash your face with it for 5-7 minutes at night, and then rinse with warm water without soap. Honey water nourishes the skin well, makes it velvety and smoothes wrinkles to some extent.

Masks for oily skin

1. Mix 1 tsp. honey with the same amount of lemon juice. Apply the mixture to the face for 15-20 minutes. Then rinse with warm water and lubricate your face with cream.

2. It is also good to use a protein mask. 1 tbsp. l. grind honey until liquefied, add 1 tbsp. l. oat flour and whipped egg white, apply on skin for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water.

3. Pour a teaspoon of gelatin with water and leave for 30 minutes. Then add 50 g of glycerin and melted honey, 1 g of salicylic acid, dissolved in 1 teaspoon of boiling water. Beat the resulting mixture, cool and apply on face for 15 minutes, then rinse with warm water. This mask is great for removing oily shine on the face.

4. Take 1 tsp. honey, warm milk, potato starch, salt, mix and apply on the face with a cotton swab. After 20-25 minutes, remove the mask with warm, then cool water. This mask is good for smoothing and brightening oily skin with enlarged pores.

Preparations with pollen extract work well on the face skin. The composition of cosmetic masks with pollen extract can also include egg yolk or protein, brewer's yeast, honey, fruit juices, etc.

Pollen mask

1 tsp slightly crystallized honey, / 2 tsp. pollen, 1 tsp. sour cream.

Grind everything thoroughly in a mortar. Apply the mask for 15-20 minutes. The mask nourishes the skin well, smoothes wrinkles. Use 1-2 times a week.

Honey mixed with other substances softens the skin of the hands well, eliminates dryness and flaking, makes them soft and pleasant.

Here is one of the most common recipes.

Hand masks

1.3 tbsp. l. glycerin, 1 tsp. ammonia, borax on the tip of a knife, 1 tsp. honey, 0.5 glass of water. Mix everything, shake well before use.

2.1 tbsp honey, egg yolk and 1 tsp. pounded oatmeal.

Mix all ingredients and apply on hands for 20-30 minutes.

Hair masks using honey nourish, soften, moisturize and tone the scalp. Honey extract makes hair soft and silky, useful for all hair types, as it prevents breakage and dryness, promotes their growth, and provides excellent care for damaged hair.

1. Mix 1 tsp. honey with 3 tsp. castor oil. Warm up the mixture and apply to hair. Wash off after an hour.

2. Stir well 1 tsp. honey with 1 tbsp. l. mayonnaise, 2 minced garlic cloves and yolk. This mask can be left overnight. In the morning, wash your head and rinse with herbal infusion.

3. Stir 2 tsp. honey,

2 yolks and 2 tsp. burdock oil. Rub the mixture into the scalp, rinse off after 40 minutes. This mask is effective for hair loss and dandruff formation. It must be done once a week for 2-3 months.

4. Grind the fleshy aloe leaf and mix it with 1 tbsp. l. honey, -1 tbsp. l. castor oil, 1 yolk and 1 tsp. cognac. Rub the mixture into hair and rinse with water after 2 hours. Do this mask once a week - and in 4 weeks you will get an excellent result.

5. Beat 1 egg and mix with 1 tsp. honey and 2 tsp. sunflower or olive oil. Massage the scalp well and rinse with shampoo. The mask nourishes the hair well and makes styling easy.

To take a honey bath, you need to fill it with water at a temperature of about 37-37.5 degrees and add 2 tbsp. l. honey. Or dissolve a glass of honey in 1 liter of warm milk, add 1 tbsp. l. oils (such as rose or lavender), mix and drain into the bath.

However, one must remember that there are a number of contraindications for taking honey baths, such as cardiovascular and pulmonary insufficiency, tumor or inflammatory process, blood diseases, diabetes mellitus and honey intolerance.

Honey massage is performed to cleanse pores, remove toxins from the body and remove excess fat. In addition to honey, essential oils can also be used.

Apply honey to the hands and, with patting movements, transfer to the massaged area, after which the palms seem to stick to the body and come off abruptly. Gradually, the movements should become stronger. Massage on problem areas lasts 10-15 minutes, and general massage - no more than an hour. Moreover, each area of \u200b\u200bthe body is processed separately,

first the right side and only then the left.

After the massage, rinse the honey with warm water, and lubricate the skin with a moisturizer. The massage course consists of 12-15 procedures, which must be done every other day.

When honey acts on the skin, softening is observed, restoring its elasticity. At the same time, honey nourishes the skin, regulates water balance, activates metabolic processes in tissues, keeps the skin fresh and prevents its premature aging.

Traditional medicine recipes

Take 100 g of bee honey, 25 ml of alcohol, 25 ml of boiled water or 100 g of honey and the juice of one lemon (to increase the viscosity it is recommended to add oatmeal), or mix 100 ml of strawberry juice with honey until a homogeneous mass is obtained and apply a thin layer on the skin faces. After 15 minutes, wash with warm (or soft cold with a honey-lemon mask) water without soap.

Grind 1 tbsp. a spoonful of butter with 1 teaspoon of honey and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of mountain ash gruel (you can apple, pear, plum, quince, persimmon). The cream nourishes the skin well, makes it soft and elastic.

Mix 3 tbsp. tablespoons of glycerin, 1 teaspoon of ammonia, 1 teaspoon of honey with 0.5 glass of water until a homogeneous mass is obtained, shake well before use. Well softens the skin of the hands, makes it soft and pleasant, eliminates dryness and flaking.

Add 100 g of almond oil and 1 g of salicylic acid to 100 g of honey. Apply the mixture to the skin of the face and hands in a thin layer. Apply against peeling and acne on the skin.

Heat 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey before liquefaction, gradually add a tablespoon of oat flour, and then whipped protein - a mass of thick sour cream consistency is obtained; apply it on your face and leave for 20 minutes, then rinse with warm water without soap.

Mix 90 g of barley flour, 35 g of honey, the yolk of one egg until smooth, apply on the face skin with a thin layer for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with warm water.

For normal skin, a honey-lemon mask is prepared as follows: add 5-10 drops of lemon juice to a tablespoon of honey. The resulting gruel is applied to the skin of the face. Wash off with cool soft water.

Mix two tablespoons of flour, the protein of one egg, a teaspoon of honey until a homogeneous pasty mass is obtained. Applied to the skin of the face, kept for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with warm water.

A protein-honey mask is offered in a slightly different version for such skin: a tablespoon of flour is mixed with 1/2 of beaten egg white, a teaspoon of honey is added.

Apply the resulting paste to the face. Wash off with a cotton swab moistened with water at room temperature.

Add 100 g of almond oil to 100 g of honey, mix well. Apply to clean skin in a thin layer.

Wash your face with warm water, make a hot compress, then grease with vegetable oil, apply an even layer of cotton wool, leaving holes for the mouth and eyes; honey ointment consisting of 30 g of wheat or oat flour, 30 g of water, 50 g of pure honey, apply with a cotton swab to a cotton pad, leave the mask for 20 minutes, then remove it, make

3 hot compresses, rinse your face with water at room temperature.

Add 1 tbsp to one raw yolk. a spoonful of honey (you can also add sour cream) and mix. Apply the resulting mass to the face and leave for 10-15 minutes. Wash off with plain water. This mask can be applied daily before the morning toilet. The mask prevents the appearance of wrinkles.

Yolk, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey, fresh vegetable oil or sour cream, mix, grind, apply on the face for 20-25 minutes. Apply 3 layers as it dries. Wash off with soft warm water and half with milk; you can add 10-15 drops of lemon juice to the mixture.

Mix a tablespoon of honey, a tablespoon of oatmeal, 2 tbsp. spoons of fresh raw milk. Apply the mask for 15-20 minutes. Wash off with a cotton swab dipped in cool water.

A mask made of "leftovers". Mix a teaspoon of cottage cheese with honey (1/2 teaspoon), milk or kefir (1 teaspoon), rub everything thoroughly and apply on the skin of the face. After 30 minutes, wash off with warm water. It is also good to rub the skin with a lemon wedge.

Stir 1 yolk, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of vegetable oil and 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey. Using a cotton swab, apply the resulting mixture to the skin of the face. After drying, apply a second coat. After 20 minutes, remove the mask with a cotton swab dipped in warm water. The mask is useful for normal, dry and aging skin. It is recommended to do this mask 1-2 times a week for 1-1.5 months. Repeat the course of treatment in 2-3 months.

Grind two heads of peeled onions thoroughly and mix with 2 tbsp. spoons of bee honey. Apply the mixture to the previously cleansed skin of the face, remove with a damp cloth after 15-20 minutes. The honey and onion mask is recommended as a softening and nourishing mask.

Honey and glycerin mask. Mix 1 teaspoon of glycerin, 1 teaspoon of bee honey and 2 teaspoons of water. Instead of glycerin, you can take 3 teaspoons of vodka, in this case do not add water. Add 1 teaspoon of oat or wheat flour to the mixture, mix everything until a homogeneous mass is obtained. The mixture is applied in a thin layer to cleansed skin for 20-25 minutes. The mask should be done twice a week for 1-1.5 months. Honey-glycerin mask is recommended for dry, normal and aging skin.

In the morning before washing, you can do the following simple mask. Wipe the face skin with a cotton swab dipped in any vegetable oil. 1 tbsp. mix a spoonful of sour cream or yogurt with 2 tbsp. spoons of birch sap, add a teaspoon of honey. Mix everything, apply the mixture to the skin. After 10-17 minutes, wash with cold water. Instead of birch sap, you can use a decoction of mint leaves, for skin itching - an infusion of calendula, chamomile or plantain.

For oily skin, apply a mask of honey and pounded fresh cottage cheese. A tablespoon of cottage cheese and 1/2 teaspoon of bee honey are mixed and applied to the face. After 20 minutes, the mask is carefully washed off with warm water. The weak acidity of the curd has an astringent effect on the skin and refreshes it, while proteins and honey nourish the skin, increase its tone, and give it a healthy look.

To treat oily seborrhea, add a teaspoon of honey in a 1: 5 ratio to a glass of oak bark broth, rub the skin of the face or rub it into the hair roots.

A refreshing mask helps relieve fatigue. Take 1 protein, each teaspoon of honey, whole milk and lemon juice, add pre-chopped (minced) oatmeal "Hercules" for thickening. Apply this mixture on your face and rinse off with warm water after 15-20 minutes.

You can also use another method: apply liquid honey with a flat brush on the face and neck. Put cotton swabs soaked in freshly brewed tea on your eyelids. Lie on your back, put a pillow under your feet, relax as much as possible. After 8-10 minutes, remove the cotton swabs, leave the honey. After the main toilet is finished, wash off the honey with warm water.

Masks are applied to previously cleansed face skin, excluding eyebrows, lips, eyelids. Apply the mask to the face carefully, without displacing the skin: from the chin to the temples, from the upper lip and from the bridge of the nose to the ear, from the middle of the forehead to the temples. Masks can be applied 1-2 times a week. Their action is based on improving the metabolism of the skin, the muscles of the face become more elastic, the skin takes on a fresh look. Women with severe hairiness, facial redness, and hypersensitivity to honey should not use honey masks (A.N. Timofeeva, cosmetologist).

Just a honey mask or honey water is very useful for the skin - 2 glasses of warm water and 1 tbsp. spoon of honey. This water is washed overnight for 5-7 minutes, after which the face is rinsed with warm water without soap. To soften the entire surface of the body with dry skin, general honey baths are recommended (200-250 g of honey per bath). Rinse with warm water after 20-30 minutes.

Cleopatra's bath.

Heat 1 liter of milk (without bringing to a boil), and in another bowl in a water bath a cup of honey. Dissolve honey in milk and pour mixture into bathing water. The effect will increase a hundredfold if you are not too lazy to do one more procedure before taking such a bath: thoroughly mix 350 g of fine salt with 0.5 cups of cream and rub this mixture thoroughly into the skin with circular movements of the fingers, starting from the fingertips. Then wash yourself under the shower. The result is amazing. After all, you have become a "sweet woman!"

In the bath

Before entering the steam room, apply a thin layer of honey all over the body, and after leaving there, wash in the shower. This procedure will increase perspiration, cleanse the pores well and prevent the skin from drying out.

Honey mixed with other substances well softens the skin of the hands, eliminates dryness and flaking, makes it soft, velvety.

The first of the most common hand recipes: 3 tbsp glycerin. spoons, ammonia 1 tsp, borax on the tip of a knife, honey 1 tsp, half a glass of water. Mix everything, shake well before use.

Second: a honey-yolk mixture. Mix the yolk with a tablespoon of honey and a teaspoon of oatmeal. Lubricate hands with the resulting mixture and put on cotton gloves. After 15-20 minutes, rinse with warm water and rub into the skin any rapidly absorbing cream ("Velvet", "Dawn", "Hand Cream"). You can apply the following composition: add 100 g of almond oil, 1 g of salicylic acid to 100 g of honey. The resulting mixture is applied in a thin layer to the surface of the skin of the hands, and the face can also be applied - for peeling and acne.

When lubricating the face after shaving, honey has a pronounced hemostatic, disinfectant effect, accelerates the healing of damaged skin.

It has been found that the use of honey on the scalp in combination with its ingestion enhances hair growth. At the same time, they become thicker, darker, shine and elasticity. The dose of honey is 80-100 g per day. Lubrication of the scalp is done after washing it. Then they apply 15-30 g of honey, which remain on it for 30 to 60 minutes, and wash their hair again, but with cool water.

Hair strengthening mixture. To 4 parts of grated onion (gruel), stirring well, add 1 part of honey. Rub the mixture into the scalp, leaving for 30 minutes, covering the head with a rubber cap or a plastic bag, and then rinse with warm water. If the hair is very dry, add a little olive oil to the mixture, rub into the hair roots for 1 hour before washing the hair. Then wash your hair with soap or shampoo.

Honey shampoo for hair softening. Pour 30 g of pharmacy chamomile with 100 g of boiling water and insist for 1 hour, strain and add 1 dec. a spoonful of honey. Pre-washed (dry hair can be washed with Forest Nymph soap) and lightly wiped off with a towel, moisten hair abundantly with this solution. After 30-40 minutes, rinse the hair with warm water without soap. Treat very dry hair so no more often than once every 10-12 days, oily hair - once every 6-7 days.

Blend for bleached, sun-dried hair. 1 tbsp. a spoonful of honey, 1 teaspoon of castor oil, 1 teaspoon of aloe juice, mix and rub into your hair 30-40 minutes before washing your hair. After that, wash your hair, rinse your hair with a decoction or infusion of chamomile, nettle, and then with clean water. Such procedures should be done once or twice a week until the hair becomes firm and elastic. It is recommended to do these hair masks after a perm.

In winter, with a sharp cold wind and frost, lips often crack. In this case, honey helps, it is applied in a small layer overnight and left until morning.

In some countries, honey is used in the production of medicated soaps, which include almond and nut oils.

Honey and medicinal plants

The widespread use of pure honey or its aqueous solutions with various medicinal plants has gained recognition. A lot of them. Traditional medicine knows more than 2.5 thousand plants with medicinal properties; about 112 of those tested in clinical conditions are recommended for use, but they are used less in medical practice. Many herbs are bitter, honey masks bitterness. In addition, research has shown that honey enhances their natural healing properties. Honey is widely used in combination with various medicinal plants that have a selective effect on the human body: diaphoretic (linden, lingonberry, chamomile, etc.), anti-inflammatory (St. John's wort, fireweed, etc.), expectorant (elecampane, thermopsis, thyme, wild rosemary ), stimulating the activity of the cardiovascular system (hawthorn, jaundice, Baikal chisel, viburnum, etc.), soothing (motherwort, patrina, carcinia, valerian).

Only for the treatment of gastrointestinal diseases, about 40 plants have been proposed: birch (buds), alder (cones), common hops (cones), stinging nettle, horse sorrel, water pepper, hermit (leontica), celandine, wild rose, bird cherry, buckthorn (bark), St. John's wort, yarrow, centaury umbellate or common, yellow gentian, common viburnum, sandy immortelle (yellow cat's paws), elecampane, blue cornflower, medicinal dandelion, peppermint, etc.

Combinations of herbs have been created: diaphoretic breast tea, carminative tea. In all cases, the addition of honey to them enhances their effect, improves the taste.

Black elderberry tea (leaves, flowers, fruits), with peppermint and sage has a beneficial effect on the functions of the stomach and kidneys, it is drunk for abdominal pain and hemorrhoids. Healing black elderberry jam with honey has a laxative effect. A decoction of acorns, bark and oak leaves is recommended for diseases of the stomach and liver as an anti-inflammatory and astringent. Tea from mint and chamomile with honey, from rose hips and chamomile, a drink from black currant and honey, honey culture liquid of kombucha are recommended for insomnia, increased nervous excitability. Lemon juice with any vegetable oil is used for diseases of the liver and gallbladder

Compositions

Black elderberry tea. Leaves, fruits and flowers are usually used for medicinal purposes. Elderberries - 15 g, peppermint 15 g, yarrow 15 g and a small amount of crushed ginger boil in 1.5 liters of water over low heat, strain and drink 1/2 cup with honey once a day with severe abdominal pain.

Tea made from 6-8 crushed elderberry leaves in 1 glass of water with the addition of honey and sage is drunk with hemorrhoids 1/2 cup per day for a month.

Healing jam from black elderberry berries with honey normalizes the activity of the stomach and kidneys, is a useful remedy for people leading a sedentary lifestyle, since elderberries have laxative properties.

For medicinal purposes, acorns, bark and leaves of an ordinary oak are used. Tea made from them with the addition of honey is an excellent remedy for diseases of the stomach and liver. It is also used as an astringent and anti-inflammatory agent: 10-20 g of composition per 200 g of water.

Mint and chamomile tea with honey. Pour mint and chamomile in a teaspoon with a glass of boiling water, cover and stand for 10 minutes. Strain the resulting infusion. Put honey in it to taste and serve instead of tea, as well as for colds for rinsing the mouth and throat.

Rosehip and chamomile tea. 1 tbsp. pour a spoonful of rose hips with a glass of water and boil for 5 minutes. Put a teaspoon of chamomile in boiling water, close the lid and stand for 10 minutes. Strain the infusion, add honey to taste and serve instead of tea.

Milk drink with black currant and honey. Boil milk, stir with honey to taste, cool and slowly pour it into a bowl with grated currant berries. In this case, the mixture must be stirred quickly so that the milk does not curdle.

Consume chilled. The composition of the drink: honey 4 tbsp. spoons, milk 3 cups, black currant 500 g.

Contraindications

1. Intolerance to honey (idiosyncrasy) or hypersensitivity to it. Possible clinical manifestations of allergic reactions: burning lips, general malaise, nausea, drooling, vomiting, increased blood pressure, pruritus, urticaria, the onset or exacerbation of existing dermatoses, palpitations, a feeling of suffocation and other unusual conditions that appear every time after taking honey.

2. Hypersensitivity to honey. It can be congenital or acquired.

Acquired sensitivity arises from the ingestion of toxic (drunk) honey or toxic products with honey in the past, as well as from the consumption of honey containing antibiotics, to which an allergic reaction has been established.

3. Acute inflammatory diseases of internal organs (acute gastritis, pancreatitis, exacerbation of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, cholelithiasis and nephrolithiasis), exacerbation of other internal chronic diseases.

4. Obesity, diabetes mellitus.

5. It is contraindicated to administer honey by inhalation at elevated temperature, pulmonary tuberculosis, severe emphysema, hemorrhage in the lungs and respiratory tract, heart failure caused by organic lesions of muscles (myocarditis) and heart valves, cardiac and bronchial asthma, pulmonary sclerosis.

6. Limit the use of sweets and honey for certain skin diseases (dermatoses) caused by increased retention of carbohydrates in the skin (hyperglycoderma), acute articular rheumatism, acute and chronic cholecystitis, accompanied by stagnation of bile, chronic pancreatitis. Allowed in breakfast 1 dessert or teaspoon of honey in a glass of tea and the same - for dinner in a glass of warm water, preferably before bedtime.

7. In case of exudative diathesis, the intake of sugar and honey is minimized. For this disease, carbohydrates can be consumed, but not in the form of flour confectionery, but in the form of vegetables and fruits. Limit carbohydrates in old age, with atherosclerosis, enterocolitis, for 3-4 months. after surgery for resection of gastric and duodenal ulcers, resection of the gallbladder and removal of gallstones.

Natural antibiotic, strong immune stimulant - honey has been in demand for a long time as a universal, moreover, extremely tasty multivitamin remedy.

The composition of honey contains substances that are vital for the normal functioning of the human body. Thus, a natural bee product contains carbohydrates (70-80%), which provide us with energy by 10%.

In addition, honey is a combination of organic and inorganic acids, amino acids, water, protein, vitamins, phytoncides, aromatic and other substances.

The chemical composition of honey may vary slightly depending on its variety. The content of certain substances in honey is influenced by the soil and climatic conditions of the region, as well as the plants from which the bees collect nectar.

Honey is much sweeter than sugar. It has a special aroma and color from light yellow to dark brown, as well as a different consistency.

It is estimated that 100 g of the product contains 82 g of carbohydrates. As a percentage, the bee product contains 40% fructose and 35% glucose. In some types of honey, about which a little below, fructose predominates. This type of honey tastes sweeter.

But if there is more sucrose in the composition of a natural product, then such honey will crystallize.

It was found that 100 g of honey contains about 327 kcal, and its nutritional value directly depends on its variety.

And now about varieties, properties and quality one or another type of honey.

Acacia honey considered one of the best varieties. It contains more fructose than glucose.

Linden honey - high quality product. It smells good of linden and has a pale yellow color. It is lime honey that is famous for its healing properties.

It acts as an antibacterial, antimicrobial, expectorant, heart-strengthening agent.

Mint honey smells like mint. The product has a pronounced sedative, analgesic, antiseptic, choleretic effect.

The benefits of such honey are invaluable. It contains a lot of vitamin C, which is known to strengthen the body's defenses.

Clover honey almost colorless. It differs from other types of honey in the subtle smell of meadow grasses.

Raspberry honey pleasant to smell and taste. This type of honey is useful as a remedy.

Buckwheat honey... The product name speaks for itself. It is clear that the nectar is collected from buckwheat. The product has a pronounced dark brown color (with a slight red tint). It contains a lot of iron.

Chestnut honey slightly "bitter". This type of honey is characterized by a dark color and a pleasant chestnut smell.

Chestnut honey is renowned for its strong antimicrobial properties. It is not surprising that this type of honey is most often used for gastrointestinal and kidney ailments.

Heather honey tart taste. It has a special, not too attractive smell. However, this does not mean at all that this type of honey is devoid of useful properties.

Honey comb is doubly useful. After all, the honeycomb itself is healing. And in combination with honey, they are even more powerful for the treatment of various diseases.

Honeycomb honey can be chewed slowly (like chewing gum), savoring and enjoying its pleasant taste.

Applying honey inside and outside

There are probably few people who do not like tea with honey. But honey is not only a pleasant drink. He gives health. And the benefits of honey below. In the meantime, let's talk about simple and effective ways to use a natural product.

1. Honey is used as a solution for rinsing the nose with a cold. If you do not tolerate onions and garlic very well, and for some reason do not want to use nasal preparations, then use a healing solution of honey (a teaspoon for a glass of warm water) to wash your sinuses.

Pour the medicinal composition into one pipette, first into one nostril, and then into the other. Perform the procedure several times a day.

2. Honey for a lingering cough. The beneficial properties of honey make it possible to use it for diseases of the upper respiratory tract. So, coughs will help get rid of coughs, which must be stored in the refrigerator.

They include lard, honey, ghee (all 100 g). To enhance the healing effect, you can add 3 tablespoons of cocoa.

3. Honey is also used as a sedative for sleep disorders. In order to get rid of insomnia, place a little bee product under the tongue and, falling asleep, dissolve it.

4. Honey cleanses the body from the inside. Using a warm honey solution (a spoonful of product per liter of warm water), to which a few drops of freshly squeezed lemon juice and a spoonful of salt are added, give an enema.

This method of cleansing helps to get rid of the putrefactive microorganisms of the intestines, which means to strengthen the immune system.

5. In case of fights in the lower back, bruises and hematomas, it is advisable to use honey massages, which improve blood circulation and lymph movement.

6. Honey is widely used in cosmetology. So, a honey mask cleanses well, nourishes, moisturizes the skin of the face.

Mixed (1 tablespoon) with 1 yolk and vegetable oil (1 tablespoon) honey gives not only a fresh, rested complexion, but also a great mood.

Honey: benefits for the body

Due to its rich content of nutrients, honey can rightfully be called the most useful and most popular product.

The bactericidal, antimicrobial, antifungal and other useful properties of honey make it indispensable for colds and infectious diseases.

Honey relieves inflammation, softens breathing, restores the defenses lost in the fight against disease.

The health benefits of honey are due to the rich vitamin and mineral composition of the product. Honey is the best helper for the digestive system. It is able to reduce the acidity of the stomach, heal ulcers, and improve the functioning of the liver and kidneys.

In addition, the beneficial properties of honey include its ability to have a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin. Honey perfectly copes with such a problem as skin aging, rashes, wounds.

Reducing fatigue, increasing efficiency, reducing the negative effects of stress, getting rid of anxiety - all these are the general benefits of honey for the human body.

Honey: what is the harm to health?

Knowing about the beneficial properties of honey, do not forget that, like any other product, honey has some contraindications, which can become a reason for many to refuse to use it.

1. Honey has a high calorie content. This valuable nutritional quality is not suitable for obese people.

2. Of course, honey is good for health. But it cannot be used in case of an allergic reaction to the product.

3. In addition, honey is prohibited for children under 3 years of age. It contains substances that are useful for an adult, but not for a child.

4. The harm of honey is its excessive use. Often people, zealous, try to nourish their bodies with the greatest number of useful components.

However, too much honey can lead to serious kidney and pancreatic problems. The maximum dose of an amber product that can be consumed without harm to health is 150 g.

Want more fun? Spread out the serving throughout the day, savoring your favorite honey a little at a time.

5. As mentioned above, honey is harmful to children under 3 years of age. Older kids can eat honey. It is better to mix it with your favorite porridge or non-hot tea.

The benefits and harms of honey for pregnant and lactating women

The unique product is irreplaceable during pregnancy and lactation (with rare exceptions).

Thanks to its cardioprotective, antibacterial, antifungal and other properties, honey has a beneficial effect on the body of the expectant mother and the baby.

Honey strengthens the immune system (its weakening is the cause of many problems of pregnant women), brings blood pressure back to normal, relieves fatigue, and gives life-giving energy.

Many women in labor are injected with honey during complicated or prolonged labor. This fact speaks volumes in favor of this product for expectant mothers.

In addition, honey has a positive effect on the nervous system of a woman, who is known to be weak during the period of hormonal changes.

So, the main beneficial properties of honey for pregnant and lactating women:

Victory over toxicosis

Sleep well

Relief from heartburn, bloating, constipation

Help in the treatment of colds

Getting rid of morning sickness

Harm of honey for pregnant and nursing mothers:

Allergic reaction

The ability to lower blood pressure

In order for honey to bring health benefits and only benefits, you should limit its consumption during the waiting period or feeding the baby. The recommended dose is a couple of teaspoons a day. This is quite enough to obtain the entire spectrum of useful substances contained in the product.

Honey for children: good or bad

Natural natural product - honey is good for the child's body. The use of high-quality honey gives the child the opportunity to actively develop. Babies who regularly eat honey have increased hemoglobin levels.

Such children have a good general condition, they better absorb magnesium and calcium, which form the skeleton.

Honey promotes excellent digestion. It helps to fight infection, improves vision. And honey has a relaxing effect on the fragile nervous system of a child, makes it possible to have a sound healthy sleep.

Of course, honey is good for children's health. But not for everyone. If the baby has a tendency to allergies, then it is better to postpone the use of honey.

Honey: harm to losing weight

With all the benefits of honey for the body, losing weight people, those who are on a diet should not abuse this product. After all, he is high in calories!

Honey is contraindicated in obesity and diabetes. Therefore, if you need to lose weight, then it is best to consult with a specialist about taking honey in your case.

The fact that honey is useful is an axiom. However, each rule has its exceptions. Eating even the most useful product, you must observe the measure. And, of course, make sure that the honey is of the highest quality. Only in this case can we expect positive results from the use of the "amber miracle".