Honey for health
Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not even harm diabetic patients.
Some common health problems which can be prevented or cured with the use of honey remedies:
- ALLERGIES: Raw honey is an excellent treatment for 90% of allergies.(Eating a little local honey will sensitize you to pollens in the area...acting as a natural remedy for hay fever and all its symptoms)
- ANEMIA: Enriches the blood. The darker the honey the better. Take 1 ripe banana with 1 tablespoon of honey, 1-2 times a day.
- CONJUNCTIVITIS: Dissolve honey in equal amount of warm water. When cooled, apply as lotion or eye bath.
- COUGHING: An excellent alternative to cough syrup especially in children over the age of one. See this research article from Penn State College of Medicine.
- CUTS and BRUISES: Apply a honey compress to soothe, encourage healing, and prevent infection.
- DIGESTION PROBLEMS: Mix equal amounts of honey with cider vinegar and dilute with water.
- FATIGUE and EXHAUSTION: Eradicates tiredness and fatigue almost instantly because it is easily absorbed in the blood. Dissolve 1 teaspoon of it in warm water.
- HEADACHES and MIGRAINES: Take 2 teaspoons at meals to prevent headache. For migraines, take 1 tablespoon dissolved in a half glass of warm water. Repeat in 20 minutes if migraine persists.
- HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: Mix 1 teaspoon of honey, 1 teaspoon of ginger juice and 1 teaspoon of cumin powder and take 2 times a day.
- INSOMNIA; Take 1 teaspoon of honey mixed in lukewarm water or milk and drink before going to bed.
- MOUTH SORES: Put a dab on sore places in mouth.
- SKIN: rub into skin as a revitalizing mask. It is a good moisturizer. It also helps in reducing skin problems like pimples.
- SORE THROAT: Let 1 teaspoon of honey melt in the back of the mouth and trickle down the throat or gargle with honey water.
- UPSET STOMACH: Take 1 teaspoon of honey, juice of a ½ lemon with a hot glass of water first thing in the morning.
to enjoy the full benefits of honey, you should use a cold-extracted and minimally filtered variety because...the healing elements of honey are destroyed during the heating processes often used to get as much honey out of the honeycomb as possible.
