The simple way to take honey is to drink it with warm water.
The efficacy of honey
Foreign experts have investigated some long-lived elderly people, and think that taking honey for a long time is one of the factors for people's health and longevity. Hippocrates, a Greek doctor and thinker, and democritus, the founder of atomism, often ate honey. They all lived 100 years old. Lambert Mbeki, a famous Polish poet, insisted on taking honey for 30 years, but he was still healthy at the age of 80. Germans have always called honey "the old man's milk".
1. Honey contains a large number of monosaccharides-glucose and fructose, which can be directly and quickly absorbed and utilized by human body. The energy produced by honey is about 5 times higher than that of milk, which can replenish human energy in a short time and eliminate human fatigue and hunger. In addition, honey contains no fat and is rich in vitamins, minerals, amino acids and enzymes. Regular use can make people refreshed, energetic, improve memory and prolong life. It is the best drink for athletes, manual workers, mental workers, the elderly, children and patients with hypertension. Those who lack exercise, are weak, have weak limbs and are in low spirits will benefit a lot if they take honey regularly.
2. Honey has the functions of protecting liver, moistening stomach, sterilizing, sleeping peacefully and promoting metabolism, and is often used to treat constipation and gastric ulcer. It has certain curative effect on heart disease, heart disease, hypertension, gastrointestinal diseases, lung diseases and nervous system diseases after being compatible with some traditional Chinese medicines.
3. Honey can nourish myocardium and treat cardiac insufficiency, which is a good medicine for treating and preventing heart disease.
Honey is an ideal food for teenagers and children.
Honey can prevent malnutrition in children, promote children's growth and development, and promote children's bone growth without damaging teeth. Eating honey regularly can also promote children's brain development, improve children's intelligence, help children digest and increase their appetite.
The efficacy of different kinds of honey
Honey is a sweet substance that bees collect nectar or secretions from plants and store in nests and spleens after full brewing.
Ancient ancestors knew the medicinal properties of honey very early, and honey was listed as the top grade of Chinese medicine in Han Dynasty. China's first medical masterpiece, Shennong Herbal Classic, records: "Honey is sweet and non-toxic, mainly benefiting qi and tonifying the middle warmer, and prolonging life after long-term administration." "Compendium of Materia Medica" contains: "Honey is cool when it is born, so it can clear heat, and it is warm when it is ripe, so it can be replenished; Sweet and peaceful, so it can detoxify, soft and moist, so it can moisten dryness. Its medicine has five functions: clearing away heat, tonifying the middle warmer, detoxifying and moistening dryness, and relieving pain ... "
Modern research shows that honey is a nutritious food. Honey contains monosaccharides and a small amount of minerals, vitamins, protein, organic acids, enzymes and other nutrients. Clinical medicine has proved that honey or honey combined with other drugs has achieved good results in treating various diseases. 1. Treating gastrointestinal diseases Because honey has bactericidal effect and gastrointestinal function, it has obvious effect on treating gastric and duodenal ulcers. At the same time, honey has a good effect on colitis, habitual constipation, constipation of the elderly and pregnant women, and dysentery of children. 2. Clinical experience in the treatment of respiratory diseases shows that after taking honey, patients with pulmonary tuberculosis have increased hemoglobin, slowed erythrocyte sedimentation rate, gradually relieved cough and increased appetite; 3. Honey for treating liver diseases is mainly determined by its chemical and biological components, and it is also used to treat gallbladder diseases; 4. Treating heart disease is mainly because honey can nourish myocardium and improve its metabolic function. Honey can dilate coronary arteries, so it can also treat angina pectoris. 5. Treating nervous system diseases; 6. Beauty function Honey is a skin cell reproductive agent. External use can increase the activity of epidermal cells, improve the nutritional status of the skin, thus keeping the skin naturally ruddy and white, eliminating and reducing wrinkles, and has a special effect of preventing skin aging. In addition, honey is also effective for dermatitis, chapped hands and feet, stomatitis, frostbite, scald and other diseases.
1, Baihua honey
Collected in hundreds of flowers, it is a complete collection of flowers. Sweet and moist, nutritious and nourishing, it has the effects of clearing away heat, nourishing the middle energizer, detoxifying and moistening dryness, and astringing honey. It is a traditional honey variety.
2. Winter honey
Originated from traditional medicinal tree species (Acanthopanax octophylla and Liriodendron chinense) in China, it is a unique winter honey variety in Lingnan. So it is commonly known as "winter honey". Light amber color, easy crystallization, excellent texture, sweet and slightly bitter taste. In addition to clearing away heat, invigorating the middle energizer, detoxifying and moistening dryness, honey also has the effects of sweating, relieving exterior syndrome, expelling wind and removing dampness, and has a good auxiliary effect on colds, fever, sore throat and rheumatic joint pain. It is a honey variety with Chinese medicine characteristics and is deeply loved by people in Southeast Asia.
3, longan honey
Honey varieties endemic to South China. It has the fragrance of longan. The product has the effects of nourishing blood, tranquilizing mind, stimulating appetite, caring skin, clearing away heat and moistening dryness, and invigorating middle warmer. It also has a certain auxiliary effect on palpitation, insomnia and memory loss caused by heart-spleen blood deficiency. Especially suitable for women.
4. litchi honey
Litchi is rich in the south and is known as the "king of fruits". Litchi honey is collected from the nectar of litchi stamen, which has the fragrance of litchi fruit, sweet and slightly sour. It has the freshness of honey, but it is not as spicy as litchi, because bees add various unique ingredients when making honey. However, its special effects of promoting fluid production, benefiting blood, regulating qi and preserving health are unique to Lingnan, and it is a special honey for distant relatives and friends.
5. Tilia honey
It is a unique honey variety in Northeast China, with light amber color, rich fragrance and easy crystallization. This product has the effects of nourishing stomach, tonifying deficiency, clearing away heat, invigorating middle warmer, detoxifying and moistening dryness, and also has a certain sedative effect. It is deeply loved by Europeans and is a rare forest honey seed.
6. Chinese milk vetch honey
Also known as safflower honey or grass seed honey, it is the main honey variety in southern China in spring. It has a natural fresh and pleasant grass fragrance, sweet but not greasy, fresh and clean, sweet, and the color is light amber. This product not only has the effects of clearing away heat and toxic materials, nourishing the middle energizer and moistening dryness, but also can dispel wind, improve eyesight, reduce swelling and induce diuresis, and has a certain auxiliary effect on cough due to wind phlegm, sore throat and hemorrhoids caused by excessive internal heat. It is a health product for people with exuberant deficiency fire.
7. Sophora japonica honey
This is the honey seed in spring. The water is white and transparent, sticky, not easy to crystallize, with a faint scent of Sophora japonica, sweet and fresh, and the fragrance is palatable. This product has the effects of clearing away heat, eliminating dampness, inducing diuresis, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, and can maintain the normal resistance of capillaries and lower blood pressure, and can be used for preventing apoplexy. At the same time, it also has the effects of clearing heat, tonifying middle warmer, detoxifying and moistening dryness of common honey. The top grade in honey. Is more suitable for health care of cardiovascular patients.
8, sweet-scented osmanthus honey
Rare honey seeds. The nectar of wild osmanthus fragrans, which blooms and secretes honey in winter in the deep mountain forest, is fragrant and moist, pure and elegant, fresh and clean in taste, sweet but not greasy, white and transparent in color and delicate in crystallization. Known as the "king of honey". Osmanthus fragrans is also a valuable Chinese herbal medicine. According to the dictionary of traditional Chinese medicine, the sweet-scented osmanthus of Toona sinensis has been proved to have good nutrition and health care functions. Sweet-scented osmanthus honey also has the functions of clearing away heat, tonifying middle energizer, detoxifying and moistening dryness, and is deeply loved by people at home and abroad. In ancient times, it was a tribute to the palace.
9. Coptis chinensis honey
The nectar of Coptis chinensis collected from Chinese herbal medicine nature reserve inherits the characteristics of honey and the medicinal properties of Coptis chinensis, which not only has the health care and nutritional value of natural honey, but also has the medicinal effect of this precious Chinese medicine. Coptis chinensis honey is light yellow in color, special in fragrance, slightly bitter in sweetness, sweet but not greasy. It can be said that the good medicine is not bitter, but the effect is still the same. Based on the unique effects of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, purging pathogenic fire, detoxicating, resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation, and calming down and removing fire, it is especially suitable for dietotherapy and health care of people who have excessive alcohol and tobacco, strong heart fire and are upset.
10, gallnut honey
Chinese medicine honey seed. Galla chinensis nectar, collected from astringent intestines to stop diarrhea, is slightly dark in color, sweet in taste and slightly fragrant in traditional Chinese medicine. In addition to the characteristics of common honey, it also has the functions of detoxification, antidiarrheal, sterilization and convergence, and has a good auxiliary treatment effect on lung and kidney deficiency, spleen and kidney deficiency, shortness of breath and phlegm-fire blocking the lung. It is especially suitable for patients with physical weakness, lung deficiency, kidney deficiency, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, hemorrhoids and hematochezia.
1 1, salvia miltiorrhiza honey
Baoshengyuan Salvia Miltiorrhiza honey is a pure natural honey brewed by bees from the flowers of Salvia Miltiorrhiza. In addition to the natural health care function of honey, it also has the effect of "promoting blood production and eliminating evil" of Salvia miltiorrhiza, which is suitable for women with irregular menstruation and abdominal pain. In addition, Salvia Miltiorrhiza honey can also "cool blood and reduce swelling, clear heart and remove troubles".
12, Astragalus honey
Astragalus membranaceus is one of the essential drugs for treating qi deficiency. The honey of Astragalus membranaceus collected from the natural nectar of Astragalus membranaceus flower in Baoshengyuan not only has the general health care function of honey, but also has the effects of invigorating middle warmer, consolidating exterior, diuresis and detumescence of Astragalus membranaceus, thus playing the roles of promoting middle warmer, diuresis, relieving nephritis, lowering blood pressure and strengthening body. It can replenish qi and consolidate exterior, and is suitable for patients with qi deficiency and hyperhidrosis.
13, platycodon grandiflorum honey
Platycodon grandiflorum is the main medicine for the treatment of sore throat, which has the effects of dispersing lung qi, eliminating pathogenic factors, resolving phlegm and discharging pus. Baoshengyuan platycodon grandiflorum honey comes from natural platycodon grandiflorum nectar, which not only has the effects of clearing away heat, tonifying middle energizer and moistening dryness, but also is a good food therapy for patients with cough, chest tightness and excessive phlegm.
14, loquat honey
Loquat honey in Baosheng Garden is the nectar of loquat collected by bees and brewed by bees. Sweet and catchy, the top grade in honey juice. Loquat honey not only has the natural health care function of honey, but also has the effect of loquat "mainly treating cough and asthma due to lung heat, vomiting due to stomach heat, vexation and thirst", and has the health care effects of clearing away heat and resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, so it is an ideal choice for patients with cold, cough and phlegm.
15, codonopsis pilosula honey
It is brewed by bees with precious Chinese herbal medicine-Dangshen nectar. The taste is sweet and the color is amber. In addition to the characteristics of honey, it is more conducive to invigorating the middle energizer, promoting fluid production and quenching thirst. It has auxiliary effects on spleen and stomach weakness, deficiency of both qi and blood, mental fatigue, metrorrhagia and anemia. Suitable for people with physical weakness, stomach cold, chronic gastritis and anemia.
16, motherwort honey
Motherwort honey in Baosheng Garden comes from the pollution-free medicinal motherwort producing area in the southwest plateau of China. This product not only has the health care function of honey, but also has the functions of removing blood stasis, promoting tissue regeneration, regulating menstruation and promoting blood circulation. It is suitable for women with irregular menstruation and menorrhagia before and after delivery, which fully reflects the care for women. For men, especially patients with hypertension, coronary heart disease and nephropathy, motherwort honey is also an ideal health food for health care and adjuvant therapy.
17, Lycium barbarum honey
It comes from the main producing area of Lycium barbarum, a valuable Chinese medicine, and is brewed by bees collecting honey from Lycium barbarum. This product not only has the traditional nutritional and health care value of honey, but also has the effects of tonifying kidney and essence, nourishing liver and improving eyesight, moistening lung and relieving cough. This product is suitable for people with deficiency of both qi and blood, hypertension, physical weakness, decreased vision, anemia, chronic hepatitis, toxic or metabolic liver disease, liver dysfunction caused by biliary system, etc. It is especially suitable for men with kidney deficiency, lumbago, nocturnal emission and busy work.