Honey is a natural health food for all ages, and its main ingredients are glucose, fructose, and a variety of active substances. Its main components are glucose, fructose and a variety of active substances. Its nutritional and health effects are very obvious. It's a great way to get the most out of your honey, and it's a great way to get the most out of your honey. The honey has a lot of health benefits, but it's not the only thing that you can take.
First, honey and gastrointestinal diseases Honey can lubricate the gastrointestinal tract, is the treatment of constipation, honey can also promote the repair of gastric mucosa, gastric, duodenal ulcer, chronic gastritis and other diseases have therapeutic effects.
Second, honey and respiratory diseases Honey has an anti-inflammatory, expectorant, moisturizing, cough and other effects, at the same time can make the human hemoglobin increase and reduce blood sedimentation, so that the symptoms of tuberculosis, long-term use, the elderly chronic bronchitis, bronchitis has a good auxiliary therapeutic effect.
Third, honey and cardiovascular disease Honey contains glucose and other nutrients, especially colored honey contains a large number of pollen components, so both the effects of bee pollen, can be nutritious myocardium, improve coronary circulation, coronary heart disease, heart failure has a therapeutic effect.
Fourth, honey and liver disease The main component of honey is glucose, glucose in addition to the composition of cellular nutrients, it also enhances the liver glycogen storage, promote the organization of the metabolism, taking honey can improve liver detoxification ability, some chronic liver disease has certain benefits.
Fifth, honey and neurological disorders Honey has a certain sedative effect, can regulate the function of the nervous system, neurasthenia, insomnia, have auxiliary therapeutic effect. The first thing that you need to do is to take a look at the actual product, and then you will be able to find out what you need to do to make it work.
Six, other. Honey has to enhance the body's immune function, improve body resistance.
In addition, honey can be used externally to treat infected wounds, burns, frostbite, pain relief, anti-inflammatory, promote wound healing. Children can take it to promote the normal development of the body. The first thing you need to do is to get a good understanding of how honey works, and how to take it.
First, the method of consumption, fresh honey can be taken directly, can also be formulated into aqueous solution to take, but never available boiling water or high-temperature steaming, because of the high temperature after the active ingredients such as enzymes and other active substances are destroyed bee. The best way to take honey is to dilute it with warm or cool boiled water below 40 degrees.
Second, take time: generally 1 to 1.5 hours before meals, or 2 to 3 hours after meals is more appropriate. The neurasthenia should be taken before bedtime every day.
Third, the dose: as a treatment or adjuvant therapy, adults 100 grams a day, do not exceed 200 grams, divided into the morning, middle and evening three times, children's consumption of 30 grams of the best, but should depend on the age. Used for treatment, to two months for a course of treatment; as a health care taking amount can be reduced as appropriate, generally 10 to 50 grams per day.
In addition, diabetic patients are best not to take. At present, the market honey is divided into pure honey and blended honey, general beekeeping garden bee products stores directly sold for mature pure honey, stores sell blended honey, there is pure honey, crosstown selling more than poor quality adulterated honey, cheap, the quality is difficult to guarantee. Some unscrupulous people, and even add some chemical raw materials, containing a large number of heavy metals and pathogenic bacteria, do not want to be cheap, fooled by the victim.
Honey is different - which is good
Honey is divided by flower species such as jujube, acacia, thorn flower.
By color can be divided into dark, light.
By population by the elderly honey, children's honey.
Flower species are different, the aroma is different, the taste is also different;
The color is different mainly due to the different flower species, the color of the light honey fragrance, while the dark honey is strong.
But its main nutrients are basically the same. Now on the market according to different groups of people to develop the development of honey suitable for the elderly, children and calcium supplement crowd. The choice of honey should be based on the object of the decision varieties. The elderly are suitable for the selection of elderly honey, calcium-rich honey, date honey. For children, children's honey and calcium-rich honey are suitable. Infants and young children are suitable for the selection of breastfeeding honey, ordinary people can choose acacia honey, pure honey and so on. China Bee Products Association Honey Professional Committee provides.
Honey purchase and use
Honey purchase
Currently, the market for honey is divided into pure honey and blended honey, general beekeeping garden bee products stores directly sold for mature pure honey, stores sell blended honey, there is pure honey, street selling more than inferior adulteration of honey, cheaper, quality is difficult to guarantee. Some unscrupulous elements, and even add some chemical raw materials, containing a large number of heavy metals and pathogenic bacteria, - in order to ensure your health, please do not buy street honey, this honey is difficult to distinguish between the real and fake, unqualified health, out of the problem can not be claimed, do not want to be greedy for cheaper, fooled and victimized. So when you buy peak honey, you'd better go to the beekeeping garden bee products store to buy, especially should pay attention to choose a good reputation brand.
Preservation of honey
Honey is a weakly acidic liquid, which can react with metals and cause contamination. Therefore, don't use metal containers to store honey, and don't use plastic containers either. You can use porcelain or glass containers to store your honey. It should be kept in a ventilated, dry and airtight place.
Honey is a very good choice for the most demanding of people.
Eating Honey
Eating Honey: It is important to take honey without destroying its nutrients. Generally, honey can be taken with warm water or mixed into milk, soybean milk and diluted rice to take, but also can be coated in bread, steamed bread. But pay attention to one thing, the temperature can not exceed 60 degrees, to avoid high temperature to destroy the nutrients in the honey.
Dosage
25-50 grams per day is good.
Honey crystallization
Honey crystallization is a physical phenomenon, when the temperature in 13-14d, honey is easy to crystallize, precipitation of crystals is glucose, and did not occur other biochemical reactions, its nutritional value and the same as the liquid honey, the quality of the honey has no effect, and honey crystallization phenomenon and flower species and water content of different related.
The pharmacological effects of honey
People have been using honey as a healthcare product since ancient times. It has been used to treat burns, wounds, ulcers, bedsores and gastrointestinal disorders. Honey can quickly remove surface infections caused by wounds and ulcers and promote wound healing. This is due to its anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer and laxative properties. Clinical experience has shown that honey can clear away heat, detoxify the body, laxative, healing, and harmonize various medicines. Nowadays, honey is often used in Chinese and Western medicine to prepare pills, creams, syrups and other medicines to cure various diseases.
(-) The antibacterial effect of honey
In recent years, scholars from various countries have conducted extensive research on the antibacterial activity of honey, proving that honey is effective against alkaloid-producing bacilli, bacillus, Klebsiella, cocci, Staphylococcus, streptococcus and many other bacteria as well as seven kinds of fungi. The honey has bacteriostatic activity against a variety of bacteria and 7 kinds of fungi in the genera of Bacillus carbonis, Bacillus subtilis, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Escherichia coli, Bacillus pneumoniae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Aspergillus oryzae, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhi, Shigella dysentery, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Candidium albicans, etc. Wang Eryi, Wang Jie and other experts have shown that honey is a good antibiotic. Wang Eryi and Wang Huajie (1995) proved that unheated raw honey has obvious bactericidal effect on Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus b hemolyticus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and some Escherichia coli. Alter et al. (1991) experimental proof, 20% honey solution can completely inhibit gastritis caused by Helicobacter pylori.
(2) The anti-ulcer effect of honey
Kandil et al. (1987) proved that honey has a therapeutic effect on experimental gastric ulcers in rats caused by salicylic acid acetate. However, the therapeutic effect of honey was higher than that of artificial honey. Kandil et al. (1989) demonstrated that honey had a cure rate of 80% in aspirin-induced gastric ulcers in rats. Ali et al. (1990) conducted experiments on the protective effect of honey against experimental gastric injury in rats. The results proved that large doses of honey had 100% protective effect on gastric injury caused by earthworm methicin in rats, but only 58% protective effect on gastric injury caused by ethanol. This suggests that honey has anti-ulcer properties and can be used to prevent and mitigate gastric damage from potentially ulcer-causing drugs. Ali claimed that honey has been utilized in the Indian subcontinent for many years in the treatment of gastric ulcers.
(3) The laxative effect of honey
China's ancient times have used honey as a laxative laxative. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing, a famous medical doctor, pointed out in the "Treatise on Typhoid Fever" that "honey for yangming junction dryness, fecal impassability, honey decoction guide method, honestly in the ancient strange recipe. The honey decoction guide method is to heat and burn honey into a semi-solidified state, made of sitting medicine. He also pointed out in the "gold plaque", "honey can moisturize dryness and laxative, such as hemp seed kernel pills, refining honey for pills and take honey soft moist can help hemp seed kernel moist down the momentum." Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences, Jiao Jiejun et al. (1992) animal experiments show that 100% and 50% honey on the small intestine of mice to promote the movement of obvious, and significantly shorten the time of defecation. Constipation is caused by fire in the body, depletion of fluids, dry stools and inflammation of the intestines. Because of the difficulty of stool, so that the anus is traumatized. Can lead to bile cracks, bleeding, hemorrhoids, and even cancer. Patients can take the right amount of honey depending on the appropriate use of people, teenagers to white carrot slices dipped in honey and chewing, the elderly with banana meat dipped in honey to eat. The effect is remarkable. Honey is effective in treating colitis, habitual constipation, constipation in the elderly and pregnant women. Take 25 grams of honey on an empty stomach in the morning and at night every day to regulate gastrointestinal function. Honey can make gastric problems and heartburn disappear, and is effective in stomach and duodenal ulcers, gastric perforation, indigestion and chronic gastritis. It is also anti-inflammatory, promotes healing of wounds, enhances the function of the digestive system, and is a tonic.
Respiratory diseases
Honey has anti-inflammatory, expectorant, cough and other effects. Lung dry heat cough patients can take a sweet pear, remove the skin and core, and then cut thin slices of honey to eat, several times a day, within a week can be effective. Tuberculosis patients River oral honey 50-75 grams. Honey can moisten the lungs, cough and relieve pain, but also can make the body hemoglobin increase and reduce blood sedimentation . Thus, the tuberculosis disease is alleviated. Folk ~ has been rumored to embrace honey and milk or animal fats to treat tuberculosis prescription. There are very good curative effects. Rhinitis patients with 10% honey water solution into the inhaler so that its atomization inhaled into the respiratory tract, the patient's posterior pharyngeal wall of the feeling of dryness disappeared. The mucous membrane becomes moist, purulent secretion stops, the condition is quickly relieved.
Honey and heart disease
Honey in the high content of glucose and easy to be absorbed by the body, can be nutritious to the myocardium and improve myocardial metabolic function. It is also known for its ability to dilate cardiovascular vessels and improve blood circulation in coronary blood vessels. Honey has been shown to be effective in treating heart failure and heart disease because of its ability to normalize blood flow. A daily dose of 50 January grams of honey, taken over a long period of time, will ensure that the heart is working properly. In folk medicine, honey is used to treat cardiac insufficiency and angina pectoris. According to modern medical literature, the benefits of honey for heart disease patients are mainly due to its ability to nourish the heart muscle and improve myocardial metabolism. It can dilate the coronary arteries, so it can also treat angina pectoris. The heart disease patients who often take honey, the physical condition can be significantly improved, to promote the normalization of blood composition, hemoglobin content increased, cardiovascular contractility strengthened.
Honey and Liver Disease
The glucose in honey, in addition to constituting a nutrient for cellular tissues, enhances the storage of glycogen in the liver and strengthens the metabolism of the tissues. The company's products and services are available in a wide range of colors and sizes, including: (1) a variety of colors, (2) a variety of colors, (3) a variety of colors, (4) a variety of colors, and (5) a variety of colors.
Honey and neurasthenia
Ancient Greeks and Romans believed that honey is a sedative and sleeping pill. Nowadays, honey is also used in folk medicine to treat many neurological disorders. Although there are many factors that can lead to neurasthenia and insomnia, but the neurasthenic people take 10-20 grams of honey every night before going to bed, it can regulate the nervous system, easy to fall asleep. Honey and Wounds and Burns Honey is good for treating infected wounds and burns. Honey has been shown to be effective in the treatment of infected wounds and burns because of the acidity and high concentration of sugars in honey, which prevents bacteria from surviving in the traumatized area. At the same time, because of the presence of biotin in honey, the metabolism of the body plays a role in promoting, so that the trauma site can quickly grow granulation tissue. For skin trauma, 10%-15% honey can be used to wash the wound and apply honey bandage to control the infection. Similarly, using honey to smear burn wounds can reduce exudate, reduce pain and shorten the treatment cycle (3-7 days). In general, one or two degrees of small and medium-sized burns, the wound after cleaning, with a sterilized cotton ball dipped in honey, evenly coated in the affected area, the early 4-5 times a day, to be formed into a gelatinous obsessive, coated with honey l-2 times a day, the use of exposure therapy. If there is pus in the wound, first remove the pus. Clean the wound, then put honey gauze on the wound, and then wrap it with sterile cotton pads. 2 parts of honey, 2% procaine solution 1 part of a 2:l mixture to reduce the beginning of the application of medicine to bring pain to the wound. According to 58 cases for observation. First and second degree burns. Generally coated honey 2-3 days later, the trauma will be knotted into a transparent adhesive dementia, 6-10 days after the limb dementia fall off on their own, the newborn epithelium grow completely. In the late stage of hospitalized patients with obvious infections, the wound can also form a gelatinous scab in 2-3 days and see the growth of epithelial cells under the dementia. Using honey gauze bandage therapy, ~ ship after 6-9 days, granulation growth is good, 2-3 weeks later can be cured. In the course of treatment, no infection was found, if the wound is infected after applying honey, purulent secretion is also gradually reduced, but timely observation should be made to deal with the infected material under the scab. Honey and Frostbite Frostbite and frostbite can also be treated with honey. For frostbite with more than two degrees of inflammation and secretion, decoct honey and mix it with petroleum jelly to make an ointment, spread it thinly on sterile gauze and apply it on the affected area. Wash the area before applying the dressing. After applying the dressing, use the dressing to fix it. Generally, after 2-3 times of medication, the pain and inflammation will disappear gradually, and it can be cured in 3-7 times. Frostbite: first wash with warm water, clean the affected area, and then apply honey bandage. Every other day to change the medicine once, a few months that is healed. Honey and chronic ulcers Chronic ulcers, available 10% honey diluted juice. The first thing you need to do is to wash the sore, then apply pure honey impregnated gauze to the affected area, dressings and bandages, and change the dressing every other day, and in a week or so, there will be granulation newborns, and it will be healed in two months. However, the proportion of these sugars is consistent across all honeys, with the sum of fructose and glucose accounting for 85-95% of the honey's sugar content, and levulose (fructose) predominating in almost all honeys, such as bramble, jujube, and acacia honeys. Some honey species such as cotton honey and wild dam honey contain more dextrose (glucose) than levulose. Sucrose and maltose are found in very small amounts in all types of honey, in the range of a few percent. In addition, honey contains proteins, amino acids, organic acids, vitamins, coloring, and aromatic substances. Apart from the dry matter, the rest is water. The honey is also used as a moisturizer for the skin
The honey is used as a nourishing compress to provide the skin with nutrients and to make it more moisturized. The actual honey is actually the most popular and also the most effective way to get the most out of your skin. The honey is the ideal material, honey is not irritating to the skin, but in the maintenance of the skin is very effective. To reduce the odor of honey, add a few drops of lemon juice to reduce the taste. If you add honey in the rice flour (or wheat flour), mixed into a paste, wash your face and apply it to your face, 30 minutes to wash off with warm water, the effect is even better, because ginger powder contains vitamin B and alcohol. Honey can eliminate face sores. If you remove the sweet part of honey, its acidity is similar to that of vinegar. Because of its high acidity, honey also has a strong bactericidal power, you can wash your face, dip a cotton swab in a small amount of honey, directly coated with facial sores, in order to prevent peeling, can be fixed with gauze tape, applied before bedtime is very effective. Use honey to make body lotion. Soap is alkaline and can strip the skin of its fat, which can be remedied by adding a little honey. Soap can be lathered up, a little honey added, and used to wash the face or body, making it a perfect body wash. Use honey before bathing. Apply honey all over the body before bathing. Especially the soles of the feet, knees, hands, elbows and other parts of a little more. 10 minutes later, into the bathtub to soak, and then wash again with soap, wash dry, will feel the whole body slippery as gelatin. (Yanmei)
Ancient knowledge of honey
China is a country with a long history of beekeeping, and is one of the earliest countries in the world. More than 3,000 years ago, there was a beekeeping industry, and the use of bees to produce bee products for the benefit of mankind, the "Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica," which came out in the Han Dynasty, has listed honey as the top quality of medicine. Since then, honey has been recorded in medical scriptures and herbal books. The Ming Dynasty physician Li Mingzhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" discusses: "Honey, its medicinal properties are five: clearing heat, tonifying the center, detoxification, moistening dryness, and pain relief." The function of honey is highly summarized. This shows that the ancient Chinese medical scientists have a more comprehensive understanding of the function of honey. It also shows that honey is a traditional and ancient natural food and medical medicine. In the world where there is a long cultural history of peoples and countries, in the use of honey for medical nourishment also has a long history, and there are records of the application of honey to promote human health. Ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and ancient Indian texts, for example, describe how honey can nourish and strengthen the body. Nowadays honey has become a nutritious food and medicine for people of all races around the world. Honey has been included in the pharmacopoeias of many countries. China Bee Products Association Honey Committee
U.S. scientists' new discovery bees are not only sweet
Many people (and a good number of nutritionists) believe that honey is nothing more than a flow of essence. Entomologists at several U.S. universities collected 19 types of honey from across the United States. These honeys represent the 14 most basic types of nectar. Comparisons with the golden antioxidant vitamin C showed that the darker the color, the stronger the antioxidant effect of the honey. For example, the darkest-colored aronia honey had the strongest oxidative effect, 20 times that of the lightest-colored dogwood honey, with sunflower coming in at a close second in terms of antioxidant strength. With this discovery, honey's usefulness goes through the roof. As an additive, honey is even more effective than refrigerators, not only in extending the shelf life of mass-produced foods, but also in preserving leftovers for the population. If a good apple has a wound, it is easy to oxidize and turn yellow, which affects the appetite and also reduces the vitamin C content of the apple, so if you apply a layer of honey to the wound, you can delay the yellowing time of the wound. Honey can also be used to extract alpha-alpha-hydroxy acids, an important ingredient in skin care products, which can slow down the aging of the skin and moisturize it. Honey is so abundant and inexpensive in the United States, and so natural, that many food and cosmetic manufacturers in the U.S. are rushing to get their hands on it. It seems that people will benefit greatly from nature's sweet bounty. It's just that the bees will suffer. From Beijing Youth Daily
Honeybee dietary health care talk
As the saying goes. "Bitter medicine is good for the disease", in fact, it may not be true, there are also sweet and savory "good medicine", honey is such a kind. The motherland medicine is very respected honey, honey is considered sweet and flat; is complementary to the gas, and the five organs, and a hundred medicines, and the solution of self-toxicity of the elixir, which has a pivotal position in the human health care. Modern medicine also attaches great importance to the medical value of honey. A large number of research data show that honey on such as tuberculosis, heart disease, gastrointestinal disease, ulcer disease, hepatitis, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, bronchitis, neurasthenia and many other common ailments, effective, with honey to treat keratitis, corneal ulcers and other eye diseases. Trauma. Frostbite, habitual constipation and other significant results. In addition, honey contains antibacterial substances that can inhibit the reproduction and growth of streptococcus, typhoid, E. coli, dysentery bacillus, so it can help the human body less vulnerable to infectious diseases. In addition, honey is sweet but does not harm the teeth, and can eliminate bad breath and disinfect the mouth to a certain extent, which is unmatched by any other desserts. It is also commendable for its nutritive properties. It is classified by nutritionists as an ideal natural nutrient, with more than 75% natural glucose, and other nutrients such as proteins, minerals, vitamins, and digestive enzymes, all of which are available in a considerable amount. Especially these nutrients are easy to be absorbed by the human body, nourishing power, men, women, old and young people. Recently came the good news, the United States of America, Illinois State University nutritionist Professor Brynjar found that honey contains a surprising number of antioxidants, this antioxidant is not a nutrient, but it can remove the body's "garbage" - oxygen free radicals, thus The anti-carcinogenic and anti-aging properties. The best way to take honey is to take 1 spoonful in the morning and 1 spoonful in the evening. The best is 1 spoon in the morning and evening; with warm boiled water, avoid using the boiled water; honey can also be sandwiched between steamed buns, bread and other foods to eat. In addition, if with other foods, *** play therapeutic health care, the effect is better. Excerpted from the "China Food News"