Eating too much beeswax is not good, which will increase the burden on the stomach and intestines, damage the digestive function of the stomach and intestines, and even induce digestive tract diseases in severe cases, which is very unfavorable to human health. However, under normal circumstances, people can digest 30 to 50 grams of natural beeswax at a time, and it will not have adverse effects on the body. ?
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Beeswax, also known as yellow wax and beeswax. Beeswax is a kind of fatty substance secreted by four pairs of wax glands in the abdomen of school-age worker bees in bee colony. In the bee colony, worker bees use their own wax to repair the nesting spleen, ovary cover and feed room cover. Nesting spleen is the place where bees store food, cultivate bees and live in groups. Therefore, beeswax is not only a product of bee colonies, but also a necessary material for their survival and reproduction.
Beeswax is a substance secreted by four pairs of wax glands under the abdomen of worker bees. Its main components are acids, free fatty acids, free fatty alcohols and carbohydrates. In addition, there are carotenoids, vitamin A, aromatic substances and so on. Beeswax is widely used in industrial and agricultural production. In the cosmetics manufacturing industry, many beauty products contain beeswax, such as shower gel, lipstick and rouge.
In the candle processing industry, beeswax can be used as the main raw material to make various types of candles; In pharmaceutical industry, beeswax can be used to make dental casting wax, base wax, viscous wax and the shell of pills; It can be used as coating, packaging and coating of food in food industry; It can be used in agriculture and animal husbandry to make fruit tree grafting wax and pest adhesive; In beekeeping, nests and wax bowls can be made.
Refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-beeswax