Honey is the honey made by the Chinese or Italian bee, an insect of the bee family. Honey has a sweet flavor and a flat medicinal nature. It belongs to the spleen, stomach, lung and large intestine meridians. The main components of honey are sugar, protein, amino acids, organic acids, volatile oils and so on. Among them, sugar is the main active ingredient. The 2015 edition of the Chinese People's *** and State Pharmacopoeia stipulates that the total content of fructose and glucose in honey, calculated on the basis of dry products, shall not be less than 60.0%, and the ratio of fructose to glucose content shall not be less than 1.0.

Value of honey:

1, honey is able to improve the composition of the blood and it can conserve the blood vessels of the heart and the brain, so it's very good for the patients of the heart and the brain blood vessels.

2, honey also has a protective effect on the liver, can advance the regeneration of liver cells, the formation of fatty liver has a certain inhibitory effect.

3, after taking honey can eliminate fatigue and also can improve the resistance.

4, honey also has a sterilizing effect, often eat honey, not only on the teeth have no effect, but also play a role in the oral sterilization.

5, honey can also inhibit skin damage, for burns honey can also play a role.

6, honey can play a laxative effect.

The effects of honey mainly include: medicinal effects, beauty effects, as follows:

1, medicinal effects. The medicinal effects of honey include: moisturizing the lungs, cough, pain, heat detoxification, antibacterial, antibacterial, promote the healing of wounds, eliminate the accumulation of food, to promote blood circulation of blood vessels and so on.

2, beauty effects. Honey has an antioxidant effect, can resist the aging of the skin to promote smooth skin, can clean the hair follicles to improve the skin's color, so you can use it as a mask in life.

While honey contains glucose, fructose, protein, vitamins and other nutrients, but it is not advisable to eat more. Eating too much of it has the following disadvantages for the human body:

1, damage to the teeth. Honey is high in sugar, eating too much may produce tooth decay.

2, diarrhea, causing diarrhea, especially with cold water with honey, will irritate the stomach.

3, fat. Honey sugar is very high, it is easy to turn into fat accumulation in the body.

4. Increase in acidity. Eating a lot of honey will make the stomach too acidic, resulting in gastric ulcers or duodenal ulcers and so on.