Honey is made by worker bees collecting flowers and honey in their nests. There are spring, summer and winter honey according to different honey picking seasons, and winter honey has the best quality. Those taken from the wild, such as trees and caves, are called wild honey, also called stone honey or rock honey, which has the best quality, but the output is limited, so what is seen in the market is mostly honey taken from artificial beekeeping. The benefits of honey to human health have long been recognized. Shen Nong's Classic of Materia Medica lists honey as the top grade beneficial to people. The ancient Greeks thought honey was a "godsend gift", while the Vedas in India said that honey could prolong life. Tao Hongjing, a famous doctor in the Liang Dynasty in China, said: "The pills of Taoism use more honey, and those who cultivate immortals eat only honey, which means they can live forever." Although this statement is exaggerated, it still fully illustrates the role of honey in nutrition and medical care.

Nutritional analysis shows that honey contains about 35% glucose and 40% fructose, both of which can be directly absorbed and utilized by human body without digestion. Honey also contains a variety of inorganic salts similar to human serum concentration, and also contains a certain amount of vitamins B 1, B2, B6, iron, calcium, copper, manganese, phosphorus, potassium and so on. Honey contains amylase, lipase, invertase and so on, which is the most enzyme in food. Enzymes are promoters that help human digestion, absorption and a series of substance metabolism and chemical changes. The smell of honey is fragrant and delicious. From the perspective of nutrition and health care value, honey is not only a nourishing and longevity product, but also a good medicine for treating diseases.

As a medicine, honey has a history of thousands of years in China, with good efficacy. Li Shizhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, pointed out: "There are five functions of honey as medicine: clearing heat; Buzhong also; Moisten and dry; Detoxification also; Pain-relieving. Being born is cool, so it can clear away heat. Maturity is warm, so it can make up for it. Sweet and peaceful, so you can detoxify. Soft and moist, so it can moisten dryness. Slow can go to the urgent, so it can stop the pain of muscle trauma in the heart, and it can cause the middle, so it can reconcile all kinds of medicines and work together with licorice. "

Clinically, honey can not only treat gastritis, but also add some drugs to honey to treat ulcer. For example, 6 grams of honey is washed with warm boiled water every morning, and it can be taken on an empty stomach or with 6 grams of salvia miltiorrhiza 15, 6 grams of radix aucklandiae and 6 grams of roasted licorice, and the decoction is washed with honey, which can treat gastroduodenal ulcer and various stomachaches. Why does honey have this effect? It turns out that honey is a potential alkaline food, and it contains inorganic salts such as manganese, which can promote the digestion and assimilation of food, thus reducing the gastrointestinal burden and relieving symptoms.

If 30 grams of honey and 0/5 grams of fried jujube kernel/kloc-are taken twice, it has a good calming effect and can cure palpitation, insomnia, forgetfulness and dreaminess. If you add 9 grams of Schisandra chinensis and 9 grams of Platycladus orientalis, you can also enhance your memory and improve your intelligence.

If patients with hypertension, liver disease and heart disease drink 1 cup of honey water on an empty stomach in the morning and evening, it will have certain curative effect on the above diseases. If you use Salvia Miltiorrhiza Radix and Polygoni Multiflori Radix 1 5g, decoct with water to get juice, and take it orally with honey1spoon, the effect will be better. Use 30 grams of honey and 3 grams of refined salt, mix well with cold boiled water, and take/kloc-0 every morning and evening, which has a good laxative effect, especially suitable for the elderly, the weak and patients with constipation after illness.

When there are respiratory diseases, lung dryness due to yin deficiency, and chronic cough without phlegm, Tussilago farfara10g, Lily15g, Polygonatum odoratum15g can be decocted to get juice, and 2 tablespoons of honey can be added for drinking. You can also put a proper amount of honey in the hollow Sydney and stew it in water, which can eliminate the feeling of dry and itchy throat caused by dry climate and is conducive to the smooth cough of accumulated phlegm in the trachea. Therefore, after respiratory diseases are cured, if you can drink honey regularly, it will not only prevent the recurrence of old diseases, but also strengthen your health.

For growing children, honey is often their favorite food. Honey contains iron and folic acid, which can prevent and correct children's anemia.

In addition, honey also has the function of moistening muscles and whitening skin. Because honey is rich in nutrition and diverse, it is easy to be absorbed and utilized by the human body, and it has a moisturizing effect on the skin, especially when the winter climate is dry, eating more honey can prevent chapped skin. Many advanced cosmetics are extracted from honey, which shows that it has a good protective effect on the skin. If it can be taken orally and applied externally for a long time, it will help to beautify the face and prolong life.

Second, homemade honey mask

Honey cucumber mask (whitening and wrinkle removing)

Take fresh cucumber juice, add appropriate amount of milk powder and honey, mix a few drops of essential balm evenly, then apply it on the face, and wash it after 20-30 minutes, or wash the cucumber, slice it and stick it directly on the face, which has the functions of moistening skin, whitening skin and removing wrinkles.

Honey angelica dahurica mask (spot removal and whitening)

1, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae10g, Rhizoma Typhonii10g, * * * ground into fine powder, added with appropriate amount of water and honey, applied to the face, and washed after 20 minutes, which has the functions of removing wrinkles, removing spots and whitening, and is suitable for patients with facial pigmentation or yellow-brown spots.

2. Material: 6 grams of Angelica dahurica; Egg yolk 1 piece; Honey 1 tablespoon; Cucumber juice 1 spoon; 3 tablespoons olive oil.

Practice:

1. First put the powder of Radix Angelicae Dahuricae in a bowl, add the egg yolk and stir well.

2. Add honey and cucumber juice, mix well and apply it to your face. After about 20 minutes, rinse it off with water.

3. After washing your face, take olive oil with a cotton pad and apply it to your face for about 5 minutes.

4. Then cover your face with a hot towel. At this time, the cotton pad does not need to be removed.

5. After the towel cools, take off the towel and cotton pad and wash your face.

Honey pearl powder mask

Prepare a small clean bottle, pour half a bottle of pearl powder, then slowly pour in honey, while stirring, so that the honey and pearl powder are fully mixed, and be careful not to pour too much honey and make it paste. So the mask is ready.

Before use, wash your face with warm water, then dip a small cotton swab into the prepared mask and apply it evenly, not too thick, just a thin layer, and wash it off after 1-2 hours to make your face smooth and shiny.

Red wine honey mask (whitening and nourishing)

Wine acid in red wine is fruit acid, which can promote the metabolism of keratin, dilute pigment and make skin whiter and smoother. Honey has moisturizing and nourishing effects.

Method: Add 2 to 3 spoonfuls of honey to a small glass of red wine and adjust it to a thick state, then apply it evenly on the face, and wash it with warm water after eight minutes of drying.

Note: people with alcohol allergy should use it with caution!

Honey Shuang Ren Mask (Spot Removing)

Wax gourd kernel contains fatty oleic acid, citrulline and other ingredients, which has the effect of lightening spots. Peach kernel is rich in vitamin E and vitamin B6, which not only helps the skin to resist oxidation, but also reduces the damage of ultraviolet rays. The moisturizing effect and nourishing effect of honey make the mask more effective.

Methods: The seeds of winter melon seeds and peach kernels were dried and ground into small pieces, then mixed with appropriate amount of honey to form a thick paste, which was applied to the spots every night before going to bed and washed the next morning. After three weeks of application, the spots would gradually fade, so attention should be paid to sun protection during treatment.

Honey glycerin mask (hydrating)

A spoonful of honey and a spoonful of glycerol are mixed with two spoonfuls of water to form a facial mask. When in use, the facial mask is gently applied to the face and neck to form a film, and then the facial mask is carefully removed after 20-25 minutes. This facial mask can be used for ordinary and dry aging skin, once a week 1-2 times, with a course of treatment of 30-45 days.

Honey Tomato Mask (Whitening and Wrinkling Removing)

First, crush tomatoes to get juice, add proper amount of honey and a little flour to make paste, and apply it on the face for 20-30 minutes, which has the functions of moistening, whitening and softening the skin, removing spots and wrinkles and treating skin acne after long-term use.

Honey lemon mask (sunscreen)

One raw egg, one spoonful of honey, half a lemon, and proper amount of flour, mix and stir into a paste, apply it to the face and go to sleep, and wash it with warm water the next day. Insisting on using it has a significant sunscreen effect.

Honey dressing

Honey can supply nutrients to the skin and keep the skin elastic, so it is also called "nutritional dressing". Add honey to flour or wheat flour, stir it into a paste, apply it to your face after washing it, and wash it off with warm water after about 30 minutes. Because of the peculiar smell in honey, a few drops of lemon juice can be added appropriately to reduce the taste.

Honey Yogurt Mask (astringent pores)

1, honey and yogurt are mixed together at the ratio of1:1,and applied to the face. After 15 minutes, it can be washed off with clear water. This mask is astringent.

2, yogurt, honey, lemon juice each 100 mg, add 5 capsules of vitamin E and mix well, apply it to the face and keep it for 15 minutes, then wash it with clear water. This method can promote the shedding of dead cells and the regeneration of new cells on the skin surface, thus achieving the purpose of bodybuilding.

Three, honey facial beauty method

Take fresh, pure, light-colored high-quality natural honey, which is not easy to crystallize, and put it in a small-mouth beauty glass container (it must be placed in the refrigerator storage room in hot summer).

Every time you wash your face, first wash your face with warm water, then pour a proper amount of honey into the palm of your hand, rub your palms together (if it feels too thick, dip your fingertips in a small amount of water and mix it evenly), and then massage your hands in circles on your face, focusing on the following parts: at the crow's feet around your eyes, massage your fingertips in a circular way; Lift the forehead for vertical massage; Circular massage on both sides of the nose and the nose, and up and down massage on the edge of the nose; Massage the neck from bottom to top; Massage up and down on both sides of the ear; Massage around the mouth in a figure of eight or inverted figure of eight. After massage, wash it with warm water and apply nutrition and skin care products.

Honey facial cleansing is not only simple and convenient, but also has a remarkable cosmetic effect. If you persist for more than 1 week, you can obviously feel that your face is white, delicate, naturally rosy, shiny and wrinkle-free. After use, the skin does not feel tight, comfortable and natural, and the effect is particularly obvious after long-term use. Honey facial cleansing also has preventive and therapeutic effects on skin allergy and dry skin. At the same time, it is better to take royal jelly honey orally every morning and evening.

Fourth, honey diet

Honey is a natural nutrient, which contains good sugar, vitamins and minerals that can burn human energy. As long as you add a little honey to three meals a day, you can avoid the accumulation of fat in the human body.

Honey has excellent sterilization effect and detoxification effect, which helps to expel the waste accumulated in the body, improve the metabolic function of the whole body, and make the excess fat accumulated in the body burn as energy because it can not be consumed well. If the sugar in honey can be transported from the stomach to the blood, it will become energy and quickly eliminate fatigue. As the blood sugar level rises, the feeling of fasting disappears.

A, honey and white vinegar to lose weight:

Under the condition of constant daily diet, honey and white vinegar should be eaten at the ratio of1:4. The specific methods are as follows:

1, drink on an empty stomach 20 minutes before breakfast

2. Drink it immediately after lunch and dinner.

Note: When choosing white vinegar, it should be made from rice, sorghum, soybeans, etc., and try to avoid chemicals. At the same time, it is recommended not to use fruit vinegar, because fruit vinegar is health vinegar, which is inferior to weight loss. The ratio of honey to white vinegar can be adjusted according to personal needs.

B, you can add honey when drinking water before breakfast, and eat a small amount of porridge at lunch and dinner. Most people feel relaxed and happy after eating honey for two days. After five days, you can eat noodles that are easy to digest, and then slowly return to your original diet. Honey can eliminate garbage in the body and restore the original metabolic function of the human body.

Five, other beauty usage of honey

1, using honey as a nutritional dressing.

Add honey to flour, mix it into paste, apply it to your face when you wash it, and wash it with warm water after 30 minutes. Honey is not irritating to the skin and is very effective in maintaining the skin.

2, honey can eliminate acne

After washing your face, dip a cotton swab in a small amount of honey and apply it directly to acne. Use it before going to bed. It's very effective.

Honey contains a lot of vitamins, amino acids and a variety of active substances, which can regulate endocrine, inhibit sebaceous glands from secreting too much fat, improve fatty acid metabolism, improve blood circulation, enhance capillary function, and promote blood to transport nutrients to the skin layer. Honey also has a good antibacterial and bactericidal effect, which can effectively inhibit and kill bacteria in hair follicles. Therefore, honey will not only promote acne, but also prevent acne and make skin smooth and moist.

3. Make ice bath essence with honey

Soap contains alkalinity, which will wash away skin fat and add a little honey to remedy it.

4. Massage your body with honey

The viscosity of honey can prevent skin moisture from evaporating. Apply honey to the neck, back, forehead, etc., which are desquamated by the sun, and gently massage, which can immediately improve. Add olive oil or baby oil to honey, gently massage on the face, and honey can penetrate into the skin. Unconsciously, due to the nourishment of honey, it will not only change from rough to delicate, but also be full of luster.

5. Moisturize skin before bathing

Maintain with honey before bathing. Before bathing, coat the whole body with honey, especially the soles of the feet and knees. A little more elbows and other parts. /kloc-after 0/0 minutes, soak in the bathtub, and then wash it again with soap or shower gel. After taking a shower, you will feel creamy all over.

6, honey hairdressing element

Mix a spoonful of honey with half a cup of milk. After washing your hair, massage on your head with this mixture. After washing for 15 minutes, your hair will become smooth.

7. Honey Beauty Liquid

A, take honey and dilute it with 2 times of water, then apply it to the face every day, and then gently massage it by hand, which can make the skin smooth and tender, reduce wrinkles, keep it natural and ruddy, and prevent new wrinkles from appearing.

B, 50 grams of honey, an egg white, put it in a bottle after stirring and seal it for use, which can be used for about a week. Store it in the refrigerator in summer, pour a little into the palm of your hand, evenly spread it on your face, and leave it for half an hour to wash it with clean water, which can tighten the facial skin, eliminate wrinkles, increase nutrition, clean and whiten the skin. Once in the morning and once in the evening, lasting for one month, the facial skin is smooth, delicate and white, and the effect is better after long-term use.

8, homemade honey cream

A, cook apples, mash them, add honey and cream, and make a moisturizing mask cream to apply to the face. Long-term use can make the skin clean as jade.

B, 30 grams of honey, one tablespoon of lemon juice, half a tablespoon of sweet almonds, two egg whites, and a proper amount of starch are made into ointment, which can moisturize the skin and increase elasticity.

Six, honey therapy for colds

What we commonly call "cold" or "cold" refers to the infection of the nose, pharynx and larynx (upper respiratory tract infection), which is the most common respiratory tract infectious disease and can be divided into two categories: viral and bacterial due to different pathogens. Viruses account for more than 90% of the incidence of upper respiratory diseases, and are generally spread through droplets containing viruses or contaminated appliances; Bacterial infection can be directly infected or secondary to viral infection, and hemolytic streptococcus is the most common. Clinical features are fever, aversion to cold, headache, nasal congestion, runny nose, cough, sore throat and hoarseness. Its treatment policy is to relieve the disease quickly, shorten the course of disease and prevent complications. Bee products and their formulations have a good preventive effect on this.

1, honey ginger cold drink

Formula: appropriate amount of honey and ginger juice.

Usage: Mix honey and ginger juice according to the ratio of1:1for drinking.

Indications: Common cold.

2. Lemon honey tea

Formula: honey 1 00g, lemon1piece.

Usage: Juice lemon, dissolve it in 800 ml boiling water, and mix it with 100 g honey as the dosage of 1 day.

Indications: Influenza or common cold.

3. Fresh honey black tea

Formula: 60 grams of honey and some black tea.

Usage: 60 grams of honey is brewed with strong black tea for drinking.

Indications: Influenza or common cold.

4, garlic honey drink

Formula: appropriate amount of honey and garlic.

Usage: Peel, wash and grind garlic, and add the same amount of honey to mix well; Take it twice a day, each time 1 spoon of garlic honey, and take it with warm water.

Indications: influenza.

5. Baiju honey tea

Formula: appropriate amount of honey and propolis aqueous solution (purchased by local bee products company), chrysanthemum morifolium 1 g.

Usage: brew Chrysanthemum morifolium with boiling water 1 cup, and when the water temperature drops to 40℃, add honey15g and propolis water solution 5~ 10 drops to mix the offspring tea.

Indications: Indications for colds.

6, honey milk cold tea

Formula: honey 1 5g, milk1cup.

Usage: Boil fresh milk, add honey to drink it when the temperature drops to 60℃, and take it twice a day.

Indications: cold.

7. Uncaria honey tea

Formula: honey, Uncaria rhynchophylla 1 5g, green tea1g.

Usage: add 500 ml of water to Uncaria rhynchophylla, boil for 3 minutes, remove residue, and add honey and green tea; Take it daily 1 dose, and take it warm for 3 times.

Indications: influenza.

Description: Influenza is caused by virus, which is characterized by nasal congestion, sneezing, sore throat, hoarseness, cough, fever, headache, body pain, leukopenia in peripheral blood, etc., and has an epidemic trend.

The common cold, that is, "cold", is mostly caused by viruses, and its general manifestations are milder than influenza, such as headache, toothache and fever.

Seven, honey and milk to relieve and eliminate dysmenorrhea

Drinking a cup of hot milk with a spoonful of honey before going to bed every night can relieve or even eliminate the pain of dysmenorrhea. Because milk contains more potassium, honey is rich in magnesium. Studies have shown that potassium plays an important role in the conduction of nerve impulses and the coagulation process of blood. It can ease emotions, inhibit pain, prevent infection and reduce menstrual blood loss. Magnesium has a sedative effect on the central nervous system of the brain, which can regulate psychology, eliminate nervousness and reduce stress.

Here's a little more:

Another way to deal with dysmenorrhea is to take vitamins. B vitamins, especially B6, have a significant effect on premenstrual tension, which can stabilize mood, help sleep, make people energetic and relieve abdominal pain. Bananas contain more B vitamins. JM with dysmenorrhea might as well eat more and try to see if it works.

Eight, identify fake and shoddy honey

Fresh honey is a transparent and translucent viscous liquid at room temperature, which can crystallize at low temperature. It has unique color, fragrance and taste, and should not have peculiar smell, dead bees, wax chips and other impurities.

The main substances mixed in adulterated honey are sucrose, artificially converted sugar, maltose, starch, salt, urea, carboxymethyl cellulose and so on. The honey mixed with sucrose syrup is bright in color, light yellow, light in taste, strong in syrup taste and thin in taste; Honey directly mixed with sugar has low viscosity and light color, and undissolved sugar particles can be seen at the bottom. Honey mixed with artificially transformed sugar has a low viscosity and a sugar taste, and loses the fragrance of honey. Honey mixed with maltose is not only fragrant but also not sweet. Honey mixed with starch is usually made by boiling starch or rice soup into paste, adding sugar, and then adding it to honey. This kind of honey is turbid, and its honey taste is weak, but it is still turbid after being diluted with water. Honey mixed with salt is thin, low viscosity and salty. If it is mixed with more salt, sodium chloride crystals can be precipitated. Honey mixed with urea is thick, thin, sweet and salty. Honey mixed with carboxymethyl cellulose is dark yellow in color, thick, almost saturated colloidal solution, with massive brittle suspended and white colloidal particles at the bottom, with impure sweetness, feeling of cementing the tongue and pungent odor.

Honey contains many nutrients such as sugar, pollen, protein, amino acids, organic acids, enzymes, hormones and vitamins, and it is an advanced nutritional tonic.

Characteristics of high-quality honey:

(1) color: light color. A small amount of honey is put into a slender colorless transparent glass tube, which is white under scattered light, with uniform upper and lower colors and high transparency.

(2) Concentration and viscosity: high concentration and high viscosity. Touching the liquid level of honey with the head of chopsticks feels good elasticity; When the honey is picked up, the honey juice on the chopstick head and the liquid level form one.

The thin, long, and very tensile filaments with broken roots quickly shrink into beads, indicating that honey has high viscosity and concentration.

(3) taste: the taste is positive. Take a little honey and taste it on your tongue, and you can feel sweet and pure aroma.

(4) water solubility: honey and water are mixed, and there is still no precipitation after one day.

(5) Heating: when a red-hot thick iron wire is inserted into the honey, gas is emitted.

Characteristics of inferior honey:

(1) color: observed under scattered light, it is dark and dark with poor transparency.

2) concentration and viscosity: the concentration and viscosity are both small, and water stains will be left when dipped with filter paper.

Traces of; You can't stretch the wire when you pick it up or retract it into a bead after it is broken.

(3) Taste: the taste is not heavy, the aroma is not strong, and there is even a sour or alcoholic taste.

(4) Bubbles: There are suspended bubbles in honey, and even many bubbles accumulate on the liquid surface.

(5) Heating: the red-hot iron wire is inserted into the honey to emit smoke.

(6) water solubility: it will precipitate after being mixed with water.

Nine, how to easily identify fake honey?

Fake honey is usually mixed with water, sucrose, maltose or starch. Here are some simple ways to identify fake honey:

Simple detection method:

Take honey 1 part, put it in a glass, add 5-6 parts of cold boiled water, dilute and stir it, and let it stand for 1 day. If there is sediment, it is proved to be fake honey. Another method is to take a small amount of honey, put it on a clean glass slide, heat it with fire, stop heating after the water evaporates, and observe after natural cooling. If the residue is soft, it indicates that it is pure honey; If the residue is hard and brittle, it indicates that it is honey mixed with sucrose.

Identification of honey mixed with starch;

Put 2 grams of honey into a test tube, add 20 ml of distilled water, heat it with an alcohol lamp and boil it. After cooling, add 2 drops of iodine. If it appears blue or green, it indicates that the honey is mixed with starch.

Identification of honey mixed with maltose;

Take 1 part of the honey to be tested, add 4 parts of clear water, stir evenly, and gradually add alcohol. If white floc appears, it indicates that the honey is mixed with maltose; Or only turbidity without white floc indicates that the honey is not mixed with maltose.

Identification of honey mixed with sucrose;

Honey mixed with sucrose such as white sugar or brown sugar tastes sweet, but the aftertaste is short and the smell is poor. From the consistency point of view, insert a chopstick into the honey and put it vertically. The pure honey drips slowly, is sticky and has thread hanging. The honey mixed with sucrose drips fast, has low viscosity and does not hang silk. The honey mixed with sucrose has a hard crystal plate, and the crystal grains are not easy to be crushed by rubbing with fingers, which has a sense of sand grains and is not easy to dissolve when put in the mouth; However, pure honey crystals are softer, and there is no sense of sand when they are twisted by hand, and the crystals dissolve quickly when put in the mouth.

Identification of honey mixed with water;

The biggest feature of honey mixed with water is that it is thin, so it is easy to scoop it up or pour it down with a spoon; If you feel little resistance when stirring with a glass stick or a wooden stick, insert the glass stick or wooden stick into the honey and lift it quickly, and the honey on the stick will flow down quickly, and the dripping honey will not retract upward.