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.
Above, we introduced the benefits of drinking honey in winter. Drinking honey in winter can also keep warm and add heat to the body. It is also appropriate to drink honey for yourself in winter. Use honey to mix with water, so that honey will not be too sweet, and it will not cause any harm to teeth and diabetes.