Bitter wild honey can be poisonous. Honey that causes poisoning can basically taste bitter. Therefore, when you go to a bee farm to buy honey, be sure to taste it. If you taste bitter, numbing, astringent, etc., it may contain toxic alkaloids. Do not eat such honey raw, as it cannot be detoxified even if it is heated.

Honey poisoning is mainly related to the toxic components contained in nectar plants. The flowering period of non-toxic nectar plants is mostly in spring and autumn, while the flowering period of poisonous nectar plants is mostly in the summer from May to July.

From June to July, when external nectar sources are scarce, in order to collect more nectar, bees will collect the nectar of poisonous plants that grow in large areas and have no special smell to make honey, especially during severe droughts. or hot weather.

Although some toxic components will gradually degrade over a period of time, toxic components that have not been degraded will continue to remain in honey. If people eat this honey during this period, the probability of poisoning will greatly increase. Therefore, it is very dangerous to buy honey without technical guidance.

Extended information:

Honey contains glucose and fructose that can be directly absorbed by the human body; various amino acids, including 8 essential amino acids that cannot be synthesized by the human body; and the content in human serum Almost equal amounts of more than 20 minerals; multiple active enzymes, etc.

Li Shizhen described honey in "Compendium of Materia Medica" as "clearing heat, tonic, detoxifying, and relieving pain." Modern Chinese medicine believes that honey can prevent and treat gastrointestinal diseases (constipation, duodenal ulcer, colitis, etc.), nervous system diseases (insomnia, headaches), infectious wounds, and has certain cosmetic effects to a certain extent.

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