Health Benefits Of Honey
Health Benefits Of Honey. It is the natural sweet substance produced by honeybees from the nectar of flowers. Bees gather, transform and combine with specific ingredients, store and leave to ripen in the combs of the hive. The variety produced by honey bees (the genus Apis) is the one most commonly referred to, as it is the type of honey collected by beekeepers and consumed by humans. Honey produced by other bees and insects has distinctly different properties.
Ingredients of honey
- Sugars like fructose, glucose, sucrose maltose, lactose and other disaccharides and trisaccharides.
- Proteins, facts, vitamins, minerals enzymes and amino acids.
- Volatile aromatic substances.
- Ashes and water etc.
Various ingredients of honey have helped it to become not only a sweet liquid but also an natural product with high nutritional and medicinal value. The medicinal quality, taste, texture, colour, aroma of honey differs according to the geographical area and the species of plants from which it has been collected.
Therapeutic uses
Since honey contains electrolytes, in the form of acids and minerals, it exhibits varying degrees of electrical conductivity. Variations in the water content alter the refractive index of honey. Water content can easily be measured with a refractometer. Typically, the refractive index for honey will range from 1.504 at 13% humidity, to 1.474 at 25%.
Types of Honey
- Pouttika,
- Bhramara,
- Kashoudra,
- Makshika,
- Chatra,
- Arghya,
- Oudalaka,
- Dala.
Remedies :
- Honey can be used for instant energy.
- As it is hygroscopic it speeds up healing, growth of healing tissue and dries it up.
- Honey acts as a sedative and is very useful in bed wetting disorders.
- Honey is a very good antioxidant, which restores the damaged skin and gives soft , young looks.
- Honey has antibacterial properties.
- Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.
USES OF HONEY IN AYURVEDA
- Honey is very good for the eyes and eyes-sight.
- It quenches thirst.
- Dissolves kapha.
- Reduces effects of poison.
- Stops hiccups.
- It is very useful in urinary tract disorders, worm infestations, bronchial asthma, cough, diarrhea and nausea, vomiting.
- Cleanse the wounds.
- It heals wounds.
- Helps in quick healing of deep wounds.
- Initiates growth of healthy granulation tissue.
Ayurveda explains another special quality of honey. Honey is called as “Yougavhi”. The substance, which has quality of penetrating the deepest tissue is called as Yogavhai. When honey is used with other herbal preparations it enhances the medicinal qualities of those preparations and also helps them to reach the deeper tissues.
PRECAUTIONS :
- Do not mixed with hot foods.
- Do not heat.
- Do not consume in hot environment.
- Do not mixed with whisky, rum, brandy.
FEW HOME REMEDIES WITH HONEY
- Mix 2 teaspoons of honey with carrot juice and consume regularly. This helps to improve eyesight.
- Mix two spoons of honey with ginger juice, consume four times a day for cold and cough problems.
- Mix black pepper powder, honey and ginger juice in equal quantity to relieve the symptoms of asthma.
- Regular use of one teaspoon of garlic juice mixed with two spoons of honey help to control blood pressure.
- One glass of warm water taken with two teaspoons of honey and 1 teaspoon of lemon juice in early morning reduces fat and purifies blood.
- Consuming one spoon of honey daily help us to lead a healthy long life.
