Honey, There is Medicine in the Food Cupboard

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Honey is  Medicine

in the Food Cupboard

 

Today, many people are battling to maintain themselves and families on limited

incomes. But there is a simple product in the pantry which is a medicine and

cosmetic as well as a food.

 

Honey is mankind's oldest food and medicine but has been overpowered by heavy

advertising by the drug companies which now take $600 million per year from the

World economy. Honey is a universal medicine and the other bee products of

royal jelly, propolis, bee pollen, wax and venom have

specific uses that we will not cover here today.

 

Honey is one of the oldest known sweeteners and the most popular alternative to

refined sugar. One honeybee will produce just a single teaspoon of honey in its

entire lifetime so it is a very precious resource.

It contains about 85% sugars, mainly glucose and fructose, and is sweeter and

contains more calories than white sugar. Its benefits lie in the nutrients and

enzymes it contains which give it the complexity of a whole food and mean it

has a less detrimental effect on the body's mineral balance. It also provides

small amounts of practically all the minerals and trace elements, plus a range

of organic acids, including amino acids. Its high potassium and formic acid

content provide antiseptic qualities, but probably its most useful substances

are enzymes, hormones, pollen and lysozyme, which has

natural antibiotic action. Mixed with lemon juice or cider vinegar it makes a

soothing cough syrup, and with hot water added too it makes an excellent tonic

drink. Applied to external wounds it helps keep the area sterile and aids

healing. It is a warming food and is helpful for those with damp conditions

such as overproduction of mucus.

It is very important when buying honey to make sure that it is raw and unprocessed,

i.e. that it has not been heated or over-filtered. The majority of honeys

available in supermarkets have been heated and filtered to retain clarity and

slow crystallization. However filtering removes the pollen, which gives honey

many of its valuable nutrients and heating destroys the enzymes and some of the

vitamins it contains.

 

Honey has been used for vulvectomy wounds where it

prevented infection and promoted healing so it should have a similar effect on

a perineal wound.

The highly osmotic nature of honey and sugar paste competes for water in the

wound leaving none for bacterial growth. In honey the presence of hydrogen

peroxide, which is slowly released by the honey as it becomes diluted in the

wound, is also highly bactericidal. Several honeys have also been found to

contain plant derived antibacterial agents.

Honey provides a moist wound environment and are

non-adherent causing no trauma to the wound on removal. It also promotes debridement of the wound and help

to eliminate wound malodor. Honey also has an anti-inflammatory effect that may

be attributed to the presence of antioxidants in the honey.

The presence of hydrogen peroxide in the honey is thought to stimulate the

formation of granulation tissue and re-epithelialisation

of the wound, and honey also produces an acidic environment that promotes wound

healing. Honey contains amino acids, vitamins, trace elements and sugars which

provide a ready source of nutrients to the healing tissues that may also

contribute to increased healing rates.

Honey has been shown to be effective against antibiotic resistant bacteria

including MRSA. It is also effective against 20 different strains of

Pseudomonas. Further it has no harmful effects on healing tissues and no

allergic reactions have been reported.

 

Here are 22 tips from the world of apitherapy

(medicine from bees) to cut your doctors' bill. There are 750 different kinds

of honey but any will do for the following uses, although runny honey is the

easiest.

 

Honey for Burns

Apply freely over burns. It cools, removes pain and aids fast healing without

scarring. Apart from being a salve and antibiotic, bacteria cannot live in

honey.

 

Bed Wetting

A teaspoon of honey before bed, aids water retention and calms fears in

children.

 

Sleeplessness

A dessert spoon of honey in a mug of hot milk aids sleep and works wonders!

 

Hyperactivity

Honey is a mild sedative with minerals, vitamins, amino acids etc. Replace all

white sugar with honey. White sugar is highly stimulating with no food

qualities!

 

Nasal Congestion

Place a dessertspoon of honey in a basin

of hot water and inhale fumes after covering your head with a towel over the

basin. Very effective.

 

Wounds or Grazes

Cover wound with honey and a bandage. Excellent healer.

 

For Fatigue

Dissolve a dessertspoon of honey in warm water or quarter honey balance of

water in a jug and keep in the fridge. Honey is primarily fructose and glucose

and so it is quickly absorbed by the digestive system. (Honey is a unique

natural stabilizer - ancient Greek athletes took honey for stamina before

competing and as a reviver after competition.)

 

Facial Deep Cleanser

Mix honey with oatmeal approx. 50/50 till thick and apply as a face-pack. Leave

on for half an hour then wash off. Great as a deep cleanser

for acne etc.

 

Poor Digestion

Mix honey with apple cider vinegar approx. 50/50 and dilute to taste with water

- aids digestion. (Also reputed to be wonderful for

the joints).

 

Hair Conditioner

Mix honey with equal quantity of Olive Oil and cover head with a warm towel for

half and hour then shampoo off. Feeds hair and scalp.

Hair will never look or feel better!

 

Sore Throats

Let a teaspoon of honey melt in the back of the mouth and trickle down the

throat. Eases inflamed raw tissues.

 

For Stress

Honey in water is a stabilizer - calms highs and raises lows. Use approx. 25

percent honey to water.

 

Anemia

Honey is the best blood enricher by raising corpuscle

content. The darker the honey the more minerals it contains.

 

Food Preservative

Cakes with honey replacing sugar stay fresher longer due to natural

antibiotics. Reduce liquids by approx. one-fifth to allow for moisture in

honey.

 

Heart patients

These people are well advised to replace white sugar (sucrose) with honey,

natural fructose and glucose.

 

Hayfever

Chewing the tops of comb honey stimulates the immune

system due to minute amounts of pollen. During the season chew for 20 minutes a

teaspoon of bee cappings (tops) five to six times per

day. Highly effective and useful for asthma suffers as well.

 

Baby's Bottle

Four teaspoons of honey to a baby's bottle of water is an excellent pacifier

and multivitamin additive. If baby's motions are too liquid then reduce by half

a teaspoon; if too solid increase by half a teaspoon.

 

Teething

Honey rubbed on a baby's gums is a mild sedative and anaesthetic.

 

Osteoporosis

English research has shown that a teaspoon of honey per day aids calcium utilisation and prevents osteoporosis. Essential

from age 50 onwards.

 

Long Life

One common fact worldwide is that the most long-lived people are regular users

of honey. An interesting fact yet to be explained is that beekeepers suffer

less from cancer and arthritis than any other occupational group worldwide.

 

Migraine

Use a dessertspoon of honey dissolved in half a glass of warm water. Sip at

start of attack. If necessary repeat in 20 minutes. Always effective (so tip goes) as migraine is stress related.

 

Conjunctivitis (pus in the eye)

Honey dissolved in equal quantity of warm water. Apply when cooled as lotion or

eye bath.

 

COUGH MIXTURE

6 ozs liquid honey

2 ozs glycerine

Juice of 2 lemons

Mix well. Bottle and cork firmly. Use as required

 

Keep honey in first aid cupboard for emergency bums etc and another in the

kitchen cupboard.

Where to find the best honey?

 

http://www.huckleberryfarm.com

 

E-mail your order to us, the check out page is under

construction.

Thanks!  Alva J

 

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Message: 5

Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:50:35 -0500

" Alva Irish " <dr_irish

Honey, There is Medicine in the Food Cupboard

 

>>Honey There Is Medicine in the Food Cupboard

 

>>Baby's Bottle Four teaspoons of honey to a baby's bottle of water is an

>>excellent pacifier and

>>multivitamin additive. If baby's motions are too liquid then reduce by

>>half a

>>teaspoon; if too solid increase by half a teaspoon.

 

>>Teething Honey rubbed on a baby's gums is a mild sedative and anaesthetic.

 

 

______

 

But isn't it true that you should NEVER give honey of ANY KIND to a child

under the age of 1 year? It can cause botulism and even death in a child

under 1 year. Their new systems can't process it properly.

 

If I'm wrong, please correct me, but this has been told to me over and over

again by doctors and is even printed on the jars of the honey I buy.

 

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IT'S TRUE. NEVER NEVER GIVE HONEY TO A BABY! It can cause death! It does cause botulism! Linda

 

 

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Karen Malone

Tuesday, February 17, 2004 9:29 PM

Re: Honey, There is Medicine in the Food Cupboard

Message: 5 Mon, 16 Feb 2004 14:50:35 -0500 "Alva Irish" <dr_irishHoney, There is Medicine in the Food Cupboard>>Honey There Is Medicine in the Food Cupboard>>Baby's Bottle Four teaspoons of honey to a baby's bottle of water is an >>excellent pacifier and>>multivitamin additive. If baby's motions are too liquid then reduce by >>half a>>teaspoon; if too solid increase by half a teaspoon.>>Teething Honey rubbed on a baby's gums is a mild sedative and anaesthetic.______But isn't it true that you should NEVER give honey of ANY KIND to a child under the age of 1 year? It can cause botulism and even death in a child under 1 year. Their new systems can't process it properly.If I'm wrong, please correct me, but this has been told to me over and over again by doctors and is even printed on the jars of the honey I buy._______________Stay informed on Election 2004 and the race to Super Tuesday. http://special.msn.com/msn/election2004.armx********************************************* WWW.PEACEFULMIND.COM Sponsors Alternative Answers-HEALING NATURALLY- this is the premise of HOLISTIC HEALTH. Preventative and Curative measure to take for many ailments at:http://www.peacefulmind.com/ailments_frame.htm__________-To INVITE A FRIEND to our healing community, copy and paste this address in an email to them:http://www./members_add _________To ADD A LINK, RESOURCE, OR WEBSITE to Alternative Answers please Go to: http://www./links___________Community email addresses: Post message: Subscribe: - Un: - List owner: -owner _______Shortcut URL to this page: http://www.