Utah Conference to Focus on Medicinal Uses of Bee Products

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Utah Conference to Focus on Medicinal Uses of Bee Products

 

Interest in `apitherapy' as an alternative treatment growing

worldwide

 

 

 

(AUGUST 23, 2006) – From September 21-24, 2006, those interested in

learning more about the medicinal use of honey bee products will gather

in Salt Lake City for the Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course & Conference

(CMACC).

 

 

 

The four-day event is sponsored by the American Apitherapy Society

(AAS), a nonprofit membership organization established for the purpose

of advancing the investigation of apitherapy, and has in past years

attracted participants from around North America and the world. Utah is

known as " the Beehive State " and the state insect is the honey

bee.

 

 

 

(AAS President Dr. Andrew Kochan was recently interviewed on CBS Sunday

Morning. SEE:

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2006/08/american-apitherapy-society-presi\

dent.html

<http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2006/08/american-apitherapy-society-pres\

ident.html> )

 

 

 

This year, for the first time ever, AAS is offering the option of

attending either the introductory apitherapy training from Thursday

evening through Saturday morning, or an advanced conference from

Saturday afternoon through Sunday afternoon that covers trends in

apitherapy around the world. Participants may also opt to attend both.

 

 

 

Apitherapy is the use of bee hive products such as bee venom,

bee-collected pollen, royal jelly, propolis, beeswax, and honey to

maintain good health and in the treatment of a variety of medical

conditions. Propolis, known as nature's antibiotic, is a resinous

substance collected by bees from plants and trees and is used to coat

the inside of the bee hive and the honeycomb cells with an antiseptic

layer. Royal jelly, heralded for its rejuvenating properties, is a

substance produced by young worker bees and fed to queens.

 

 

 

Hive products have been used medicinally for thousands of years in folk

medicine and are now gaining popularity worldwide as medical research

validates their effectiveness. Bee venom has historically been used to

treat arthritis and rheumatoid conditions and honey has been called " the

original medicine. "

 

 

 

Contemporary research documents the benefits of hive products in

supporting overall health and vitality, as well as confirms their

therapeutic benefits in addressing a wide range of conditions that

include multiple sclerosis, skin problems, infections, and

cardiovascular concerns, among numerous other conditions.

 

 

 

CMACC will feature workshops on the properties and medicinal use of all

the hive products, as well as on topics such as " Preparations and

Indications of Propolis, " " Cleansing & Detox, Weight

Management, " " Practical Apipuncture, " and " Recent

Advances in Apitherapy. " Other lectures will focus on legal issues

related to apitherapy, veterinary apitherapy and on actual case studies.

Course participants will be able to take an examination and receive a

certificate of knowledge.

 

 

 

AAS makes no claims about the safety or efficacy of honey bee products

and does not endorse any specific type of apitherapy.

 

 

 

Charles Mraz, who died in 1999 at the age of 94, is recognized as one of

the American pioneers of the use of bee venom to treat diseases. In

1994, he published " Health and the Honey Bee, " a history of his

decades-long experience with that treatment.

 

 

 

For more information about the Charles Mraz Apitherapy Course &

Conference, go to: http://www.apitherapy.org <http://www.apitherapy.org>

 

 

 

For more information on apitherapy, go to: www.apitherapy.com

<http://www.apitherapy.com> and www.apitherapynews.com

<http://www.apitherapynews.com>

 

 

 

NOTE: Beginning October 12, 2006, the 1st International Forum on

Apitherapy will be held in Athens, Greece. SEE:

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2006/08/greece-to-host-1st-international-\

forum.html

<http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2006/08/greece-to-host-1st-international\

-forum.html>

 

 

 

The 1st International Conference on the Medicinal Use of Honey will be

held August 26-28, in Malaysia.

http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2005/12/malaysian-conference-on-medicinal\

-use.html

<http://apitherapy.blogspot.com/2005/12/malaysian-conference-on-medicina\

l-use.html>

 

 

 

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