Medicinal Values Of Honey

sunkan · #1 (**permalink**) 10th March 2008, 05:43 AM

Medicinal value of honey

Honey is said to facilitate better physical performance and resistance to fatigue, particularly for repeated effort; it also promotes higher mental efficiency. It is, therefore, used by both the healthy and the sick for any kind of weakness, particularly in the case of digestive or assimilative problems. Improved growth of non-breast fed newborn infants, improved calcium fixation in bones and curing anaemia and anorexia may all be attributed to some nutritional benefit or stimulation from eating honey.

Honey is said to improve food assimilation and to be useful for chronic and infective intestinal problems such as constipation, duodenal ulcers, and liver disturbances. Honey is also said to normalize kidney function, reduce fevers, and help insomnia. It is supposed to help recovery from alcohol intoxication and protect the liver. Heart circulation, and liver ailments and convalescent patients in general improved after injection with solutions of 20 and 40% honey in water. The use of honey mixed with milk or milk products is a very common home remedy against colds and infections of the throat.

Traditional, but well-studied medicinal systems as the ayurvedic medicine of India, use honey predominantly as a vehicle for faster absorption of various drugs such as herbal extracts. Secondarily, it is also thought to support the treatment of several more specific ailments, particularly those related to respiratory irritations and infections, mouth sores and eye cataracts. The traditional assumption that honey made from the nectar of a medicinal plant has the same or similar beneficial activity as the one recognized for the whole plant or some parts of it. Even if no transfer of active ingredients is involved, mechanisms similar to homeopathic protestation are possible.

Honey is used for curing the following diseases

(presentation material by Mr Kuyil, March 2002)

Ailment	How to use
Arthritis	Slow massage of honey paste made of one part of honey with two parts of lukewarm water and a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, on the affected area of the body, recedes the pain within a minute or two. Even chronic arthritis can be cured by consumption of one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder by arthritis patients in the morning and night everyday.
Hair loss	Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair.
Bladder infections	Drinking two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water destroys the germs of the bladder.
Toothache	Application of a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey on the aching tooth be done 3 times a day cures the toothache within a few days.
Cholesterol	Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient, reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. If this mixture taken 3 times a day any chronic cholesterol is cured. Pure honey taken with food daily relieves complains of cholesterol.
Colds	Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.
Infertility	Yunani and Ayurvedic have been using honey for years in medicine to strengthen the semen of men. If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before sleeping, their problem will be solved. Women who cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.
Upset stomach	Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and clears stomach ulcers from the root. It is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.
Heart diseases	A paste of honey and cinnamon powder applied on bread or chapati instead of jelly and jam and eaten regularly for breakfast reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat.
Immune system	Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.
Indigestion	Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
Longevity	Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. Mixture of 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea when drunk 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.
Pimples	Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste applied on the pimples before sleeping and washing it next morning with warm water, if done daily for two weeks, removes pimples from the root.
Skin Infections	Eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections are cured by applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts.
Weight loss	Honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one-cup water if taken daily, in the morning 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, reduces the weight of even the most obese person
Cancer	Patients suffering from advanced cancer of stomach and bones should take, on a daily basis, one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.
Fatigue	Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is very helpful and makes the person alert and flexible. It also increases the vitality of body if half tablespoon of honey taken in one glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts decreasing.
Bad breath	The morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water keeps the breath fresh throughout the day.
Digestive system	Honey is said to improve food assimilation and to be useful for chronic and infective intestinal problems such as constipation, duodenal ulcers and liver disturbances.
Respiratory system	In temperate climates and places with considerable temperature fluctuations, honey is a well-known remedy for colds and mouth, throat or bronchial irritations and infections. The benefits, apart from antibacterial effects, are assumed to relate to the soothing and relaxing effect of fructose.
Skin and wound healing	Honey is used in moisturizing and nourishing cosmetic creams, but also in pharmaceutical preparations applied directly on open wounds and burns. If applied immediately, honey reduces blistering of burns and speeds regeneration of new tissue It helps against infections, promotes tissue regeneration, and reduces scarring also in its pure, unprocessed form. A cream, applied three times per day and prepared from equal parts of honey, rye flour and olive oil, has been successfully used on many sores and open wounds.
Eye disorders	Honey reduces and cures eye cataracts, cures conjunctivitis and various afflictions of the cornea if applied directly into the eye.

Arunarc · #2 (**permalink**) 10th March 2008, 08:19 AM

Dear Sunkan
Thanks for the information on honey. I take daily 2 tbsp of honey with water in the morning.
And honey mixed with clove powder is also very good for the toothache, as I have tried this on myself it is really helpful.