Benefits of Honey
Honey for Health
According to the US National Library of Medicine, “Honey is particularly suitable as a dressing for wounds and burns and has also been included in treatments against pityriasis, tinea, seborrhea, dandruff, diaper dermatitis, psoriasis. Additionally, with cosmetics and skin care, honey exerts emollient, humectant, soothing, and hair conditioning effects, keeps the skin juvenile and [weakens] wrinkle formation, regulates pH and prevents pathogen infections”.
Production of Honey
Honey is derived from worker bees who collect nectar from flowers. The bees transport the nectar back to the hive to the honey-making bees, or drones, who then help reduce the moisture content through evaporation and passing it between each other’s mouths, until it is the right consistency to be put into the storage cells within the hive as honey. The average lifespan of a bee ranges from four to six weeks and the queen bee lives on an average for two to three years. One bee will make just 1/12 teaspoon of honey in its lifetime, which makes honey all the more special.
Honey Research Findings
- Acts as an anti-bacterial
- Has anti-fungal properties
- Acts as a natural Antibiotic
- Full of vitamins A and E
- Is an emollient, which softens, smoothes and soothes the skin
- Heals skin burns and wounds
- Cough treatment
- Improves scalp condition
- Soothes allergies
- Boosts energy
- Battles Herpes
- Sharpens Memory
- Increases white blood cells
- Remedies infantile Gastroenteritis
- Aids in alcohol metabolism
- Eases sinus issues
- Acts as a natural sleeping aid
- Helps with gum diseases
- Prevents and helps control Eczema
- Treats eye, ear, and sinus infections