Clearing heat. "Materia Medica for the Prevention of Diseases" says, "If you feel hot and your limbs are not harmonious, it is good to eat a bowl of honey syrup". Because honey has the function of nourishing yin, it is suitable for people with deficiency heat. Recently, it has been used for rhinitis, sinusitis, corneal ulcer and facial limbitis.
Make up for it Honey can nourish the temper. In ancient times, it was said that it was refreshing after a long service, with beautiful appearance, strong will, strong intelligence, no hunger and no aging, and it was suitable for weak hands and aftercare after illness. Therefore, "medicine meaning" has the essence of honey picking flowers, sweet taste and nourishing the five internal organs.
Detoxify. Can be used for treating various dermatitis and trichomonas vaginalis, and relieving aconitine toxicity and alcohol toxicity. Modern scientific research believes that caffeic acid has anti-cancer effect. It is reported that honey is a good oral disinfectant in Russia. Because honey can detoxify and tonify, the ancients often used it to make various creams. In the United States, honey mixed with various fruit juices was used as clarifier, and the effect was ideal, and the nutritional value could be maintained.
Moisten dryness. It can treat lung dryness and cough. Ginger is better. Zhang Xichun believes that its nature is "cool and smooth, and it is also an important product for clearing and moistening the lungs, benefiting phlegm and relieving cough"; Old people are short of body fluid, so they can take this boiled water to moisten them.
Pain relief. Honey has acute and analgesic effects. Dr. Wei Changchun often takes it with Wu Mei An Wei Pill to treat biliary ascariasis, cholecystitis and gallstones. External application of honey can also treat burns, frostbite and various injuries.
However, it should be noted that people with excessive phlegm, abdominal distension and diarrhea should use honey with caution.
Modern pharmacological research has proved that honey for external use has many functions, such as detoxification, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, moisturizing, antiseptic, wound protection, cell regeneration, exudate absorption and so on.
How to eat honey
1, honey can't be boiled with boiling water or cooked at high temperature, because unreasonable heating will seriously destroy the nutrients in honey, inactivate the enzymes in honey, darken the color, volatilize the fragrance, change the taste and have an unpleasant sour taste. High temperature destroys the unique fragrance and taste of honey, which makes it volatilize, reduces the antibacterial effect and destroys the nutritional components. So honey is best diluted with warm water or cold water below 40℃. Especially in hot summer, drinking honey with cold water is a good cool and healthy drink.
2. The eating time of honey is very particular. Generally speaking, it is more appropriate to eat honey before meals 1- 1.5 hours or 2-3 hours after meals. However, for patients with gastrointestinal diseases, the eating time should be determined according to the condition, so as to play its medical role. If you eat honey one and a half hours before meals, it can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid; If you eat honey immediately after eating, it will stimulate gastric acid secretion; Warm honey solution can dilute gastric juice and reduce its acidity, while cold honey solution can increase the acidity of gastric juice and stimulate intestinal movement, so it can be used for diarrhea. Therefore, patients with hyperacidity or hypertrophic gastritis, especially those with gastric and duodenal ulcer soup, eat warm honey water 1.5 hours before meals, which can not only inhibit gastric acid secretion, but also reduce gastric acid, thus reducing the irritation to gastric mucosa and facilitating the healing of ulcer surface; Patients with gastric acid deficiency or atrophic gastritis should eat cold honey water immediately after eating. People with neurasthenia eat honey before going to bed every day, which can promote sleep, because honey has the function of calming the nerves, increasing wisdom and improving sleep.
Matters needing attention in eating honey
1, not suitable for eating with tofu. Tofu is sweet, salty and cold, which can clear away heat and disperse blood. Eating with honey is easy to have diarrhea. At the same time, there are many enzymes, minerals, plant proteins and organic acids in honey. The harmful substances in tofu are not conducive to the biochemical reaction of human body.
2, should not be eaten with leeks. Leek is rich in vitamin C, which is easily oxidized by copper and iron in honey and loses its function. In addition, honey can relieve constipation, and leek is rich in cellulose to induce diarrhea, which is easy to cause diarrhea.