1. Antibacterial and antiseptic, beeswax has a good antibacterial effect, and beeswax can also be antiseptic, and it can be wrapped in traditional Chinese medicine pills to extend the shelf life.
2. Make candles.
3. Used in medicine, because beeswax is a natural substance, it is often used in medicine and pharmacy.
4. Make cosmetics, because peak wax has certain emulsifying property and excellent smoothness.
What's the difference between beeswax and honey? Beeswax is a substance secreted by four pairs of wax glands under the abdomen of worker bees. Its main components are acids, free fatty acids, free fatty alcohols and carbohydrates. In addition, there are carotenoids, vitamin A, aromatic substances and so on. It is the substance used by worker bees to make beehives.
Honey is nectar collected by insects and bees from flowers of flowering plants and brewed in honeycombs. Bees take nectar or secretion with water content of about 80% from plant flowers, store it in their second stomach, ferment it for 30 minutes under the action of invertase in the body, and then return to the hive to spit it out. The temperature in the beehive is often kept at around 35℃. After a period of time, the water evaporates into honey with water content less than 20%, which is stored in the nest hole and sealed with beeswax. Besides glucose and fructose, honey also contains many vitamins, minerals and amino acids. Honey is a supersaturated solution of sugar, which will crystallize at low temperature, glucose will crystallize, and fructose is the main part that does not crystallize.
The main difference between the two is that beeswax is used to make beehives and honey is used to eat.
Efficacy and function of beeswax: detoxifying and healing sores, but also promoting granulation and relieving pain. If skin burns and scalds occur, it can also be used, which is also helpful to improve chronic diseases.
1, expelling toxin and healing sore: beeswax is a common external medicine, which can prevent skin deterioration after taking it, mainly promoting detoxification and contributing to skin recovery and health.
2, promoting granulation and relieving pain: after being applied to the skin, it can promote the recovery of mucosal tissue and can be applied to the mucosal ulcer surface. After skin injury, it can also promote the recovery effect. When in use, it is generally necessary to melt the beeswax and then apply it to the affected area.
3. Burns and scalds: After skin burns and scalds, there will be obvious wounds on the skin, and there will also be symptoms of blisters. After application, it can isolate the wound from the outside air, avoid the symptoms of bacterial infection, and at the same time achieve the effect of relief, so that the wound slowly returns to normal.
4, chronic diseases: beeswax can also play a role in reconciling camp and health, such as relieving long-term dysentery or coronary heart disease, but also relieving abdominal pain and chilblain in children. If there are symptoms of fetal movement during pregnancy, it can also help improve, including gastritis and other symptoms.