Honey is a kind of pure natural nutritional health food suitable for all ages, and its main components are glucose, fructose and various active substances. Its nutrition and health care function and medical effect are very obvious. Only when you really know the effect on your body can you take honey well. How big is the health care effect of honey?

First, honey and gastrointestinal diseases Honey can lubricate the stomach and is a good medicine for constipation. Honey can also promote the repair of gastric mucosa, and has therapeutic effects on diseases such as stomach, duodenal ulcer and chronic gastritis.

Second, honey and respiratory diseases Honey has anti-inflammatory, expectorant, lung moistening and cough relieving effects. At the same time, it can increase the hemoglobin of human body and reduce the erythrocyte sedimentation rate, thus alleviating the symptoms of tuberculosis. Long-term use of honey has a good auxiliary treatment effect on chronic bronchitis and bronchitis in the elderly.

Third, honey and cardiovascular diseases Honey contains nutrients such as glucose, especially colored honey contains a lot of pollen, so it has the effect of bee pollen, which can nourish myocardium and improve coronary artery circulation, and has therapeutic effects on coronary heart disease and heart failure.

Fourth, honey and liver disease The main component of honey is glucose. In addition to constituting cell nutrition, glucose can also enhance the storage of glycogen in the liver and promote tissue metabolism. Taking honey can improve the detoxification ability of the liver and has certain benefits for some chronic liver diseases.

Five, honey and nervous system diseases honey has a certain calming effect, can regulate the function of the nervous system, and has an auxiliary treatment effect on neurasthenia and insomnia. Middle-aged and elderly menopausal patients can relieve symptoms and improve mood.

6. others. Honey can enhance human immune function and improve body resistance.

In addition, topical honey can treat infectious wounds, burns and frostbite, and has the functions of relieving pain, resisting inflammation and promoting wound healing. Taking it by children can promote the normal development of the body. After understanding the health care function of honey, we should also master the correct method of taking it.

First, the method of eating, fresh honey can be taken directly or as an aqueous solution, but don't brew it with boiling water or cook it at high temperature, because the effective ingredients such as enzymes are destroyed after high temperature. Honey is best taken after being diluted with warm water or cold water below 40 degrees.

2. Administration time: Generally, it is appropriate to take 1 ~ 1.5 hours before meals or 2-3 hours after meals. People with neurasthenia should take it before going to bed every day.

Dosage: As a treatment or adjuvant treatment, adults should take100g daily, not exceeding 200g, three times in the morning, middle and evening. It is best for children to take 30 grams, but it depends on their age. Used for treatment, with two months as a course of treatment; As a health care product, the dosage can be reduced as appropriate, generally 10 ~ 50g per day.

In addition, diabetic patients had better not take it. At present, honey on the market is divided into pure honey and blended honey. Generally, the specialty stores of bee products in apiary directly sell mature pure honey, while the shops sell blended honey and pure honey. Most of the honey sold in the street is inferior and adulterated, and the price is cheap and the quality is difficult to guarantee. Some lawless elements, even adding some chemical raw materials, contain a lot of heavy metals and pathogenic bacteria, and must not be greedy for petty gains and suffer.

Honey is different-which is better?

Honey is divided into jujube flower, Sophora japonica flower and Jinghua flower.

It can be divided into dark color and light color according to color.

According to the crowd, it is divided into honey for the elderly and honey for children.

Different flowers, different smells, different tastes;

The difference in color is mainly due to the different types of flowers, which are light honey and thick honey.

But its main nutritional components are basically the same. Now honey suitable for the elderly, children and people with calcium supplementation has been developed on the market according to different groups of people. The choice of elbow should be decided according to the object. Old people are suitable to choose old honey, calcium-rich honey and jujube honey. Children are suitable to choose children's honey and calcium-rich honey. Infants are suitable for breast milk honey, and ordinary people can choose Sophora japonica honey and pure honey. Provided by the Honey Professional Committee of China Bee Products Association.

Selection and use of honey

Purchase of honey

At present, honey on the market is divided into pure honey and blended honey. Generally, the specialty stores of bee products in apiary directly sell mature pure honey, while the shops sell blended honey and pure honey. Most of the honey sold in the street is inferior and adulterated, and the price is cheap and the quality is difficult to guarantee. Some lawless elements even add some chemical raw materials, which contain a lot of heavy metals and pathogenic bacteria. -Please don't buy honey from the street in order to keep healthy. This kind of honey is difficult to distinguish between true and false, and the hygiene is unqualified. Something happened and you can't claim. Don't be greedy for cheap and become its victim. Therefore, you'd better go to the bee products store in the beekeeping garden to buy honey, and pay special attention to choosing brands with good reputation.

Preservation of honey

Honey is a weakly acidic liquid, which can react chemically with metals and pollute honey. So don't store honey in metal containers or plastic containers. Porcelain or glass containers are usually used to hold honey. And it should be kept in a ventilated and dry place.

The consumption of honey

How to eat honey: Be careful not to destroy its nutrients when taking honey. Generally, honey can be taken with warm boiled water or mixed with milk, soybean milk and thin rice, and can also be coated on bread and steamed bread. However, it should be noted that the temperature should not exceed 60 degrees, so as not to destroy the nutrients in honey at high temperature.

dosage

25-50 grams a day is good.

Crystallization of honey

Honey crystallization is a physical phenomenon. When the temperature is between 13 ~ 14d, honey is easy to crystallize. The precipitated crystal is glucose, and no other biochemical reactions have taken place. Its nutritional value is the same as that of liquid honey, and it has no effect on the quality of honey. Moreover, honey crystallization is related to different flower species and water content.

Pharmacological effects of honey

Since ancient times, people have regarded honey as a health care product. Use honey to treat burns, wounds, ulcers, bedsores and gastrointestinal diseases. Honey can quickly remove surface infections caused by wounds and ulcers and promote wound healing. This is because honey has antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-ulcer and laxative effects. The summary of clinical experience shows that honey has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying abortion, moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, treating patients after treatment and harmonizing various drugs. At present, honey is commonly used in Chinese and western medicine to treat various diseases, such as pills, ointments and syrups.

(-) the antibacterial effect of honey

In the last hundred years, scholars from all over the world have conducted extensive research on the antibacterial activity of honey, which proves that honey has antibacterial activity against a variety of bacteria and 7 fungi in Alcaligenes, Bacillus, Klebsiella, Micrococcus, Serratia, Proteus, Pseudomonas, Salmonella, Shigella, Staphylococcus and Streptococcus. Honey has bactericidal activity against carbon trace Bacillus, Brevibacterium parvum, Diphtheria, Escherichia coli, Pneumonia, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Proteus vulgaris, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhi, Shigella dysenteriae, Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, Candida albicans, etc. The experiment of Wang eryi and Wang Huajie (1995) proved that unheated raw honey has obvious bactericidal effect on Staphylococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus hemolyticus B, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and some Escherichia coli. Art et al. (199 1) proved that 20% honey solution can completely inhibit gastritis caused by Helicobacter pylori.

(B) the anti-ulcer effect of honey

Candier et al. (1987) proved that honey has therapeutic effect on experimental gastric ulcer induced by salicylic acid acetate in rats. But the therapeutic effect of honey is higher than that of artificial honey. The experiment of Candil et al. (1989) proved that the cure rate of honey on aspirin-induced gastric ulcer in rats was 80%. Ali et al. (1990) conducted an experiment on the protective effect of honey on experimental gastric injury in rats. The results showed that high-dose honey had 65438 000% protective effect on gastric injury induced by indomethacin in rats, but only 58% protective effect on gastric injury induced by ethanol. It is suggested that honey has anti-ulcer effect and can be used to prevent and alleviate the damage to the stomach caused by taking drugs with potential ulcer. Ali claimed that honey has been used to treat gastric ulcers in the Indian subcontinent for many years.

The laxative effect of honey

Honey has been used as a laxative in ancient China. Zhang Zhongjing, a famous medical scientist at the end of Han Dynasty, pointed out in Treatise on Febrile Diseases that "honey can cure Yangming's dryness and constipation, and honey decoction is an ancient recipe." The method of honey decoction is to heat the honey, burn it into a semi-solidified state and make it into a sitting medicine. He also pointed out in the synopsis of the golden chamber that "honey can moisten dryness and relax bowels, such as Huomaren pills, refined honey as pills, and honey as softness can help Huomaren moisten the lower body." The animal experiment of Jiao (1992) in Zhejiang Academy of Medical Sciences showed that 100% and 50% honey could obviously promote the small intestine movement of mice and significantly shorten the defecation time. (Wen Huang talks)

Health care function of honey

Honey and gastrointestinal diseases

Honey can lubricate the gastrointestinal tract and can be used as a good medicine for constipation. Constipation is mostly caused by internal fire caused by inflammation, exhaustion of body fluid, dry stool and intestinal stenosis. Because defecation is difficult, anal trauma can lead to gallbladder fissure, bleeding, hemorrhoids and even cancer. Patients can vary from person to person and take honey in moderation. Teenagers chew with white radish slices dipped in honey, and the elderly eat with banana meat dipped in honey. Several times a day, the curative effect is remarkable. Honey is effective for colitis, habitual constipation, constipation of the elderly and pregnant women. Taking 25 grams of honey on an empty stomach every morning and evening can regulate gastrointestinal function. Honey can make gastropathy and heartburn disappear, and is effective for diseases such as gastric and duodenal ulcer, gastric perforation, dyspepsia and chronic gastritis. At the same time, it also has the functions of diminishing inflammation, promoting wound healing, enhancing digestive system function and nourishing.

Respiratory diseases

Honey has anti-inflammatory, expectorant and antitussive effects. Patients with lung dryness and heat cough can take a sweet pear, peel and core it, then slice it and add honey to eat it several times a day, and it will take effect within one week. Patients with pulmonary tuberculosis take 50-75g of honey orally. Honey can moisten lung, relieve cough and pain, and at the same time, it can increase human hemoglobin and reduce erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Thereby relieving tuberculosis. There are folk remedies for treating tuberculosis with honey, milk or animal fat, and the effect is good. Patients with rhinitis put 10% honey aqueous solution into an inhaler to atomize it into the respiratory tract, and the dryness of the posterior pharyngeal wall disappeared. Mucosa became moist, purulent secretion stopped, and the condition quickly eased.

Honey and heart disease

Honey contains high glucose content, which is easily absorbed by human body, and can nourish myocardium and improve its metabolic function. It can relax the cardiovascular system and improve the blood circulation of coronary vessels. Honey has a certain curative effect on heart failure and heart disease, because it can ensure the normal blood flow. Take 50 grams of honey every day for a long time to ensure the normal work of the heart. Folk medicine uses honey to treat diseases such as heart failure and angina pectoris. According to the recent medical literature reports, the benefits of honey to heart patients mainly lie in its ability to nourish myocardium and improve metabolic function. It can dilate coronary artery, so it can also treat angina pectoris. Patients with heart disease often take honey, which can obviously improve their physical condition, promote normal blood components, increase hemoglobin content and enhance cardiovascular contractility.

Honey and liver disease

Glucose in honey can not only constitute nutrients in cells and tissues, but also improve the storage of glycogen in the liver and strengthen the metabolism of tissues. The liver of the human body acts as a filter, which can remove toxins produced by bacteria, and sugar strengthens this function, thus improving the anti-infection ability of the human body. Patients with fatigue liver disease take 40-50g of honey on an empty stomach every morning and evening, and taking it for a long time is of great benefit to the recovery of health.

Honey and neurasthenia

The ancient Greeks and Romans believed that honey was a sedative and sleeping pill. Nowadays, honey is often used to treat many nervous system diseases in folk medicine. Although there are many factors leading to neurasthenia and insomnia, taking honey 10-20g before going to bed every night can regulate the nervous system and make people fall asleep easily. Honey and wounds and burns honey has a good effect on infectious wounds and burns (or scalds). Because honey contains acidic substances and high concentration of sugar, bacteria can't survive in the wound. At the same time, due to the existence of biotin in honey, it can promote the metabolism of the body and make granulation tissue grow rapidly at the wound. Skin trauma can be washed with 10%- 15% honey juice and wrapped with honey to control infection. Similarly, applying honey to burn wounds can reduce exudate, relieve pain and shorten the treatment cycle (3-7 days). Generally, it is a first-degree or second-degree small and medium-sized burn. After the wound surface is cleaned, it is evenly applied to the affected area with a sterilized cotton ball dipped in honey, 4-5 times a day in the initial stage, and then applied with honey L-2 times after gum addiction is formed, and exposure therapy is adopted. If there is a pus wave on the wound, remove the pus first. Clean the wound, then apply it with honey gauze, and then wrap it with sterile cotton pad. 2 parts of honey and 1 part of 2% procaine solution were used in a mixture of 2:1to reduce the pain caused to the wound at the beginning of application. A total of 58 cases were observed. First and second degree burns. Generally, when honey is applied for 2-3 days, transparent glue idiots will form on the wound surface, and after 6- 10 days, the idiots on the hind legs will fall off by themselves, and new epithelium will grow completely. In the later stage, there were obvious infected people in the hospital, and scabs could be formed on the wound in 2-3 days, and epithelial cells under delusion could grow. The granulation grows well after 6-9 days, and can be cured after 2-3 weeks. No infection was found during the treatment. If the infected wound is coated with honey, the purulent secretion will gradually decrease, but the infection under the rubber scab should be observed and treated in time. Honey and frostbite Frostbite and frostbite can also be treated with honey. For chilblain with inflammation and secretion above the second degree, it is boiled with honey, then made into ointment with vaseline, thinly coated on sterile gauze and applied to the affected area. Clean the wound before applying the cover. After covering, bind and fix with dressing. Generally, after 2-3 times of medication, the pain and inflammation gradually disappear and can be cured after 3-7 times. Chilblain: Wash with warm water first, clean the affected area, and then apply honey for dressing. Change the dressing the next day and it will be fine in a few months. Honey and chronic ulcers Chronic ulcers can be treated with 10% honey dilute juice. Clean the sore, then apply gauze soaked with pure honey to the affected area, wrap it up, and change the dressing once every other day for about a week, that is, the raw meat buds will regenerate and heal in two months. Provided by the Honey Professional Committee of China Bee Products Association

Nutritional components of honey

Honey is a highly complex mixture of sugar, the main component of which is sugar, accounting for more than three quarters of the total honey, including monosodium glutamate, disaccharide and polysaccharide. However, the content ratio of these sugars has a consistent feature for all kinds of honey, that is, the sum of fructose and glucose accounts for 85%-95% of honey sugar, and levofructose (fructose) is dominant in almost all kinds of honey, such as Vitex negundo, jujube honey and locust honey. Some honey varieties, such as cotton honey and wild croton honey, have more dextrose (glucose) than levorotatory sperm. The contents of sucrose and maltose in all kinds of honey are very small, about a few percent. In addition, there are protein, amino acids, organic acids, vitamins, pigments and aromatic substances in honey. Except for dry matter, the rest is water. Provided by the Honey Professional Committee of China Bee Products Association.

Honey has a good moisturizing effect.

Use honey as a nutritional seasoning. Those who provide nutrition to the skin to make it elastic are the so-called "nutritional dressings". Honey is the most ideal material. Honey is not irritating to the skin, but it is very effective in maintaining the skin. In order to reduce the odor in honey, you can add a few drops of lemon juice to reduce its taste. If you add honey to rice flour (or wheat flour), make it paste, wash it and apply it to your face, and wash it with warm water for 30 minutes, the effect will be better, because ginger powder contains vitamin B and alcohol. Honey can eliminate facial ulcers. If the sweet part of honey is removed, its acidity is similar to that of vinegar. Because honey is highly acidic, it also has strong bactericidal power. After washing your face, dip a cotton swab in a small amount of honey and apply it directly to the sore. In order to prevent falling off, it can be fixed with gauze tape, which is very effective before going to bed. A bath lotion made of honey. Soap is alkaline and will take away the fat on the skin. A little honey can remedy it. You can rub soap into foam and add a little honey to wash your face or body. This is the best bath essence. Maintain with honey before bathing. Apply honey all over your body before taking a bath. Especially the soles of the feet, knees, hands, elbows and other parts. /kloc-after 0/0 minutes, soak in the bathtub and wash it with soap again. After washing, you will feel as slippery as grease. (Yan Mei)

Ancient people's understanding of honey

China is a country with a long history of beekeeping and one of the earliest countries in the world. Beekeeping existed more than 3000 years ago, and bees were used to produce bee products for the benefit of mankind. The Shennong Herbal Classic published in the Han Dynasty has listed honey as the top grade in medicine. Since then, honey has been recorded in medical classics and herbal books. Li Mingzhen, a medical scientist in the Ming Dynasty, said in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Honey has five functions as medicine: clearing away heat, tonifying middle warmer, detoxifying, moistening dryness and relieving pain." The function of honey is highly generalized. It can be seen that the ancient physicians in China had a comprehensive understanding of the function of honey, which also showed that honey was a traditional and ancient natural food and medical medicine for human beings. In the world, all nations and countries with a long cultural history have a long history of using honey for medical tonic, and there is a record of using honey to promote human health. For example, hieroglyphics in ancient Egypt and ancient Indian texts all describe that honey can nourish and strengthen the body. Now honey has become a nutritious food and medicine for people of all nationalities in the world. Honey has been included in the Pharmacopoeia of many countries. Provided by the Honey Professional Committee of China Bee Products Association

American scientists have found that bees are not only sweet.

Many people (and many nutritionists) think that honey is only the essence of flow. Entomologists from several American universities collected 19 kinds of honey from all over the United States. These nectaries represent 14 basic nectars. Compared with the gold antioxidant vitamin C, the darker the color, the stronger the antioxidant effect of honey. For example, the darkest buckwheat honey has the strongest oxidation effect, which is 20 times that of the lightest foxtail honey, and the antioxidant strength of sunflower is second only to it. With this discovery, the role of honey is great. As an additive, honey has better preservation effect than refrigerator, which can not only prolong the shelf life of mass-produced food, but also be used to preserve leftovers. If a good apple has a wound, it will easily oxidize and turn yellow, which will not only affect the appetite but also reduce the content of vitamin C in the apple. Applying a layer of honey to the wound can delay the yellowing of the wound. Honey can also be used to extract alpha alkyd, an important component of skin care products, which can not only delay skin aging, but also moisturize skin. Honey in the United States is a natural beauty because of its large quantity and low price. Many food and cosmetics manufacturers in the United States are gearing up, which means knowing each other and hating the night. People seem to benefit a lot from the sweet return of nature. It's just that I'm going to suffer from an elf like a bee. Excerpt from Beijing Youth Daily

Talking about the Diet and Health Care of Bees

As the saying goes. "Good medicine tastes bitter and is good for disease" is not necessarily true. There is also a sweet and delicious "medicine", and honey is such a kind. Motherland medicine attaches great importance to honey, which is considered sweet and flat; It is a panacea for invigorating middle qi, calming the five internal organs, harmonizing various medicines and relieving self-toxicity, and plays an important role in human health care. Modern medicine also attaches great importance to the medical value of honey. A large number of research data show that honey is effective for tuberculosis, heart disease, gastrointestinal diseases, ulcers, hepatitis, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, bronchitis, neurasthenia and other common diseases. Honey is used to treat eye diseases such as keratitis and corneal ulcer. Trauma. Frostbite and habitual constipation also have significant effects. In addition, honey contains antibacterial substances, which can inhibit the reproduction and growth of streptococcus, typhoid Bacillus, Escherichia coli and bacillary dysentery, so it can help the human body to be less affected by infectious diseases. In addition, although honey is sweet, it doesn't hurt teeth, and it can eliminate bad breath, and it has a certain disinfection effect on the mouth, which is incomparable to any other dessert. At the same time, the nutritional function of honey is commendable, and it is listed as an ideal natural nutrition by nutritionists. For example, the content of natural glucose is above 75%, and others, such as protein, mineral elements, vitamins and digestive enzymes, are all available, with considerable reserves. In particular, these nutrients are easily absorbed by the human body and have strong nourishing power, which is suitable for men, women and children. Recently, good news came. Professor Brinjo, a nutritionist at Illinois State University, found that honey contains an amazing amount of antioxidants. Although this antioxidant is not a nutrient, it can remove the "garbage" in the human body-oxygen free radicals, so it has the functions of preventing cancer and resisting aging. As for the method of taking honey, it is best to take 1 spoon in the morning and evening; Take the clothes with warm boiled water, and avoid using this boiled water; Honey can also be eaten in steamed bread, bread and other foods. In addition, if it is combined with other foods, it will play a role in dietotherapy and health care, and the effect will be better. Excerpted from China Food News.