China's traditional Chinese medicine culture has a long history. Since ancient times, many traditional Chinese medicines have health care effects, and some common ingredients in daily life also have good health care effects. Traditional medicine in China has used honey as medicine to treat diseases for thousands of years. As early as Shennong's Classic of Materia Medica, honey was listed as the top grade. In the Ming Dynasty, Li Shizhen said in the Compendium of Materia Medica that honey has six uses: "It is cool by nature, so it can clear heat; Cooked is warm and can be replenished; Sweet and peaceful, so you can detoxify; Soft and moist, so it can moisten dryness; Slow can relieve urgency, so it can stop the pain of myocardial ulcer; And therefore, it can harmonize various medicines and work together with licorice. " Because it can be seen that the edible and medicinal value of honey is very extensive.
When people get old, the digestive function of the stomach will decline. If they eat too much sugar, they are prone to flatulence and hinder the absorption of nutrients. Old people's activity decreases, their metabolism slows down, they eat more sugar, and too much heat energy is stored in the body and converted into fat, which leads to obesity and can induce diabetes.