Please refer to: honey-sweet milk for the elderly.

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On June 5438+05, the fifth edition of Medical Classroom published a series of articles on "Honey-Health Care Products for the Public". Some readers expressed their hope to know more, especially how the elderly eat honey and its value in health care. This edition is now introduced.

Honey is not only a good natural nutrient in people's lives, but also an important dispensing substance of traditional Chinese medicine. Honey also contains sugar. Why can it be used as health food for the elderly? Experts believe that 80% of the sugar contained in honey is easily digestible glucose and fructose, and the proportion is very suitable, which can be directly absorbed and utilized by the human body. In addition, honey also contains a variety of vitamins and minerals, which can supplement the deficiency of the human body and help the elderly live longer. In Gia Township, Abaha, Georgia, one of the five longest-lived towns in the world, villagers love beekeeping, often eat honey, and live a long life. In addition, honey has strong bactericidal power. American researchers put some germs into honey. After 10 hour, all dysentery bacteria died, and typhoid bacteria and Escherichia coli also died after 48 hours. Old people are weak and vulnerable to bacteria. Eating honey regularly can resist harmful germs, prevent and treat cough, insomnia, cardiovascular diseases, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal ulcers, constipation, dysentery and so on. Some people say: "honey is the milk of the elderly." It shows that the elderly can take it for a long time, which has advantages and disadvantages. This is the experience of people who are keen on dietotherapy.

Honey can prolong the life of the elderly.

Honey is rich in nutrients, some of which participate in the process of gene transcription and translation, and can affect the structure and function of genes. In addition, some components can regulate the metabolism of the body through acid-base balance, thus delaying the aging process. Therefore, taking honey regularly can strengthen the body, delay aging and prolong life.

For example, Professor Murkhba of Russia took honey every morning and evening, and remained energetic until 120 years old. The beekeeper safa DOD Sain 138 told the doctor that eating honey and working in the open air were the main reasons for his long life. Hippocrates, the father of medicine and an ancient thinker, lived to the age of 107. I often ate honey before my death, and concluded that "the combination of honey and food is an element of nourishing health". Aristotle, the father of natural science, also thinks that honey plays a special role in promoting human health and prolonging life.

Health care function of honey

Honey has always been considered as an excellent food and medicine. Its main components are monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose, which are easily absorbed by human body. In addition, it also contains all kinds of nutrients needed by human cells, tissues and organs, and at the same time, it can generate a lot of heat, and it does not contain fat, so it is a perfect healthy food.

Honey, as a kind of health care product, has long been recorded in the historical documents of China. "Compendium of Materia Medica" wrote: "Honey is cool and warm, not cold and not dry, and it has a neutral qi, so it is not suitable for treating twelve diseases."

In addition, honey is an indispensable substance for preparing honey pills and Chinese patent medicine pieces.

Nourish the liver and protect the heart, don't forget honey.

Honey contains high glucose content, which is easily absorbed by human body. It can nourish myocardium, improve its metabolism, relax blood vessels and improve the blood circulation of coronary artery, so it has certain curative effect on heart failure and heart disease. Taking 50 ~ 75g honey every day is good for the normal work of the heart. Some folks use honey to treat diseases such as myocardial insufficiency; Modern literature has also reported that honey can treat angina pectoris and other diseases.

Glucose in honey can not only provide nutrition for cells and tissues, but also enhance the storage of glycogen in the liver and the metabolism of tissues. Glycogen can make the liver strengthen the function of filtering and removing toxins produced by bacteria, thus improving the body's resistance to diseases. For example, patients with liver disease take 40 to 50 grams of honey on an empty stomach every morning and evening, which is of great benefit to restoring health.

Honey can protect and fix teeth.

Honey contains an enzyme, which can produce an oxidizing substance-a main component that inhibits bacterial activities that damage teeth and cause dental caries. However, there are many kinds of honey, and the antibacterial ability of various honey is very different, and the difference between some varieties is more than 100 times.

Studies have shown that honey can not only inhibit the growth of bacteria causing dental caries, but also reduce the amount of acidic substances, thus preventing bacteria from making dextran. Dextran is a kind of polysaccharide produced by bacteria, which can adhere to the surface of teeth and form a plate that destroys enamel after a long time. This kind of plate will destroy the tissue on the surface of teeth and easily lead to tooth loosening and falling off.

Several "honey prescriptions" for treating diseases

◎ Send 6 grams of honey with warm boiled water on an empty stomach, or 6 grams of Salvia Miltiorrhiza 15, 6 grams of Radix Aucklandiae and 6 grams of Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata, and decoct them to treat gastric and duodenal ulcers and various stomachaches.

◎ Take 30g honey and stir-fry jujube kernel 15g twice, which has the effect of calming the heart and calming the nerves, and can cure palpitation, insomnia, forgetfulness and dreaminess.

It is effective for patients with hypertension, liver disease and heart disease to drink a cup of honey water on an empty stomach in the morning and evening. If you use Salvia Miltiorrhiza Radix and Polygoni Multiflori Radix 15g, decoct the juice with water and add a spoonful of honey for oral administration, the effect will be better.

◎ Take 30 grams of honey and 3 grams of refined salt, add cold boiled water and mix well, and take 1 time in the morning and evening, which has a good laxative effect.

◎ In respiratory diseases, lung dryness due to yin deficiency, chronic cough without phlegm, can be drunk by decocting Flos Farfarae 10g, Lily 15g, Polygonatum odoratum 15g with water and adding two spoonfuls of honey.

◎ 250 grams of honey, a pig's trotters and a little salt can be stewed for arthritis.

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Many scientific experiments and practices have proved that the eating methods of honey have a direct impact on its nutritional and health care functions and medical effects. Eating honey is very particular. Only scientific eating can give full play to the nutritional, health care and medical functions of honey.

1. How to eat: Fresh and mature honey can be eaten directly or made into aqueous solution, because aqueous solution is easier to absorb than pure honey. However, honey must not be boiled with boiling water or 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 turn sour. Studies have shown that enzymes in honey nutrients, especially amylase, are unstable to heat, and the decrease of amylase value proves that the unique fragrance and taste of honey are destroyed and volatilized, the antibacterial effect is reduced, and nutrients are destroyed. Therefore, it is best to dilute honey with warm water or cold water below 40℃, especially in hot summer. Drinking honey with cold water is a good cool and healthy drink.

Second, the eating time: the eating time of honey is very particular. Generally, it is more appropriate to eat at 1- 1.5 hours before meals 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. Because scientific research and clinical practice have proved that honey has a dual effect on gastric acid secretion. When gastric acid secretion is too much or too little, honey can play a regulatory role and normalize gastric acid secretion. 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.

3. Dosage: The general dosage of honey is100g for adults every day, with a maximum of 200g. Children should eat 30-60 grams in the morning, 40-80 grams at noon and 30-60 grams at night. When used for treatment, two months is a course of treatment. **

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Honey baduanjin

No matter what happens in Korean dramas, people, old and young, say it 800 times a day and make a cup of honey water quickly. There are too many nutrients around us, and honey is too easy to get, but its ability is ignored. This holiday gives it a chance to see what it can do for you.

1. Restore fatigue, especially after staying up late.

Of all natural foods, honey requires the highest energy for brain neurons. Fructose and glucose in honey can be quickly absorbed and utilized by human body, improving the nutritional status of blood.

Usage: a cup of honey water at noon

2. eliminate the accumulated food after a full meal

Honey can promote the normal secretion of gastric acid, enhance intestinal peristalsis, and significantly shorten the defecation time.

Usage: Take 25g honey on an empty stomach every morning and evening.

amelirate dryness of the lungs

Honey has anti-inflammatory, expectorant, lung moistening and cough relieving effects, and loquat honey has the best cough relieving effect.

Usage: One Sydney, sliced with honey, several times a day.

sober up from drunkenness

Honey contains a kind of fructose that most fruits don't have, which can promote the decomposition and absorption of alcohol, help to sober up quickly and relieve headaches after drinking.

Usage: Eat 50 grams of honey or some biscuits and bread coated with honey before drinking, and then drink honey water after drinking.

5. Let the excited nerves sleep.

Glucose, vitamins, magnesium, phosphorus and calcium in honey can regulate nervous system function, relieve nervous tension and promote sleep. Moreover, honey has no side effects such as depression, fatigue and distraction that other drugs have. The sedative effect of apple honey is the most prominent.

Usage: a spoonful of honey before going to bed every night.

Treat accidental wounds

The acidity of honey after sugar removal is equivalent to vinegar, which can make bacteria unable to survive in the wound. Even if there are no germs, the swelling and pain of the wound will be greatly reduced under its action, which can eliminate dead muscles and accelerate wound healing.

Usage: Wash the wound with 10% ~ 15% honey juice, and apply it with pure honey for dressing.

Soothes the skin

Honey is the most ideal skin care product. It can provide nutrition for skin, make it elastic, kill or inhibit bacteria attached to skin surface, eliminate pigmentation of skin and promote epithelial tissue regeneration.

Usage: add a spoonful of honey to a spoonful of grape juice, add flour and stir well to form a grape juice honey mask.

8. Protect the wild heart

Honey can nourish myocardium, improve its metabolic function, increase hemoglobin, relax cardiovascular system, prevent blood agglutination and ensure normal blood circulation of coronary vessels.

Usage: Drink a cup of honey water every morning and evening. ** ** **