Honey

Besides being one of my favorite movies (which you should all add to your Netflix que if you have not seen it), honey is an amazing product we should all be using more often. Steve turned me on to all of the benefits of honey and since his blog seems to be stagnant I thought I would pass this information on to you.

Honey has been used for centuries by human civilizations to cure common ailments and sicknesses. It’s an open secret that everyone’s grandmother knows about. Listed below are 21 common problems which can be cured by Honey.

1) For burns
Apply freely over burns. It cools, removes pain and aids fast healing without scarring. Apart from being a salve and antibiotic, bacteria cannot live in honey.

2) Bed Wetting
A teaspoon of honey before bed aids water retention and calms fears in children.

3) Sleeplessness
A dessert spoon of honey in a mug of hot milk aids sleep and works wonders!

4) Hyperactivity
Honey is a mild sedative with minerals, vitamins, amino acids etc. Replace all white sugar with honey. White sugar is highly stimulating with no food qualities.

5) Nasal Congestion
Place a dessert spoon of honey in a basin of hot water and inhale fumes after covering your head with a towel over the basin.

6) Wounds or Grazes
Cover wound with honey and a bandage. Excellent healer.

7) For Fatigue
Dissolve a desert spoon of honey in warm water or quarter honey balance of water in a jug and keep in the fridge. Honey is primarily fructose and glucose and so it is quickly absorbed by the digestive system. (Honey is a unique natural stabilizer - ancient Greek athletes took honey for stamina before competing and as a reviver after competition.)

8)Facial Deep Cleanser
Mix honey with oatmeal approx. 50/50 till thick and apply as a face-pack. Leave on for half an hour then wash off. Great as a deep cleanser for acne .

9) Poor Digestion
Mix honey with apple cider vinegar approx. 50/50 and dilute to taste with water. This aids digestion. (Also reputed to be wonderful for the joints.)

10) Hair Conditioner
Mix honey with equal quantity of Olive Oil and cover head with a warm towel for half an hour then shampoo off. Feeds hair and scalp. Hair will never look or feel better!

11) Sore Throats
Let a teaspoon of honey melt in the back of the mouth and trickle down the throat. Eases inflamed raw tissues.

12) For Stress
Honey in water is a stabilizer - calms highs and raises lows. Use approx. 25 percent honey to water.

13) Anaemia
Honey is the best blood en-richer by raising corpuscle content. The darker the honey the more minerals it contains.

14) Food Preservative
Cakes with honey replacing sugar stay fresher longer due to natural antibiotics. Reduce liquids by approx. one-fifth to allow for moisture in honey.

15) Heart Patients
These people are well advised to replace white sugar (sucrose) with honey, natural fructose and glucose.

16) Hay-fever
Chewing the tops of comb honey stimulates the immune system due to minute amounts of pollen. During the season chew for 20 minutes a teaspoon of bee capping (tops) five to six times per day. Highly effective and useful for asthma sufferers as well.

17) Osteoporosis
English research has shown that a teaspoon of honey per day aids calcium utilization and prevents osteoporosis. Essential from age 50 onwards.

18) Long Life
One common fact worldwide is that the most long-lived people are regular users of honey. An interesting fact yet to be explained is that beekeepers suffer less from cancer and arthritis than any other occupational group worldwide.

19) Migraine
Use a dessertspoon of honey dissolved in half a glass of warm water. Sip at start of attack. If necessary repeat in 20 minutes. Always effective (so tip goes) as migraine is stress related.

20) Conjunctivitis (pus in the eye)
Honey dissolved in equal quantity of warm water. Apply, when cooled, as lotion or eye bath.

21) Cough mixture
6 oz. liquid honey, 2 oz. glycerin, Juice of 2 lemons, Mix well. Bottle and cork firmly. Use as required

Honey....who knew? And don't forget to watch the movie.