(A) skin care and beauty
Fresh honey is applied to the skin to provide moisturizing and nourishing effects, leaving the skin delicate, smooth and elastic.
usage:
1, honey mask: add 2 to 3 times the honey diluted with water, apply the face every day. It can also be used to make facial masks with oatmeal, protein and honey, and massage the face for 10 minutes when in use, so that the nutrients of honey penetrate into the skin cells.
2, glycerin honey mask: Take a honey, half glycerin, three parts of water, add appropriate amount of flour after the reconcile, make a mask, apply about 20 minutes each time on the face, and then wash with water, make the skin smooth and tender, exquisite.
3, egg membrane honey: a fresh egg, a spoonful of honey, stir the two, with a soft brush on the face after massage. After being dried naturally, wash it off with clean water. Every week again, it has the effect of emollient, wrinkle-removing, and beauty.
4, dry skin in winter, you can use a little honey to reconcile the water applied to the skin, can prevent chapped, can be used instead of anti-crack cream honey.
Modern research shows that oral or topical honey can effectively improve nutritional status, promote skin metabolism, enhance skin vitality and antibacterial activity, reduce pigmentation, prevent skin dryness, make skin soft, white, delicate, and reduce wrinkles and acne Such skin disorders play an ideal role in beauty and beauty.
5. Add honey to the flour and mix it into a paste. Apply it to your face when you wash your face and wash it with warm water after 30 minutes. Honey is not irritating to the skin and is very effective in maintaining the skin.
6, after the face wash, use a cotton swab dipped in a small amount of honey, painted directly on the acne. It is very effective when used before going to bed.
Honey contains a lot of vitamins, amino acids and a variety of active substances, can regulate endocrine, inhibit sebaceous excessive secretion of fat, improve fatty acid metabolism and improve blood circulation, enhance capillary function, promote the blood to transport nutrients to the skin layer, and honey also It has good antibacterial and bactericidal effects and can effectively inhibit and kill bacteria in hair follicles. Therefore, honey not only does not promote acne, but also can prevent and cure acne, so that the skin becomes smooth and soft.
(B) Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and tissue regeneration
High-quality honey is not putrefied for several years at room temperature, indicating its strong anti-corrosion effect. Experiments confirmed that honey has a strong inhibitory effect on Gram-positive bacteria such as streptococcus, staphylococcus, and diphtheria.
Usage: When treating wounds, apply honey to the affected area to reduce exudation, reduce pain, promote wound healing and prevent infection.
(c) promote digestion
Studies have shown that honey regulates gastrointestinal function and normalizes gastric acid secretion. Animal experiments confirmed that honey has a role in enhancing bowel movements, which can significantly shorten the defecation time.
Usage: Honey has good effect on colitis and habitual constipation without any side effects. Honey can make gastric pain and stomach burning sensation disappear, and erythrocyte and hemoglobin values ​​increase. People suffering from gastroduodenal ulcers, often taking honey, also have ancillary effects.
(D) Improve immunity
The synergistic action of various enzymes and minerals contained in honey can improve human immunity. Experimental studies have shown that feeding mice with honey can improve the immune function of mice.
Usage: The commonly used honey abroad to treat colds, pharyngitis, the method is to use a glass of water plus 2 spoons of honey and 1/4 spoon of fresh lemon juice, taking 3-4 cups a day.
(E) Promote longevity
Former Soviet scholars have surveyed more than 200 elderly people over the age of 100, of whom 143 were beekeepers, confirming that their longevity is related to eating honey. The mechanism of honey's promotion of longevity is more complex and it is a comprehensive conditioning of the human body, rather than simply acting on an organ.
(6) Improve sleep
Honey can relieve nervous tension, promote sleep, and have a certain degree of analgesic effect. Glucose, vitamins, magnesium, phosphorus, and calcium in honey can regulate the nervous system and promote sleep.
Usage: Neurasthenia, a spoonful of honey before going to bed every night, can improve sleep. The calming function of apple honey collected from apple blossoms is more prominent.
(7) Liver protection
The protective effect of honey on the liver can provide energy preparation for the metabolic activity of the liver, stimulate the regeneration of the liver tissue, and repair the damage.
Usage: People with chronic hepatitis and poor liver function can often eat honey to improve liver function.
(8) Anti-fatigue
In fructose in honey, glucose can be quickly absorbed and used to improve the condition of the blood. Taking honey when the body is fatigued can significantly eliminate fatigue symptoms in 15 minutes.
Usage: mental workers and those who stay up all night, blunt honey water can be energetic. Athletes taking honey 15 minutes before the game can help improve their physical fitness.
(9) Promoting children's growth and development
A large-scale clinical trial by researchers at the University of Tokyo showed that children who had honey and children who had eaten sugar had higher weight, height, chest circumference, lower subcutaneous fat, and more radiant skin, and had less diarrhea, bronchitis, compared with those who consumed sugar. Conjunctivitis, stomatitis and other diseases.
Usage: frail and sick, children with poor health can eat more honey. Preschool children suffering from rickets can take 30-50 grams of honey two or three times a day to improve the symptoms of rickets. Children suffering from cold, drinking twice a day a glass of honey water, can promote cold recovery. Children who do not sleep well drink a warm honey water 30 minutes before bedtime and sleep peacefully soon after going to bed. Babies less than one year old are not suitable for taking honey.
(x) Protection of cardiovascular
Honey has the effect of expanding the coronary and nutritional myocardium, improving myocardial function, and regulating blood pressure.
Usage: If you suffer from heart disease, take 50-140 grams of honey every day. The condition can be improved within 1-2 months. People with high blood pressure drink a glass of honey water each morning and evening, which is also healthy. Arteriosclerosis people often eat honey, protect blood vessels and lower blood pressure.
(eleven) lungs and cough
Honey can moisten the lungs and has a certain antitussive effect. It is commonly used to help treat tuberculosis and bronchitis.
Usage: People who are weak and cough can often eat honey. Honey can be used to assist in the treatment of rhinitis, sinusitis, bronchitis, pharyngitis and asthma. Among them, the relieving effect of wolfberry honey is prominent.
(twelve) promote calcium absorption
Experts from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Human Nutrition Center found that honey can prevent osteoporosis caused by calcium loss in middle-aged and elderly women. This is because boron in honey can increase estrogenic activity and prevent the loss of calcium.
Usage: A spoonful of honey plus an appropriate amount of calcium supplement can increase the rate of calcium absorption.
(13) Use of Traditional Chinese Medicine
Honey can be the main heart and lung evil, can be five internal organs, the main shortage, Bu Zhong Yi Qi, pain relief detoxification, and 100 drugs. It can also be used to relieve abdominal pain and lung deficiency cough, intestinal dry constipation, and the solution of Aconitum poison.
In addition, in Chinese medicine, honey can also be beneficial to the intestines, regulate the spleen and stomach, regulate the spleen and stomach, and drug detoxification.