Advantages of Honey
We all recognize the value of honey as a sweetener. It’s a tasty and nutritional alternative to standard cane or beet sugar and is a regular part of many people’s diets. Honey can do a lot more than help in the creation of tasty dishes, though. It also has some impressive medical benefits. It’s a food product that has some very tangible advantages in addition to the good taste it provides.
Anyone who has ever enjoyed a spoonful of honey when suffering from a sore throat can vouch for the comfort and relief the liquid provides. Homemade cough treatments featuring honey abound. Whether one is using honey with cinnamon, vinegar, lemon juice or on its own, it can help hold down coughs and sore throats.
Honey contains several important trace minerals, vitamins and a natural antibacterial known as inhibine. That makes it a perfect product for use in a host of other folk remedies. People credit honey with helping a series of maladies ranging from hair loss to bladder infections. Some even claim that honey is a great way to relieve the pain associated with arthritis or to reduce the risk of heart attack by holding down cholesterol levels.
Many allergy sufferers have used honey as a means of handling those challenges. They ingest smaller quantities of honey on a regular basis, as it contains trace remains of pollen, a key allergen. Over time, this practice can desensitize the body. It will “build up a resistance” to pollen and the symptoms of the allergies may disappear.
Honey has power even in those situations when you don’t swallow it. Honey has some medical benefits as a topical application.
People with eczema or dry skin can create a honey-based lotion that will make their skin soft and supple. Those suffering from problem skin or blemishes can use honey as an acne-fighting treatment.
If you have a minor burn, a light spread of honey with a dusting of cornstarch can decrease swelling in the surrounding tissues while sealing off the burned area, providing a modicum of pain relief, and working to keep the area clean of bacteria. Honey has been used on other abrasions and scratches in the same way. In fact, medical professionals consider it a perfectly viable treatment.
People swear by honey as a curative for everything from canker sores to hay fever. Honey has long been used in a variety of cultures as a healing substance and as work of its potential continues to grow, more and more people are likely to begin taking advantage of honey’s remarkable properties.
If you aren’t using honey, or only use it as an occasional substitute for sugar, you may want to consider learning more about the golden liquid and the many ways it can be used to improve your overall health and well-being. This information may result in a considerable improvement to your health!
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