Natural antibiotic - honey with propolis, useful properties of a unique product
All beekeeping products are rich in composition and are extremely useful. But the most valuable is honey with propolis, the beneficial properties of which are due to the combination of sweet nectar and bitter bee glue. A sticky substance known as propolis is a versatile remedy for bees. Insects extract it from the sap of plants or buds of trees and shrubs, as well as from pollen. Digested in the stomachs of bees, they turn into a glue or resin-like product called propolis or uza. It has nothing to do with honey, it tastes bitter and causes numbness of the mucous membranes. However, there is propolis in every hive and even on every frame. It is with him that the bees close up the holes and process the honeycomb from bacteria, because the knot is a natural antiseptic and not only.
Honey with propolis - beneficial properties
Properly prepared propolis honey is a panacea for many diseases, because it:
- strengthens immunity;
- promotes healing of wounds and other damage to the skin;
- treats colds and respiratory diseases;
- relieves swelling;
- destroys tumors, including cancerous ones;
- improves the condition of hair, skin, nails;
- reduces fever and relieves inflammation;
- improves sleep and soothes;
- has an anesthetic and warming effect;
- stabilizes pressure;
- normalizes the work of the cardiovascular system;
- strengthens blood vessels;
- heals ulcers, gastritis and improves digestion;
- it is used in the treatment of hemorrhoids, sinusitis, conjunctivitis, as well as liver and spleen diseases.
If you are allergic to pollen or honey, you should also not use a complex product. In addition, propolis honey is contraindicated for small children, and pregnant and lactating women should take it in limited quantities and with caution. In acute diseases of the pancreas, heart, bladder, obesity and diabetes, it is also not recommended.
How to make propolis honey
The uniqueness of propolis honey is that it is hardly possible to prepare a product with the same composition. Collecting pollen and sap from different plants, and processing it, the bees also each time a new bond comes out, with its own composition.
It is not difficult to make a healing and tasty remedy at home. To do this, propolis is first frozen, and then finely crumbled and cleaned of impurities by flooding with water. Everything that comes up is caught and thrown away, and the uzu is melted in a water bath and mixed with honey.If the honey is thick, it is also melted, but make sure that the temperature is not higher than 40 ° C. Otherwise, all useful substances will disappear, and the medicine will lose its effect. The mixing ratio depends on the purpose of the intake. For the prevention of diseases, 1 part of propolis is taken for 20 parts of honey. It is allowed to take a more concentrated product, 1:10. If there is a need for treatment, then 1 part of the bond needs 3-5 parts of propolis.