You all know what honey is. Isn’t it.
Anyways, let me just define it for you.
The sweet liquid extracted from the nectar of the flowers is known as the honey. Well, as of presently, you can get a variety of honey available in the market, the most common being the bee honey. Tell me if I’m wrong.
Let me give you a fun fact; bees are the only insect, in the world I’d say, that make food consumable by the human beings.
Do you know that eating honey can actually make you smarter! It is the only food to contain ‘pinocembrin’, an antioxidant that improves brain function.
I’d say that honey is the only insect created food therapeutic, medicinal, nutritional and cosmetic value.
Honey is one of the most efficient home remedies that one can think upon. Let’s see the various benefits you can take from honey.
We’ve talked about many home remedies, but this thing is I’d say not all in one but yes, many in one home remedy.
We’ll not only tell you the benefits but also try to tell you how to take honey for good health.
Now let’s see the benefits and uses of raw honey.
1. Natural Energy Drink
I always believe nature is sufficient to please human’s needs, though many of you won’t go with my opinion. Well, I’m not telling you to because it’s my opinion (particularly).
This natural unprocessed sugar — fructose and glucose — directly enter the bloodstream and can deliver a quick boost of energy at just 17 grammes of carbohydrates per tablespoon.
People who are serious about their fitness and do regular exercise and gym should really try it out.
2. Boosts memory
Good news for students and their parents.
You don’t need artificial memory booster when you can get a natural one.
As stated above, honey contains an antioxidant (pinocembrin) that improves brain function. Honey’s ability to help the body absorb calcium helps aid brain health. The brain needs calcium in order to process thought and make decisions.
3. Hair Treatment
If you have the dandruff problem, why don’t you try honey as a solution?
Well, you may actually go for other solutions with your preference.
Thanks to honey's antibacterial and antifungal properties, it can also treat seborrheic dermatitis and dandruff, which are often caused by an overgrowth of fungus.
Raw honey can cleanse and restore the health of your hair and scalp. It can be your shampoo as well as your conditioner.
4. Honey for skin
The thing that troubles most of the people is the occurrence of a pimple overnight.
What could be the treatment?
Well, you can use honey as a remedy for your uninvited guest.
But, how?
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder and dab it on the pimple. Let it stay overnight and wash it with lukewarm water in the morning.
You can also use it as a moisturiser.
A spoonful of raw honey mixed with olive oil and a squeeze of lemon can become your natural moisturiser.
5. Relieve from a cough and cold
Honey can be the best home remedy when it comes to a cough and cold.
Mix 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon with 1 teaspoon honey and eat two or three times a day to get rid of cold.
Children between the ages of 1 and 5 with a nighttime cough due to colds coughed less frequently when they received two teaspoons of honey 30 minutes before bed.
Manuka honey (a type of honey) can be very useful in this scenario.
6. Sleepless Aid
No more sleepless nights
Honey can cause a rise in insulin and release serotonin — a neurotransmitter that improves mood and happiness. Add a tablespoon to warm milk to help increase melatonin and help you sleep.
Honey’s steady rise in insulin causes the tryptophan in honey to enter the brain, where it’s then converted into serotonin and then into melatonin, which is a sleep aid. This hormone is responsible for regulating sleep and wake cycles.
7. Wound and Burn Treatment
We all know that honey is a natural antibiotic. You must read about it in the fifth standard. It can be used as a conventional treatment for wounds and burns by disinfecting wounds and sores from major species of bacteria such as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
8. Diabetic Remedy
Consumption of raw honey can reduce a risk of developing diabetes and help aid medication used to treat diabetes. Raw honey increases insulin and decreases hyperglycemia. Add honey in your health drink and you can also enjoy sweetness even in diabetic condition.
So, no more hiding with sweets.
9. Improves digestion
The enzyme (glucose oxidase) present in honey can produce small amounts of hydrogen peroxide that can treat gastritis.
Honey also neutralises gas, which can occur due to various reasons. One or two tablespoons of honey before heavy meals can the best way to improve the digestion process.
10. Arthritis solution
Arthritis is a form of joint disorder that involves inflammation of one or more joints. Manuka honey which has been known to have higher antibacterial activity than other types honey is also gaining popularity in treating arthritis pain due to its natural anti-inflammatory properties and healing power. It reduces joint inflammation and provides a natural form of pain relief.
Mix 2 tablespoons of Manuka Honey and 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder into 1 cup of warm green tea and consume this drink twice daily.
Some other benefits of raw honey:
- Drink a cup of hot water with a teaspoon of honey and 5 to 10 drops of apple cider vinegar early in the morning daily for complaints related to obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
- Apply 1 teaspoon honey and a pinch of turmeric to canker sores, mouth ulcers, or sores on the tongue.
- Take a mixture of 1 teaspoon each of fresh ginger juice and honey two or three times a day to clear your problem of sinuses.
- Chew small pieces of pineapple with 1/2 teaspoon of honey before smoking, if you really want to quit your smoking habit.
- It improves circulation.
- Gives relief from eczema.
- Reduces inflammation.
- Gives relief from a sore throat.
- Can be used as an exfoliator.
And much more…
The list is never going to end.
There are a countless number of benefits of pure honey.
So go now and get yourself a bottle of honey (most commonly available in the market) for your daily use. If you can get pure honey from somewhere, it’s even better.
So, till enjoy your honey and wait for the next article and don't forget to be a healthy you.
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