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Raw Honey Health Benefits and USES
Unprocessed
honey has been used around the world for thousands of years for its natural
ability to heal, and more recently to promote a healthy lifestyle. Honey is used for treating stomach ulcers,
skin rashes and abrasions, allergies, and healing burns. Honey also has
anti-cancer properties. The list of
benefits of honey doesn't stop there. Honey
is the ultimate moisturizer, and bath and antibacterial soap used for hair and
scalp treatment. Because it taste so sweet most people would never guess that
honey is also used for dental care and mouth sores. And get this! Honey is
antiseptic, antibiotic, antifungal, and antibacterial -- it never spoils!
Honey in Medicine
It
is found that mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases. Honey
is produced in most of the countries of the world. Ayurvedic as well as Yunani
medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries. Scientists of
today also accept honey as a "Ram
Ban" (very effective) medicine for
all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any
kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if
taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. A
famous magazine named Weekly World News published in
HEART DISEASES:
Make
a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread or chappati instead of
jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from
heart attack. Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this
process daily, are kept miles away from the next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of
breath and strengthens the heartbeat. In
ARTHRITIS:
Take
one part honey to two parts of lukewarm water and add a small teaspoon of
cinnamon powder, make a paste and
massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It is noticed that the pain
recedes within a minute or two. Arthritis patients may take daily, morning
and night, one cup of
hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder.
If taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a
recent research conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was
found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one
tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found
that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients
were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who
could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without
pain.
HAIR LOSS:
Those
suffering from hair loss or baldness, may
apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of
cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the
hair. It was found to be effective even if kept on for 5 minutes.
BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take
two tablespoons of cinnamon powder an d one teaspoon of honey in a glass of
luke warm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.
TOOTHACHE:
Make
a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and
apply on the aching tooth. This may be applied 3 times a day till the tooth
stops aching.
CHOLESTEROL:
Two
tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces
of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient, it reduces the level of
cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. As mentioned for arthritic
patients, if taken 3 times a day, any chronic cholesterol is cured. As per
information received in the said journal,
pure honey taken with food daily relieves complains of cholesterol.
COLDS:
Those
suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily
for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the
sinuses.
INFERTILITY:
Yunani
and Ayurvedic have been using honey for thousands of years to strengthen the
semen of men. If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before
going to sleep, their problem will be solved. In
UPSET STOMACH:
Honey
taken with cinnamon powder cures stomachache and also clears stomach ulcers
from the root.
GAS:
According to the
studies done in
IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and
cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from
bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various
vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white
blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.
INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon
powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves
acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
INFLUENZA:
A scientist in
LONGEVITY:
Tea
made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages
of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of
water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the
skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and even a
100 years old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.
PIMPLES:
Three
tablespoons of Honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this
paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water.
If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.
SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and
cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and
all types of skin infections.
WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning 1/2hour
before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey
and cinnamon powder boiled in one-cup water. If taken regularly it reduces the
weight of even the most obese person. Also drinking of this mixture regularly
does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat
a high calorie diet.
CANCER:
Recent research in
FATIGUE:
Recent
studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful rather than
being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who take honey
and cinnamon power in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr. Milton who
has done research says that half tablespoon honey taken in a glass of water and
sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon
at about
BAD BREATH:
People
of
HEARING LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restore hearing