Beekeeping products - properties, benefits, contraindications

Honey

In medical practice, the healing properties of honey and its ability to activate biological processes in various diseases are used.

In particular, to maintain water balance inside the cell. To achieve the desired effect, you need consistency and regularity.

Nutritionists recommend drinking a glass of warm water with a teaspoon of honey mixed in it three times a day before meals. Also, honey can be simply sucked in the mouth.

Application for children

Beekeeping products are also useful for the child's body. So, if you need to strengthen the baby's immunity and protect him from seasonal diseases, there is no better natural remedy than honey. If children under three years of age are not allergic to bee products, they can be given ½ tsp. on the day of the sweet medicine. Six-year-old children and older (up to 12 years old) - 1 tsp. in a day. Adolescents can be given an adult dose of the product.

Zabrus is an excellent tool for maintaining the normal condition of the teeth and for strengthening the immune system. Zabrus should be chewed like chewing gum for preventive purposes (1 tsp three times a day). It is desirable that the baby can chew the product for 5-10 minutes. If the child is already sick, then the same dose should be given every half hour to an hour and chewed for a quarter of an hour. Such a simple remedy will help you quickly eliminate the unpleasant symptoms of colds and flu.

The best source of vitamins, without which a child's body cannot develop normally, is pollen. It ensures the normal formation of the cardiovascular system and skeleton. For preventive purposes, as an immunomodulatory agent, pollen should be given 0.5 tsp. children aged 1-3 years 1 time per day, up to 7 years old - 0.5 tsp. twice a day, up to 14 years old - 0.5 tsp. three times a day. It is advisable to take the product 30-40 minutes before a meal. If the child does not like its specific taste, then it can be given in combination with honey.

Perga is a source of vitamin C. It has the same properties as pollen. It must be given tsp. once a day for children aged 1-3 years, 3-5 years - 1 tsp. a day, 6-12 years old - 1.5 tsp. in a day. Take before meals 40 minutes.

Mother's milk is a powerful immunomodulator. It contains the entire range of nutrients required by a growing body. With its use, one can note an increase in endurance, normalization of the nervous system, and improvement of digestion. Milk can only be given to children over 3 years old. For them, the daily dose is 1 queen cell per 30 kg of weight. It is desirable to give it in the morning on an empty stomach.

Propolis

Bees use this product as a natural antiseptic.

The anti-inflammatory properties of propolis are also used in human life.

It can be used in the form of tinctures, ointments, solutions for inhalation, in its pure form for absorption in the mouth for diseases of the teeth and gums.

Bee glue stimulates the process of healing, regeneration and renewal at the cellular level.

It saturates cells with oxygen, helps vitamins, microelements and nutrients penetrate inside, eliminates inflammation and excess cholesterol, and cleans cell membranes.

The ability of propolis to remove toxins, resist the effects of radiation, anesthetize, and stabilize metabolism has been proven in practice. It is also used as an antidepressant.

The bee and its role

Bees were considered almost divine insects. During their life they create many valuable products and help in pollination of plants, therefore, in the growth of vegetables and fruits rich in vitamins and minerals.In places where there are beekeeping zones, the ecological situation is much better, thereby a more prosperous place for human life.

And caring for bee colonies helps to strengthen the neuropsychological state, and to forget about many health problems, using natural beekeeping products.

Bee moth

Traditional healers have been using an extract from wax moth larvae in their practice since the 17th century.

Later, the peculiarity of the moth to digest beeswax was the reason for I. Mechnikov's long-term research in order to create an anti-tuberculosis vaccine.

The extract, prepared from the larvae of the bee moth, helps to dissolve the seals, normalizes the pressure and the work of blood vessels and the heart.

Bee pollen

Plant pollen is a very fine powder found in the anthers surrounding the flower's pistil.

The pollen collected by the honey bee and glued together by the secretions of its glands is called the bee pollen.

In order to obtain a bee pollen, beekeepers install a special device at the entrance to the hive, and a part of the bee "prey" remains on it.

Bee pollen contains more nutrients than honey.

It contains all essential amino acids, about 30 macro and microelements, including copper, cobalt, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, iodine and others, vitamins of group B, C, E, K, P, as well as carotene.

Thanks to the routine, which is part of the pollen in large quantities, it is an excellent prophylactic agent for heart disease.

The chemical composition varies depending on the type of parent plant.

By combining pollen of various origins, bees prepare an optimal protein-vitamin concentrate for the wintering period.

The appearance of the peg is grains of various shades and shapes, approximately 1-3 mm2 in size and 7-10 mg in weight.

The color of the grains depends on the plant from which the pollen was collected. Fresh pollen is lighter in color.

Spicy taste, floral honey smell. Since the humidity of the bee pollen is high enough, in order to increase its shelf life after harvesting, it is additionally dried in the shade or in drying.

For a better assimilation of nutrients, pollen must be held under the tongue, dissolve until dissolved.

Most often, they prepare a mixture with honey, let it brew for several days and start taking it 1-2 times a day 20-30 minutes before meals, preferably in the morning.

Benefits:

• contains all essential amino acids and macro- and microelements necessary for the normal development of a living organism;
• increases vitality, performance and endurance;
• normalizes blood count;
• slows down the aging process;
• normalizes body functions in case of overstrain, exhaustion;
• relieves fatigue and increases the threshold of fatigue;
• is a means of preventing heart disease;
• improves the body's ability to adapt to external factors;
• helps people who are sensitive to changes in weather conditions;
• helps with psoriasis, multiple sclerosis, anemia, hypertension, dysbiosis;
• in combination with other herbal medicine, improving the properties of some of them, promotes postoperative recovery of the body;
• normalizes the work of the gastrointestinal tract;
• promotes skin rejuvenation.

As an immunomodulatory agent, pollen is used before the onset of the period of infections, as well as in the spring to support the body 2 times a day for 3 weeks.

The most optimal time to take pollen for the purpose of strengthening the immune system is October-November and February-March.

Adults take 1 teaspoon, children under seven years old take ½ a teaspoon, up to three years old ¼. This amount of pollen can be mixed with honey, it is desirable to dissolve it well, it is possible to drink it with water.

For liver diseases, pollen is mixed with honey 1: 1 and used 3 times a day before meals, mixed with warm water at the rate of 1 dessert spoon per glass of water.

After 1-2 weeks, the dosage is increased to 1 tablespoon per dose. The course of treatment is two times for 4-6 weeks with a break between courses of 2-3 weeks.

To restore strength and to obtain the effects described above, as a remedy for weakened and often cold people, pollen is used 1 / 3-1 teaspoon 3 times a day.

Pollen allergy

An explanation needs to be made here. Bee pollen is a processed product.

In order to bring the pollen to the hive, bees glue it together with a special secret, which contributes to its fermentation. Due to this, pollen itself rarely causes allergies, since the allergens are destroyed.

Such pollen, on the contrary, helps to cleanse the body, removes toxins.

But since pollen cannot completely remove pollution, some of them begin to be released in the usual way for the body, for example, through the skin, causing the formation of acne and irritation.

In order to check the body's reaction to pollen, the first 2-3 doses should be done in a minimum dosage.

When taking pollen, like other foods, you must observe the measure.

Each course of pollen intake should be alternated with a long break. Excessive consumption of pollen can disrupt the vitamin balance of the body, harm the liver, and reduce blood clotting.

Pollen is stored in a dark place for no more than two years, since during storage the beneficial properties are lost.

Varieties of beekeeping products and their beneficial properties

The raw materials for the production of all beekeeping products are pollen, nectar and sugary plant excretions. Bees act as a producer. They collect raw materials and modify them with their enzymes. The apiary owner only extracts ready-made substances, performs additional processing, packs them in containers and delivers them to consumers. What is included in the range of products produced by bees?

Natural honey

The most popular product is honey. This sweet delicacy is known to every adult and child. There are many varieties in the world that are classified according to different characteristics. Varieties differ in taste, color, smell, but have a similar composition and the same beneficial properties.

Any honey contains a lot of carbohydrates. Their share is 75–90%. A honey delicacy is a complete vitamin complex and a storehouse of macro- and microelements necessary for the proper functioning of all organs and systems of the human body.

Due to its pleasant taste and benefits, honey is widely used for cooking, as well as for folk medicines and cosmetics. Daily consumption of only 2-3 tablespoons of honey significantly increases human immunity. The treatment of many diseases is not complete without this product, which is capable of:

• destroy viruses, fungi and bacteria;
• suppress inflammation;
• heal wounds, burns;
• heal skin diseases;
• suppress pain;
• overcome nervous tension, depression;
• improve the work of internal organs and systems;
• strengthen the general condition of the human body.

Beeswax

Beeswax is a specific secretion of honey bees with a complex chemical composition. In the hive, it is used as a material for building honeycombs. The substance is solid, has various shades: white, yellow, brownish or greenish. Under the influence of elevated temperatures, it becomes plastic.

A person encounters wax quite often. This component enters the body together with honeycomb. Pure beeswax is obtained from wax-containing raw materials, for example, a backbeam, discarded honeycomb or the wax remaining after pumping honey out of the honeycomb.The latter is used in the production of candles, cheese wax shells, natural cosmetics, polishing compounds, etc.

The wax has strong antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and healing properties. Due to this, it is widely used in the treatment of wounds, burns, cuts, and skin rashes. It is added to creams and ointments for skin care.

Bee pollen

Another very useful ingredient is pollen. It is a multi-colored mixture of small balls (1-3 mm) with a spicy taste and a honey-floral scent. In terms of nutrient content, it surpasses honey.

A bee, having collected pollen from a plant, scrapes it from its body with its legs, therefore it is called a pollen. Cleaning off the dust particles, the insect processes them with its enzymes, glues them into granules and puts them in special baskets on their hind legs. Thanks to this procedure, losses during transportation to the hive are excluded.

Perga

Bee bread or bee bread is a product obtained from a bee pollen due to additional processing.

The collected pollen is placed by the bees in the combs, compacted, filled with a mixture of honey and nectar with the addition of the secretion of the salivary glands, and hermetically sealed.

As a result of fermentation under the influence of various microorganisms, bee bread is obtained, a dark brown product with a pleasant sweet and sour taste.

Due to the special processing and the addition of honey, the composition of the bee bread is different.

It contains a greater amount of carbon compared to pollen, significantly more vitamins A, E and B, but in turn is inferior to it in the amount of vitamin C.

Bee pollen is better absorbed by the body than bee pollen and can be used for the same indications as pollen, especially if a faster effect is required.

This product is also low allergenic, as the saliva of the bee destroys substances that can cause allergies.

For prevention purposes, it is good to use bee bread 10-15 grams 1-2 times a day in the morning. The course is 1-2 months.

With the onset of a cold, flu, sore throat, it is good to take 1 teaspoon of bee bread for adults and ½ for children 2 times a day.

With gastritis, colitis, stomach and duodenal ulcers, bee bread, taken 1-2 times a day, helps to restore the microflora and gastrointestinal mucosa.

Perga is found on sale in two formats - in the form of hexagonal columns, or in the form of a paste, from twisted honeycombs mixed with a small amount of honey.

On the one hand, buying bee bread in the form of columns can save you from counterfeiting, since such a form is difficult to falsify.

On the other hand, such a product is less useful, since it has been processed - usually it is a prolonged freezing to minus 20 degrees, drying, during which some of the useful properties disappear.

Perga in the form of a paste keeps better and retains more nutritional value.

How honey affects the body

Honey is intended not only for immunity, but also for the treatment of various diseases. This beekeeping product contains:

• Antibacterial substances that can prevent the development of diseases.
• More than 20 trace elements. Honey helps people recover from various diseases.

Each type of healing delicacy helps to improve the functioning of the digestive system, calm down after a hard day, relieve nervous tension, and normalize fat metabolism. Any kind of honey is very easy to digest due to the large amount of fructose in the composition.

Most often in our latitudes you can find linden, melilot, buckwheat, flower or meadow. Clover, chestnut, heather honey is considered no less useful. Honey "Tsar's Velvet" is worth a separate mention. It usually gathers in the mountains, but today it can be found in Izmailovsky Park. A wonderful bouquet of organic flowers of herbs, shrubs and trees makes the product very useful.

The high value of the product consists in a significant amount of vitamin E, A, a number of B vitamins, folic acid and a large amount of flavonoids, which help the body to resist the ubiquitous viruses, and also accelerate recovery in case of sudden acute respiratory infections. Honey is extremely important for immunity, but it is worth limiting its use to two tablespoons.

Excessive consumption can lead to infection. On an empty stomach, the product is absorbed much faster. With regular intake of honey, it will help not only strengthen the immune system, but will also be useful in oncology. Improving health and improving performance is one of the health benefits of honey. The product improves brain activity and can improve mood.

Bee venom

When a bee stings, the poison enters the human body, activates the nerve impulse, helping trace elements to penetrate deep under the skin. The blood carries bee venom throughout the body, stimulating its work and increasing protective functions.

At the same time, cholesterol is removed, stones dissolve in the kidneys, capillaries expand, pain decreases, pressure decreases. It is used in cardiology, neurology, gerontology, gastroenterology, rheumatology.

But it is important to remember that, having a healing effect, the poison can cause severe allergies.

There are also limitations for its use, both when introduced into the body in a natural way (stinging), and as part of solutions for injections, ointments, tablets and capsules in the presence of certain diseases.

Mother milk

The amazing properties of royal jelly were recently identified, and it is not fully understood how it works in certain diseases.

Nevertheless, data have already been obtained that confirm that this product and preparations made on its basis can be used as a means of prolonging life, restoring efficiency, saturating the body with energy.

Royal jelly placed in a queen cell (a special wax cell) is an absolutely sterile natural biological product with antibiotic properties.

It contains hormones, amino acids, proteins, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins, trace elements and mineral salts that provide a stimulating effect on the body, enhance tissue respiration and energy metabolism.

Beeswax

Beeswax is a complex organic compound produced by young bees with a special gland to build their home out of it.

But insects are not the only ones using this material.

For a person who has long recognized the properties of wax, this product has proven useful in treating:

• joints;
• with rheumatism;
• radiculitis;
• with skin problems;
• diseases of the respiratory system, intestines and stomach.

What is Merva

Merv is a product of beekeeping, which is formed after the melting of old honeycombs. It includes the remains of bee larvae, bee bread, cocoon and insect waste products. All the wax is evaporated from it, and the remaining dry residue is used in various industries. It contains vitamins, minerals and a number of valuable organic substances.

Despite its rich composition, merva is not suitable for ingestion. But on the other hand, it perfectly plays the role of compresses and applications that can eliminate pain in the joints, back, ligaments, lower back.

Zabrus

Caps that are cut off from cells filled with a mixture of the most useful products: propolis, enzymes, pollen, honey, hermetically sealed in combs, are called a lid.

In fact, this is the same wax, but richer in composition. The best quality product is obtained if the caps are cut from the cells in which fully ripe honey is stored.

Zabrus for medicinal purposes is used as a chewing agent with antiviral and antibacterial properties:

• with sinusitis;
• flu;
• runny nose;
• to improve the digestive functions of the stomach;
• to restore intestinal microflora;
• with radiculitis and joint diseases in the form of applications.

Natural pharmacy

The most common bee products and the most useful are honey and beeswax, but other beekeeping products for enhancing immunity are no less unique and rich in composition.

The beneficial results of the life of bees for humans include:

• Wax;
• Honey;
• Royal jelly;
• Perga;
• Propolis;
• Pollen;
• Bee venom.

Drone milk

For medicinal purposes, larval milk is used as a tonic and biostimulating product for:

• improving metabolism;
• increasing appetite and performance;
• reducing fatigue;
• with insomnia;
• dermatitis;
• in cosmetology.

In some countries, drone brood is considered a high-calorie gourmet food. Sometimes larvae prepared according to special recipes are eaten with honey.

Bee podmore

Podmore is another type of products from the apiary. In fact, these are the bodies of dead bees, which are used to prepare infusions useful for humans on alcohol or vodka.

The value of the death depends on the season when the bees died. For example, winter dead water is less valuable than summer and spring, in which a large amount of nutrients are concentrated.

It is not officially recognized as a medicine.

However, this substance is often used for:

• increasing immunity;
• restoration of liver function;
• hearts;
• for the treatment of the reproductive and endocrine systems;
• pressure stabilization;
• reduce joint pain.

The value of the dead bee is determined by the active substance contained in it - chitosan, which effectively protects the body from radiation and removes heavy metals and toxins from it. It is also often used with other beekeeping products.

We build the body's defense ourselves

Besides honey, there are other bee products to boost immunity. Let's consider each product separately and find out how they are useful, from which specific diseases they are effective.

Propolis... It is a building material that bees use to cover up holes and crevices in their hives. Propolis has a bitter taste, contains many aromatic elements, and smells like resin. This product has bactericidal, analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties. It is very effective for viral and infectious diseases. Propolis eventually loses its aromatic properties (erodes), so it should be consumed fresh. The product is considered suitable for up to 1 year. With regard to reception, everything is very simple. It doesn't need much preparation. After eating, you need to chew a piece of propolis the size of a match head. If an epidemic has broken out in your area, you can stick a piece of propolis to the back tooth of the child and calmly let him go to school and in crowded places, without fear of being infected. A small piece can do great miracles!

Royal jelly. The product is yellow-white or brown in color. It is very effective in treating diseases of the upper respiratory tract, cleanses the body of toxins and toxins. It is recommended to be taken to restore vitality after an illness, as well as for people who have to deal with heavy physical exertion, for athletes. It's not scary if you don't have your own apiary or a familiar beekeeper, royal jelly can also be purchased in pharmacies in the form of tablets such as Apitok, Apitonus, Apilak. They should be taken after drinking a glass of water (to neutralize the action of gastric juice). Then put 1 tablet (adults) and 0.5 (children) under the tongue until completely absorbed.

Bee pollen - a valuable and useful product along with royal jelly and propolis.During pollination of a flower, the bee clings the pollen to its shaggy legs and carries it to its hive. Thanks to special technology, beekeepers are able to collect this most valuable product. Pollen consists of a huge amount of nutrients. It contains all the essential amino acids necessary for the human body, all known vitamins, essential minerals and proteins. This product is indispensable in the prevention and treatment of various cardiovascular diseases, has immunomodulatory properties, therefore it is useful for protracted diseases, is able to quickly raise hemoglobin and restore vitality. Let's take a look at what diseases can be effectively used for bee pollen:

• Diseases of the cardiovascular system: heart disease, ischemic disease, myocardial dystrophy, anemia, hypertension, atherosclerosis, cardioneurosis.
• Diseases of the digestive system: constipation, diarrhea, chronic gastritis, stomach / duodenal ulcer.
• Diseases of the nervous system: neuroses, depressions, fatigue.
• Immune system: viral diseases, ARV, FLU, ARI, etc.

Pollen bears fruit in the treatment of obesity, various allergies, liver diseases, diabetes, asthma, prostatitis, and even improves the activity of the retina!

Bee venom Is another beekeeping product that has been an indispensable component of many preparations, ointments and infusions in traditional medicine for many years. Bee venom is a colorless transparent liquid with a honey smell. Once in the human blood, the poison increases the metabolic processes of the whole body, has an anti-inflammatory effect, lowers cholesterol levels, powerfully activating the immune system to resist viruses and bacteria. The most commonly used drugs are Toxapine, Apizartron, Venapiolin, Virapin, etc.

As already mentioned, bee venom is found in many homeopathic medicines, but they should only be taken on the recommendation and under the supervision of a doctor!