Healing Power of Honey

Thank you yoko.
This is a very interesting study.

I found some more information to support the healing power of honey at the following website:


http://health.usnews.com/articles/health/diabetes/2008/...-power-of-honey.html

As many bacteria become increasingly resistant to conventional antibiotics, more doctors have been willing to give honey a try. "[It] can seem bizarre or like an alternative treatment, but when you investigate the evidence, you find that there's plenty of good research to support using honey," says Paul Liguori, Arsenault's doctor and a physician at Whittier Rehabilitation Hospital in Haverhill, Mass. Indeed, a study published in August in the Journal of Clinical Nursing found that treating venous ulcers with honey dressings for 12 weeks decreased their size 34 percent. By contrast, dressings kept moist by hydrogel, a transparent gel that's commonly used on wounds, cut the size by only 13 percent during the study. A month earlier, Molan published a paper in Advances in Skin & Wound Care, arguing that honey is particularly useful for diabetic foot ulcers. He cites several clinical trials and hundreds of case reports in which honey appeared to be more effective than conventional treatments.

Thank you for this information yoko.

Immunity System Builder

Amongst the many health benefits of honey, what is most impressive to me – it can be a powerful immune system booster. Honey’s antioxidant and anti-bacterial properties can help improve digestive system and help you stay healthy and fight disease. Start every brand new day with this cleansing tonic if you want to see this health benefit of honey: before breakfast, mix a spoonful of honey and lemon juice from half a lemon into a cup of hot water and drink it.

http://www.benefits-of-honey.com/health-benefits-of-honey.html


I will keep some honey at home. The weather is getting colder and I always get a sinus infection. I will have a little bit of honey every day to keep the sinus infection from getting to me.

Love,
vicky

Thank you yoko for this helpful information.
I will make a point of keeping some honey at home to use in my tea instead of sugar.

Sincerely,
Gisele

Thank you yoko.

This is an excellent topic.

I found some more information about the benefits of honey.

http://www.thefrugallife.com/honey.html

By Elizabeth Cole, author of 101 Things To Do With Honey

Apitherapy, the treatment of various conditions using honeybee products, has been around a long time. Honey is one of the oldest medicines we have, with proof of its healing power dating back more than 5000 years. Even Hippocrates found that honey "cleans sores and ulcers of the lips, heals carbuncles and running sores." It has been a staple ingredient of folk medicines throughout the ages and now, it is even gaining credibility with current medical and scientific communities. British researchers have proven that applying raw honey to fresh wounds prevents infection as well as any medication and often eliminates the need for antibiotics. They have also learned that honey-treated cuts and scrapes heal quicker than those treated with medicated ointments. Other researchers have found that honey can alleviate asthma, calm nerves and induce sleep, ease pain and relieve diarrhea.

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"Honey provides a moist healing environment yet prevents bacterial growth even when wounds are heavily infected," notes Dr. Peter Molan of the Honey Research Unit at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. "It is a very effective means of quickly rendering heavily infected wounds sterile, without the side effects of antibiotics, and it is even effective against antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria."

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Natural-Health/1999-02-0...ling-with-Honey.aspx

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I actually always keep some honey at home, now I will have a bit more of it.

Thank you Inda, Vicky, Gisele and Sue
for contributing valuable information to my
honey post.

This is the season when people start having sinus infections and it might be a good idea to keep some honey available.

Love,
yoko

Dear yoko,

You are right. At this time of the year our sinuses start to act up. I went out and got myself a pot of honey, and will have some every day.

Love, Inda

Thank you again for this topic yoko.
I am still using honey every day and it stops me from getting a cold.

10 Health Benefits of Honey
Diana Herrington

Discover the health benefits of one of the oldest sweeteners on earth, plus some interesting trivia, some great recipes and a few cautions.

Bees swallow, digest and regurgitate nectar to make honey; this nectar contains almost 600 compounds. We need our bees, so let’s do everything we can to save them and keep them here on this earth.

Honey is so good we have included it in our list of powerfoods that should be in your kitchen right now.



Health Benefits:

1. Prevent cancer and heart disease:
Honey contains flavonoids, antioxidants which help reduce the risk of some cancers and heart disease.

2. Reduce ulcers and other gastrointestinal disorders.
Recent research shows that honey treatment may help disorders such as ulcers and bacterial gastroenteritis. This may be related to the 3rd benefit…

3. Anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-fungal:
“All honey is antibacterial, because the bees add an enzyme that makes hydrogen peroxide,” said Peter Molan, director of the Honey Research Unit at the University of Waikato in New Zealand.

4. Increase athletic performance.
Ancient Olympic athletes would eat honey and dried figs to enhance their performance. This has now been verified with modern studies, showing that it is superior in maintaining glycogen levels and improving recovery time than other sweeteners.

5. Reduce cough and throat irritation:
Honey helps with coughs, particularly buckwheat honey. In a study of 110 children, a single dose of buckwheat honey was just as effective as a single dose of dextromethorphan in relieving nocturnal cough and allowing proper sleep.



Read more: http://www.care2.com/greenlivi...y.html#ixzz3V8nZll5A

I love yoiur images Inda, and thank you for bringing back this topic.

I agree.

Honey is really good for colds and coughs.