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Research on the effects of honey on our immune system
Honey
Crystallized honey is ideal as an absorption booster.
Honey should be kept in the oral cavity, preferably under the tongue, for as long as possible until the crystals dissolve gently. The substances dissolved in honey reach the bloodstream directly through the mucous membrane.
Honey is the best preservative
Pre-Christian cultures used honey to preserve valuable food for eternity. For years they preserved fresh fruit, vegetables, fish, meat and valuable seeds in raw honey. Real properly stored honey never goes bad. More than 3000 years old honey from Egyptian graves is still edible. During their lavish celebrations, the Romans enjoyed fruits and other foods from distant areas, which were transported in honey and thus remained fresh.[1]
Honey in traditional healing practices
People have been using the healing properties of honey since the Stone Age.[2]
The outstanding effect of honey on our body is well known in all traditional healing practices. Because of bаktеrіzіdes and bacteriostatic [3] properties, it has been and is used externally and internally to treat a variety of diseases, injuries and ailments.
India
Ayurveda recommends honey for the treatment of poor digestion, irritating cough, asthma, bronchial tuberculosis, insomnia, heart pain, palpitations, lung imbalance, hepatitis, worm infestation, constipation, anemia, eye diseases (such as cataracts) and to keep teeth and gums healthy, treatment vomiting, diarrhea, rheumatoid arthritis, obesity, diabetes mellitus and for the preservation of meat and fruits.[4]
Egypt
honey was the most popular Egyptian remedy. It was mentioned 500 times in 900 recipes.[5] They also used honey to embalm the dead.
Greece
Honey is used in Greece as an oenomel remedy traditionally as a folk remedy and nervous disorders. Hippocrates prescribed as Oxymel (vinegar and honey) for pain, honey and medicinal plants for acute fever,[6] he used honey for baldness, contraception, wound healing, laxatives, coughs and sore throats, eye diseases, topical antisepsis, prevention and treatment of scars[7]
Islamic medicine
Prophet Mohammad recommended honey To Treat Diarrhea [8] Avicenna hadhoney as one of the best drugs to treat tuberculosis [9] recommended.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), honey was used as an additive in herbal medicines to improve their immunostimulatory activities.[10]
Due to the antibiotics, the effects of honey have been forgotten. Only with the appearance of multi-resistant microorganisms is medicine forced to respect the antibiotic effect of honey.
Researches:
Honey for Respiratory
Honey has good antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties, and Infectionsis superior to prescription drugs, and antibiotics for relieving symptoms of upper respiratory infections[11]. No honey-resistantyet phenotypes have appeared.[12] [13] Honey does not and can cause the development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria Continuous use[14]
Honey for gastrointestinal disorders
Honey istreating colitis just as effective as prednisolone in[15]. Oral administration provides protection against gastrointestinal infections such as gastritis, duodenitis and gastric ulcers caused by bacteria and rotaviruses.[16] [17] [18] [19] Blocks the deposition of pathogenic microorganisms on the intestinal epithelium and protects against bacterial infection of the gastrointestinal tract [20]. Honey quickly resolves diarrhea and gastroenteritis[21] [22]. It can be used to heal stomach ulcersulcers, and [23] as well as vomiting, diarrhea, rheumatoid arthritis, and obesity [24] .
Honey and Diabetes
Honey lowers blood lipids, homocysteine ??levels, and C-reactive protein levels [25]. Honey stimulates insulin secretion, lowers blood sugar levels, increases hemoglobin concentration and improves lipid profile[26] [27]
Honey and cardiovascular diseases
Honey lowers cardiovascular risk factors such as the formation of free radicals and hyperlipidemia [28] [29] Honey lowers venous blood pressure, which reduces tension in the heart and clogging in the venous system [30]. Consumption of natural honey for five weeks has strong anti-arrhythmic and infarct-inhibiting effects [31].
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[3] bactericidal = germicidal, bacteriostatic = inhibiting the growth or reproduction of bacteria
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[10] The immunostimulatory effects and chemical characteristics of heated honey. Department of Pharmacognosy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University, 3-1 Tanabe-Dori, Mizuho-ku, Nagoya 467-8603, Japan
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[19] Topham J. Why do some cavity wounds treated with honey or sugar paste heal without scarring? J Wound Care. 2002; 11: 53-55.
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[23] Ali ATM. Natural honey accelerates healing of indomethacin-induced antral ulcers in rats. Saudi Med J. 1995; 16: 161-166.
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[25] Natural honey lowers plasma glucose, C-reactive protein, homocysteine, and blood lipids in healthy, diabetic, and hyperlipidemic subjects: comparison with dextrose and sucrose. Al-Waili NS J Med Food. 2004 Spring; 7 (1): 100-7.
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[26] Effect of honey on antibody production against thymus-dependent and thymus-independent antigens in primary and secondary immune responses. Al-Waili NS, Haq AJ Med Food. 2004 winter; 7 (4): 491-4.
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[27] Bahrami M, Ataie-Jafari A, Hosseini S, Forouzanfar M, Rahmani M, Pajouhi M. Effects of natural honey consumption in diabetic patients: an 8-week randomized clinical trial. Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2008; 2: 1-9.
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[29] Yaghoobi N, Al-Waili N, Ghayour-Mobarhan M, Parizadeh SMR, Abasalti Z, Yaghoobi Z, et al. Natural honey and cardiovascular risk factors; effects on blood glucose, cholesterol, triacylglycerols, CRP and body weight compared with sucrose. Sci World J. 2008; 8: 463-469.
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