
An essential natural cure all, packed full of medicinal and healing properties, honey is one of the purest and most natural forms of remedy, promoting general health and well being. The darker the honey the more minerals it contains. Keep enough honey on hand to enjoy both as food and a health aid.
Uses for honey: Burns
Honey applied over burns cools, removes pain and aids fast healing. A salve and antibiotic, bacteria cannot exist in honey.
Honey to help you sleep
A mug of hot milk with a dessert spoon of honey acts as a mild sedative (minerals, vitamins amino acids) aiding sleep.
Honey to clear nasal congestion
To clear nasal congestion, mix a dessert spoon or two of honey in basin of hot water. Bend over the basin, covering your head and the basin with a large towel and inhale the fumes.
Honey to heal wounds
Wounds such as cuts, grazes, scrapes, when covered with honey and bandage is an excellent healer.
Benefits of honey: Digestion
Mix honey and apple cider vinegar in equal proportion, dilute with water. This wonder drink aids digestion and eases joint inflammation.
Honey to cool your throat
Trickle a teaspoon of honey down the throat for inflamed raw tissues. You can also make a gargle when you combine 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper and 3 tablespoons of clover honey in a glass of warm water. Gargle as often as necessary. After using this remedy be sure to rinse your mouth with water to prevent the acid from eroding the enamel on your teeth.
Honey as a energy booster
A spoon of honey is an instant pick-me-up, giving you the much needed boost of energy. Alternatively 25% of honey with water is a good stabilizer to calm highs and raise lows.
Calcium utilization
A teaspoon of honey per day aids calcium utilization and helps prevent osteoporosis.
Good for your heart
Heart patients are advised to replace white sugar with honey that has natural fructose and glucose.
Honey for Longevity
Regular users of honey are the most long lived people. Beekeepers are known to suffer less from cancer and arthritis than any other working group worldwide.
Effective use of honey during migraine attacks
For people who have frequent migraine attacks, sip a dessert spoon of honey dissolved in half a glass of warm water at the start of the attack. Repeat after 20 minutes if needed.
Coughs:
Honey is miraculous when used in cough syrups. It soothes the throat, improves the taste of the syrup and helps prolong its shelf life. Combine 2 tablespoons of honey with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice. If you prefer a flavored cough syrup (or if your kids do) you can add 1 teaspoon of frozen fruit concentrate to the mix. Makes a single dose.
Honey as a food preservative
Honey is a great food preservative. When baking cakes by replacing sugar with honey, they will stay fresher longer due to natural antibiotics as honey retains moisture.