What is common knowledge about honey

The main ingredients of honey

The fact that honey has endured for thousands of years is related to the many unique nutrients it possesses. The main components of honey are:

(1) glucose and fructose that can be directly absorbed by the human body, about 65-80%;

(2) a variety of amino acids, including 8 essential amino acids that the human body can not synthesize, about 0.3%;

(3) more than 20 kinds of minerals with the human body serum contains almost the same proportion, about 0.06%;

(4) more than 20 kinds of vitamins that promote human growth and metabolism;

(5) a variety of active enzymes.

Medicinal health effects of honey

Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" elaborated on honey as: "clearing heat also, tonifying the middle also, detoxification also, pain relief also." Modern Chinese medicine believes that honey can mainly prevent and control:

(1) gastrointestinal diseases: constipation, duodenal ulcer, colitis, dysentery in children.

(2) nervous system diseases: insomnia, headache.

(3) Infectious trauma, burns, frostbite.

(4) Beauty.

Honey and obesity

Sugar is mainly sucrose. Excessive sugar intake from food will make excess fat and the body fat. And honey composition is different from white sugar, mainly fructose and glucose also contains proteins, amino acids, vitamins, inorganic salts, organic acids and so on. Fructose and glucose are monosaccharides that can be directly absorbed by the human body and have the effect of rapid recovery and relief of fatigue. Moreover, honey in the B vitamins are more, can make the body fat into energy and release, so, although honey is sweeter than sugar but will not make people fat. As early as in the public no before the book "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" recorded honey "long service strong will light body, not old and prolonged life". The so-called "light body" is to lose weight.

The way to take honey

(1) honey in the mouth, can treat laryngitis, on the work of the tired, after staying up all night after the fire rise has a miraculous effect.

(2) mixed into a variety of beverages and food to take, the aroma is light, sweet taste, but pay attention to the temperature should not exceed 60 degrees.

(3) after drinking alcohol, including serving concentrated honey, can accelerate the decomposition of alcohol, eliminate alcohol headache, reduce alcohol damage to the liver.

(4) with honey coated lips, can prevent rotting corners of the mouth; with honey as a mask, can make the skin delicate, smooth, elastic.

(5) honey instead of sugar to burn, baked dishes, flavor, color and nutrition are good. Especially roast chicken, roast duck with jujube honey, its color golden, unique flavor, may wish to try.

(6) half an hour before the meal to take honey, can stimulate the secretion of gastric acid, therefore suffering from atrophic gastritis (lack of gastric acid), it is appropriate to take before the meal; on the other hand, two to three hours after the meal to take honey can inhibit the secretion of gastric acid, suffering from hypertrophic gastritis (too much gastric acid), it is appropriate to take after the meal.

All kinds of honey effects

(1) Hundred flowers honey picked from a hundred flowers, the essence of a hundred flowers, set of a hundred flowers of the whole. It is sweet and fragrant, nutritious and nourishing, and has the effect of clearing away heat, tonifying the middle, detoxifying, moistening dryness and astringency, etc. It is a traditional honey variety.

(2) Winter honey originates from the nectar of the Chinese medicine tree species, duckfoot wood, is unique to Lingnan winter honey, so it is commonly known as "winter honey". The color is light amber, easy to crystallize, excellent texture, taste sweet and slightly bitter taste. In addition to the honey of heat, tonic, detoxification, moistening and other effects, there are sweating and symptomatic, the efficacy of removing wind and dampness, cold and fever, sore throat, rheumatism, arthralgia, have a better auxiliary therapeutic effect. It is a variety of honey with Chinese medicine characteristics, loved by people in Southeast Asia.

(3) Longan honey is unique to the southern honey species, with the aroma of longan. This product takes the longan benefit heart and spleen, replenish the role of qi and blood, blood and tranquility, stomach and spleen, clearing heat and dryness, nourishing the efficacy of the middle. It is especially suitable for women.

(4) litchi honey is abundant in the south, litchi is known as the "king of fruits". Litchi honey from the nectar of the litchi stamen, aromatic flavor, sweet taste, slightly with the lychee fruit sour taste. It has its special effect of promoting blood circulation, regulating qi and tonifying the middle and moisturizing the dryness, and has the moisturizing effect of honey without the dryness and heat of litchi. It is a unique honey species of Lingnan, gifts to distant friends and relatives "do not quit long as Lingnan people" of the special honey.

(5) linden honey is unique to the northeast of China. The honey color is light amber, with a strong fragrance, easy to crystallize. This product has the effect of nourishing the stomach and tonifying the deficiency, clearing heat and tonifying the middle, detoxifying and moistening the dryness, and has a certain sedative effect. More popular with Europeans, it is a rare species of forest honey.

(6) Zi Yunying honey, also known as safflower grass honey or grass honey, is the main species of honey in the spring in southern China. With nature's fresh and pleasant grass scent, sweet but not greasy, fresh and clean sweet, the color is light amber. This product has the special effect of clearing away heat and toxins, dispelling wind and improving eyesight, tonifying the middle and moistening the bath, reducing swelling and diuretic. On the wind phlegm cough, sore throat, fire eye hemorrhoids and so on have certain auxiliary therapeutic effect, is the health care of the person who has a strong fire.

(7) Sophora honey is a spring honey. Water-white transparent, thick texture, not easy to crystallize; with a light fragrance of acacia flowers, sweet, fresh and clean, fragrant and palatable. This product has the effect of removing dampness and diuretic of acacia flower, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, keeping the normal resistance of capillaries, lowering blood pressure and preventing stroke, and also has the effect of clearing heat and tonifying the middle, detoxifying and moistening dryness. For honey in the top quality, more suitable for cardiovascular patients health care consumption.

(8) Osmanthus honey is a rare type of honey, which is extracted from the wild osmanthus nectar that blossoms in the winter in the old forests of deep mountains. The aroma is rich and warm, pure and elegant, the taste is fresh and clean, sweet but not greasy, the color is white and transparent, and the crystallization is delicate. It is known as "the king of honey". Eurycoma osmanthus is also a rare Chinese medicine, "Dictionary of Traditional Chinese Medicine" records: Eurycoma osmanthus "eliminates wind and dampness, treatment of joint pain ......" and its active ingredient chrysanthemum glycoside has been proved to have good nutritional health effects. Cinnamon honey at the same time, there is a heat tonic, detoxification and dryness, etc., loved by people at home and abroad, and in ancient times was the tribute of the Imperial Palace.

(9) Huanglian honey is extracted from the nectar of Huanglian in the nature reserve of Chinese herbs in China, which inherits the medicinal properties of Huanglian and the characteristics of honey, not only has the health care and nutritional value of natural honey, but especially has the medical effect of this valuable Chinese medicine. Huanglian honey is yellowish in color, with special fragrance; it is slightly bitter in sweetness, sweet but not greasy, which can be said that good medicine is not bitter in taste, but still has therapeutic effect. This product is characterized by clearing away heat and dampness, laxative and detoxification, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, and has the effect of calming, cooling and removing fire. It is especially suitable for people who usually smoke and drink too much, have a strong fire in the heart, and are irritable in the mood for therapeutic health care consumption.

(10) five times the honey Chinese medicine honey. From the astringent antidiarrheal five times the nectar of flowers, slightly darker color, sweet taste, slightly Chinese medicine aroma. This product has a detoxification, diarrhea, sterilization and astringent effect on the lungs and kidneys, the spleen and kidneys deficiency and cold, shortness of breath, phlegm, fire and lungs have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect. It is especially suitable for the daily dietary treatment and health care of people who suffer from sweat, lung deficiency, kidney deficiency, chronic diarrhea and dysentery, hemorrhoidal blood, and blood in stool.

(11) Patchouli honey is made from the nectar of patchouli, a rare wild Chinese medicine. The honey is amber in color and has a unique smell and aroma of Chinese medicine. As the composition and medicinal properties of patchouli honey are inherited from the Chinese herb patchouli, so this product is not only generally applicable to nutritional health care, but also in the relief of summer heat and dampness, gastrointestinal discomfort, nausea and vomiting, and clearing away heat and detoxification have a good auxiliary therapeutic effect. It is an ideal dietary supplement for people with poor gastrointestinal function, indigestion and weakness.

(12) Orange Blossom Honey is extracted from the nectar of citrus, with light amber color, strong aroma of orange blossom, sweet and slightly sour taste, fresh and clean. This product has the effect of citrus nectar to quench thirst, sobering up and diuretic, eating under the gas, the heat and poison in the stomach and intestines, in addition to the annoyance of sobering up. At the same time, there are also nourishing positive qi, phlegm, eliminating stagnation, tonifying the middle, moistening the effect of dryness, this product is suitable for the spleen and stomach dryness and heat, bloating, gastrointestinal disorders of patients with health care consumption.

(13) Dangshen honey is pure natural honey brewed by bees from the flowers of the traditional Chinese medicine Dangshen, with Dangshen's effect of "producing new blood and removing bad blood". It is suitable for women's menstrual disorders, menstrual cramps, etc. In addition, Salvia divinorum honey can also "cool the blood and eliminate swelling, clear the mind and remove the annoyance".

(14) Astragalus honey Astragalus is one of the indispensable drugs for the treatment of qi deficiency. Astragalus honey from natural astragalus flowers, with the Chinese medicine astragalus of the benefit of the Wei solid surface, diuretic effect of swelling, so as to play a lift in the qi, diuretic, reduce nephritis, lowering blood pressure, strong body effect. It can replenish qi and consolidate the surface, and is suitable for health care consumption by people with qi deficiency and excessive sweating.

(15) Platycodon grandiflorum honey is the main medicine for the treatment of sore throat, with the efficacy of promoting the lungs and dispersing the evil spirits, expelling phlegm and draining pus. Platycodon grandiflorus honey from natural Platycodon grandiflorus nectar, not only with the honey of the clearing of heat and tonic dryness effect, but also for the exogenous cough, chest tightness, phlegm dietary therapy health care good products.

(16) Loquat Honey is made from the nectar of loquat blossoms collected by diligent bees and brewed. It is sweet and appetizing, the best honey. Loquat honey has the medicinal effect of loquat "main treatment of lung heat and cough, stomach heat and vomiting, fever and thirst", it has the health care effect of clearing the lungs, draining heat, resolving phlegm, relieving cough and asthma, and it is the ideal choice for the patients with cold and flu, cough and phlegm.

(17) Codonopsis honey is brewed by bees from the nectar of Codonopsis pilosula, a valuable Chinese herbal medicine, with a sweet taste and amber color. In addition to the characteristics of honey, it is good for nourishing the middle, benefiting qi and generating fluids, and has auxiliary therapeutic effects on the weakness of the spleen and stomach, qi and blood deficiencies, body fatigue, women's hematochezia, anemia, and it is suitable for health care consumption by those who are weak in body and stomach, with cold stomach, chronic gastritis, and anaemia.

(18) motherwort honey from the southwest plateau of China's non-polluting medicinal motherwort production areas, this product has to remove blood stasis and new, regulate menstruation and blood and other effects. It is suitable for women with irregular menstruation, excessive menstrual bleeding, prenatal and postnatal women, which fully reflects the care for women. For men, especially those with high blood pressure, coronary heart disease and kidney disease, Motherwort Honey is likewise an ideal health food for health care and auxiliary treatment.

(19) Lycium barbarum honey from China's valuable traditional Chinese medicine - the main production area of wolfberry, is the bee collection of wolfberry nectar brewed. This product has both the traditional nutritional and health care value of honey, but also because it is the essence of the wolfberry, has the effect of tonifying the kidney and benefiting the essence, nourishing the liver and brightening the eyes, moistening the lungs and relieving cough. This product is suitable for people who suffer from blood and qi deficiency, high blood pressure, physical weakness, vision loss, anemia, chronic hepatitis, toxic or metabolic liver disease and liver dysfunction caused by the biliary system. It is especially suitable for men with kidney deficiency and lumbar pain, spermatorrhea and seminal emission, and busy work.

(20) cauliflower honey light amber, slightly turbid, with the aroma of rapeseed, slightly pungent, stored for a long time to reduce the spicy taste, sweet taste; very easy to crystallize, after crystallization of milky white, the crystals are fine grains or greasy. Sexual temperature, have the blood to break the gas, swelling and knot function, and blood and tonic body.