Health Benefits of Honey
It’s no secret! Unprocessed honey, straight from the hive, has been used worldwide for healing many types of millenium diseases.
We’ve gathered an extensive “intelligence base” both old and new, from medical journals, historic references, leading research facilities and the National Honey Board collectively from websites.
How Honey is being used with amazing results / Aids stomach and digestion
In digestive disturbances honey is of great value. Honey does not ferment in the stomach because, being an inverted sugar, it is easily absorbed and there is no danger of a bacterial invasion. The flavor of honey excites the appetite and helps digestion. The raw collected honey of the ancients, made of honey, was a popular appetizer.
Dr. Schacht, of Wiesbaden, claims to have cured many hopeless cases of gastric and intestinal ulcers with honey and without operations. It is rather unusual that a physician of standing has the courage and conviction to praise honey. The beekeepers and their friends know that honey will cure gastric and intestinal ulcerations, this distressing, prevalent and most dangerous malady, a precursor of cancer. But the news has not yet reached 99% of the medical profession. The remaining few physicians who know of it, are afraid to suggest such an unscientific and plebeian remedy, for fear of being laughed at by their colleagues and scientifically inclined patients. You may read in almost every issue of agricultural papers the reports of correspondents regarding their experience with honey for gastric ulcers, after going through the medical mill for years without improvement, without even hope of ever getting cured. Then incidentally, they meet a beekeeper or one of his converts and if they have courage and common sense (there are few) to heed the advise, they get well. It is disheartening for a physician to read such reports. “Smaller ulcers in the stomach are quickly contracted, broken, and healed by it.”
The above historical information from the 1930s and contemporary commentary compiled from: Honey and Your Health, Bodog F. Beck, M.D. and Doree Smedley, Health Resources Press, Inc., Silver Spring, MD, 1997.
Honey as a treatment for stomach ulcers.
A team of researchers from the University of Waikato in New Zealand studied whether honey could benefit those afflicted with the H. pylori bacterium known to cause gastric ulcers. Within three days, honey stopped the growth of bacterium colonies!
Honey Supplier and Purchaser
Processing
Honey is processed according to the international standards. Processing facilities include flash heating and cooling units, filter presses and pumps that deliver the finished product to the settling tanks. After keeping the honey in the settling tanks for some time the honey is again tested for all parameters that should fulfill all the requirements of the purchaser of honey.
For treating allergies
Ada, Oklahoma (AP) – An Oklahoma allergist told a meeting of 150 beekeepers that raw honey is an effective treatment for 90 per cent of all allergies. Dr. William G. Peterson, an allergist from Ada in the 1950’s, said he now has 22,000 patients across the nation who are using raw honey along with more customary medications to relieve allergy symptoms.
“It must be raw honey because raw honey contains all the pollen, dust and molds that cause 90 per cent of all allergies,” he told a meeting of the Oklahoma Beekeepers Association. “What happens is that the patient builds up an immunity to pollen, dust or mold that is causing his trouble in the first place. The raw honey must “not be strained, not even through a cloth.” he added. “I know the customer wants good, clear strained honey, and that’s fine, but for health reasons, raw honey is what we need.”
Dr. Peterson said he and the 20 doctors at his clinic at Ada normally prescribe a daily teaspoon of raw honey. The honey treatment continues even after the allergy is under control.
Information excerpt from “Bee Hive Product Bible” (pages 127-130)
Much of the effectiveness of raw honey to help treat respiratory problems has been traced to the bee pollen and propolis suspended within it. According to a research report from Bulgria, they found the honey has anti-allergic, anti-imflammatory, and expectorant properties that insure the body has an immunobiological defense and give it the capacity to regenerate its attacked cells. Research on using raw honey to treat respiratory problems shows the following results: Of the 17,862 patients treated with honey, 8,836 were men and 9,026 were women. Most of the patients ranged in age from 21 to 60 years old. After treatmetn the results were:
| Respiratory problem | Without Symptoms | Improved Condition | Temporary Improvement | No Effect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic Bronchitis | 64.41% | 23.5% | 6.3% | 5.69% |
| Asthmatic Bronchitis | 62% | 26.4% | 5.6% | 6% |
| Bronchial Asthma | 55.44% | 30.25% | 5.80% | 8.51% |
| Chronic Rhinitis | 82% | 14% | 4% | |
| Allergic Rhinitis | 62% | 22% | 6% | 6% |
| Sinusitis | 56% | 14% | 16% | 14% |
For healing ulcers and burns
Also many years ago, a study by Robert Bloomfield, published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, reports “Applied every 2 to 3 days under a dry dressing, honey promotes healing of ulcers and burns better than any other local application. It can also be applied to other surface wounds, including cuts and abrasions…”