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Honey this amazing rich, golden liquid is a wonder product that aids in beauty and health. A regular intake of honey will give you a clear complexion. A tablespoon of honey along with the juice of one medium sized lemon, taken every morning before breakfast keeps the complexion growing. For a clearer complexion, try the honey mask, which can be made by mixing one tablespoon each of honey and white flour with a few drops of rose water. Apply the paste for 30 minutes and wipe it off with a soft cloth dipper in cold water.

The cosmetic use of honey is manifold. Adding a few spoons of honey to your bath water makes your softer. Honey applied directly onto the skin is also good for retaining moisture, this making the skin soft, glowing and more youthful. It helps in removing blackheads and pimples. Since honey is a non-irritant, it is safe and lips soft and smooth. Honey can also be used as a lipstick base. Ensure you apply it before you put on lipstick for that smooth, flawless finish.

For many centuries, honey was regarded as ambrosia for the gods as well as to embalm the diseased. Currently it is being utilized for a variety of medicinal and cosmetic purposes. Honey also occupied a pride of place in culinary history for thousands of years. For a long time, its use in cooking was a prerogative of the affluent since it was so expensive, that only they could afford it.

Therapeutic Properties of Honey

Honey has been used for medicinal purposes for a variety of conditions since time immemorial. Different varieties of honey possess a large amount of friendly bacteria which explains the many mysterious therapeutic properties of honey. Firstly, honey has a low water content, thus facilitating an osmotic effect which laves very little water molecules for microbial growth. However, the rate of inhibition of growth varies with the species of bacteria, the antibacterial activity and the source micro organisms.

Honey is not only used as nutrition but also used as a dressing in wound healing and as an alternative treatment for clinical conditions ranging from gastrointestinal problems to ophthalmic conditions. It is a good source of nutrition. On burns, it has an initial soothing and rapid healing effects. Even today it is used an antibacterial application on wounds, inflammations, burns and ulcers cannot be undermined.

Honey is a non-irritating food. It does not ferment in the stomach or produce gas. It is therefore helpful in cases of gastritis, dyspepsia and hyperactivity. Honey is useful in cases of nausea. Half a teaspoon each of ginger and lemon juices and honey mixed together prove beneficial for cases of nausea and giddiness.

Honey is the best tonic for growing children and protects the child from all sorts of respiratory diseases. If you suffer sleeping disorders, mix two teaspoons of honey in a glass of water and drink it before going to bed for a good night’s rest. It includes sound sleep and brings clear motion the next morning. The same drink that is taken on an empty stomach in the morning works as an appetizer too.

Honey best treatment for sore throat

Honey functions effectively as an expectorant. Honey and lemon juice mixed in equal quantities, and melted together by gentle heating is good for the throat. For children, this mixture needs to be diluted with an equal quantity of water. Another recipe for a homemade cough syrup is as follows: Mix one cup of honey with one teaspoon ginger juice of one lemon. This mixture should be allowed to simmer for 15 minutes. For relief one or two teaspoons of this syrup should be taken every one or two hours. The antibacterial and antiseptic properties of honey aid in healing sore throats and laryngitis. By adding one or two teaspoons of honey to a cupful of boiling water and drinking this war, drink, refreshes and gives great relief to asthmatics.