Honey is traditionally considered useful for colds like tonsillitis, rhinitis, bronchitis, pneumonia. However, this is not the only area of application of the bee product in traditional medicine. You can easily see that honey and gastrointestinal diseases are also mentioned together in various medical books.
The content of the article
- 1 What is the use?
- 1.1 About dosages
- 1.2 About grades
- 2 Help for children – constipation
- 3 Help for children – dysentery
- 4 Helping Children – Digesting Cow’s Milk
- 5 Can I include in the daily menu
- 5.1 Combination with kombucha
- 5.2 Universal recipe
What is the use?
In folk recommendations and recipes, it is directly indicated that honey for the stomach and intestines is very useful, and even irreplaceable as an important dietary supplement.
It contributes to the proper functioning of all digestive organs. Especially if taken dissolved. Warm boiled water, herbal infusions, low-fat milk act as a “solvent” – in this form, all the constituent parts of the bee product quickly and easily penetrate the bloodstream.
Other positive aspects of the use are:
- normalization of acidity;
- the amount of gastric juice (in some cases, it may be completely absent);
- secretory and motor functions;
- regulation of appetite;
- removal of inflammation and pain.
About dosages
However, the approach to treatment should be strictly individual! It is necessary to select a therapeutic dose in consultation with your doctor. This is a very important point, since the effect on the intestinal and gastric mucosa can be different.
It depends on the time of intake, the amount of bee product used in the recipe, and even the temperature of the water or milk. An overdose is guaranteed to lead to a deterioration in well-being, up to an allergic reaction.
The benefits of honey for the stomach come from the intake of a bee product by an adult in an average amount of 80 to 120 grams per day. In case of ulcerative lesions of the mucous membrane, the dose can be increased to 200 grams, if other recommendations are not given by the attending physician. Children consume no more than 30-60 grams.
In order not to be mistaken, the patient should focus on the norm of 2 grams per kilogram of his weight. An overdose will disrupt the functions of the pancreas, especially with excess weight or pathologies of this organ!
The usual recommendation for admission is two or three times a day. At one time, 30 to 60 grams are eaten. We remind you that 20-25 grams of bee products are placed in a tablespoon.
Treating the intestines with honey requires caution, as this bee product has a mild laxative effect. Which is not useful, for example, with hemorrhoids or any acute inflammation in the intestines. Especially when adding aloe juice to the medicine.
About grades
The selection of a honey variety depends on the type of disease. When asked which honey for the stomach and intestines is better in ancient Russian medical books, the following recommendations are given:
- to normalize the stomach, especially with gastritis, varieties obtained from oregano, mint, thyme, herbs and buckwheat are suitable;
- mint and linden honey has a beneficial effect on the liver;
- and colitis is treated with chestnut, mint varieties.
To increase the therapeutic effect, various combinations are used with herbs, vegetable juices, butter, milk, mineral water and so on. Diet is mandatory.
Help for children – constipation
Babies and young children often suffer from constipation, regurgitation, vomiting, and intestinal infections. This condition may be accompanied by a delay in growth and development, anemia (anemia).
In such cases, babies are given buckwheat honey. It is added to cow’s milk or baby food (taking into account the child’s age and menu).
But here it must be borne in mind that honey is a product containing allergens. If a child does not tolerate strawberries, chocolate, egg white, there is a high probability of allergies to bee products. Consultation with a pediatrician under the age of one year is required! After a year, honey is also given with caution – in small portions and under close supervision of the parents for the reaction of a small organism.
With normal tolerance, you can successfully overcome constipation by dissolving honey in warm milk. The sweet mixture is given at night. Usually take 50-100 ml of milk or infant formula. The dosage of the honey product depends on the age:
- up to a year, it is half or a third of a teaspoon;
- after a year to two to three years – a teaspoon;
- in kindergarten and early school age – dessert.
Help for children – dysentery
Surprisingly, honey, with its laxative properties, successfully fights dysentery bacillus. Of course, it cannot be used as the only medicine! But in combination with the basic pharmaceutical preparations prescribed by a doctor, the bee product noticeably accelerates recovery.
In the intestine, unfavorable conditions are created for the causative agent of the disease – lactic acid bacteria are produced and the acidic environment kills the bacillus.
Allowable doses for dysentery are from 30 to 60 grams of honey per day. Age and medical recommendations must be taken into account! Perhaps you need to give less honey or refuse to take it altogether.
Helping Children – Digesting Cow’s Milk
As you know, milk proteins are poorly absorbed by the human body. Children’s constipation and putrid fermentation are often the result of the digestion of milk with the addition of sucrose (ordinary granulated sugar).
Replacing sugar with two or three teaspoons of honey per day will facilitate the digestion process – casein proteins will turn into small flakes, fats and carbohydrates will be better absorbed. The microflora is normalized – the entire digestive process will occur smoothly, food will quickly leave the stomach, and then the intestines.
A high nutritional value will allow you to get enough energy in a small amount of food, which is very important for children who are poorly gaining weight and do not have a good appetite.
Can I include in the daily menu
Honey can be included in the daily menu, provided it is well tolerated. This rule applies to both adults and children of any age.
Bee products are successfully substituted for sugar, as well as other sweets. This normalizes the functions of the digestive system – normal motor and secretory activity is restored in the stomach and intestines.
Combination with kombucha
Traditional healers recommend honey infusion of kombucha, including 5 percent honey, the same amount of sugar, and enriched with vitamins C and B. It is infused for five to seven days. Can be taken throughout life. At a young age, it is given instead of soda.
This is a fortifying mixture that can suppress putrefactive and pathogenic microflora that irritate the intestines, as well as normalize the stomach.
Read: About adding honey to kombucha
Universal recipe
A. Kaya gives the following recipe with a wide spectrum of action. It is suitable for all diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and has no side effects (provided that there is no intolerance to bee products).
800 ml of water is taken. After boiling, it cools down to room temperature. Then pollen is stirred in it (you can use 50 grams of pollen or bee bread – in both cases the effect will be the same). 180 grams of honey is added to the same mixture. For fermentation, the mixture is infused for four to five days at room temperature.
The mixture is drunk before the main meal, half a glass three times a day. Treatment takes from one to one and a half months. After a break, the course can be repeated.
Thanks to honey treatment, pathogenic microflora is destroyed, inflammatory processes are removed, and ulcers scarring is accelerated, if any, on the mucous membrane of the stomach and intestines.
We will consider the fight against various diseases of the gastrointestinal tract in more detail in separate articles.
To read:
Features of the treatment of gastritis using natural honey
Peculiarities of peptic ulcer treatment with natural honey
