Many melliferous plants are simultaneously medicinal and even recognized as such by official medicine. Working on their inflorescences, bees prepare healing honey – a real natural medicine that combines the most important components for strengthening human health.
In today’s review, we will look at recipes for increasing immunity with honey or fortifying agents that include this bee product.
The content of the article
- 1 How honey works
- 2 Recipes – 15 options
- 2.1 # 1 – only honey
- 2.2 No. 2 – lemon and garlic
- 2.3 No. 3 – lemon and carrots
- 2.4 No. 4 – rose hips
- 2.5 No. 5 – herbs (mint and chamomile)
- 2.6 No. 6 – vegetable juices
- 2.7 No. 7 – dried apricots, raisins, nuts
- 3 Various mixing options with aloe
- 3.1 No. 8 – aloe and red wine (Cahors)
- 3.2 No. 9 – aloe, lemon, walnuts
- 3.3 No. 10 – cocoa powder and lard
- 3.4 No. 11 – aloe, goose fat, cocoa
- 4 Combination with bee products
- 4.1 No. 12 – pollen, royal jelly
- 4.2 No. 13 – pollen (simple recipe)
- 4.3 No. 14 – cow’s milk and pollen
- 4.4 No. 15 – water and pollen
How honey works
Honey’s work to strengthen our body is multifaceted. If there is no intolerance to the bee product, it can be included in the daily menu from about one year of age.
It includes glucose, a valuable energy fuel that is involved in the work of any muscles, including the heart.
With various colds, honey helps to cope with infectious lesions of the mucous membranes of the nasopharynx, throat, bronchi and lungs.
The most effective varieties obtained:
- briefs;
- with raspberries;
- and sweet clover.
They produce a pronounced diaphoretic effect, promote expectoration. As it is written in the “Ukrainian Soviet Encyclopedia”, published in 1978, honey is able to enhance the effect of many medicines.
You can view the recipes here:
Consuming honey for colds
And here the chemical composition, biological and nutritional value, calorie content and characteristics of use are considered:
Natural bee honey – its benefits and possible harm
Recipes – 15 options
Below are the most effective fortifying agents recommended by monastic and folk collections for the treatment of bee products.
# 1 – only honey
The simplest remedy that has a positive effect on the immune system is called “honey water”.
It is prepared in an elementary way: in a glass of chilled boiled water, take two teaspoons of the bee product, mix thoroughly. It is drunk before bedtime in 100-200 ml. Children can be given 50-70 ml.
In addition to the strengthening effect, such water calms the nervous system, improves sleep, and helps the intestines.
No. 2 – lemon and garlic
This remedy is also suitable for elderly people suffering from severe weakness.
On a note. The recipe contains enough ingredients to heal for two months!
It is taken:
- honey – in the amount of one liter;
- lemons – ten pieces;
- garlic – ten heads.
The teeth are crushed to a mushy state. Lemon juice, garlic gruel and liquid (or melted in a water bath) honey are thoroughly mixed. The medicine is infused in a sealed container for 6-7 days.
The dosage is 3-4 teaspoons once a day. Suck in the mouth!
No. 3 – lemon and carrots
This composition is recommended for people working at a computer, as well as for everyone who suffers from poor eyesight. It is used daily as a vitamin supplement to the menu.
On a note. Optionally, you can mix chopped dill with the medicine!
You will need:
- fresh honey (liquid) or melted in a water bath in the amount of two tablespoons;
- carrots – a kilogram;
- boiled chilled water – one and a half glasses;
- juice from one lemon;
- a pinch of salt and herbs optional.
Juice is squeezed out of carrots, after grating the root vegetables on a fine grater. Then all the ingredients are mixed.
No. 4 – rose hips
This is an effective composition that helps with the weakening of the body and seasonal vitamin deficiencies. Allows you to eliminate the lack of ascorbic acid (vitamin C).
Important! Such a honey drink should be drunk within a day, since ascorbic acid is destroyed during long-term storage.
Dry rosehip berries and honey are taken in equal proportions by volume. For example, in a glass of water, one tablespoon of both components of the mixture.
The berries of the plant are steamed with a glass of boiling water, and then additionally boiled over low heat for 10-15 minutes. Then they insist in a thermos or glassware, always in a dark place! Strain, squeeze well, and mix with the honey product.
The dosage is one or two glasses per day. Children no more than 100-200 ml.
No. 5 – herbs (mint and chamomile)
The recipe is aimed at combating hypothermia of the body and increasing its defenses.
For a liter of water you will need:
- 3-4 teaspoons of dry mint herb;
- the same number of chamomile flowers;
- 100 milliliters of honey in a liquid state.
Herbs are infused in boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Then they are filtered, and the infusion is mixed with the bee product. Stored in the refrigerator for a short time.
It is drunk in an amount from 80-100 to 200-250 ml. Be sure to keep it warm!
The infusion can also include other plants that relieve colds – linden blossom, oregano.
No. 6 – vegetable juices
This vitamin vegetable mixture is taken regularly for one to one and a half months. For an adult, a tablespoon is enough twice a day, about 40-60 minutes before the main meal. Children may not like the taste of the medicine due to the presence of horseradish.
Note: chopped horseradish roots are pre-infused in water for 30-36 hours.
To obtain a vitamin food supplement, it is necessary to mix the listed ingredients (all juices, unless a different amount is indicated, as well as honey are taken in a tablespoon!):
- liquid honey;
- beet juice;
- carrot juice;
- horseradish rhizome juice – one glass;
- lemon juice squeezed from one fruit.
No. 7 – dried apricots, raisins, nuts
The medicine is used in small courses. The medicinal mixture can be given to children, but in a reduced dosage – no more than a teaspoon or dessert spoon, depending on their age.
All of these components are crushed using a meat grinder.
Taken in a glass:
- age;
- walnuts (their kernels);
- seedless raisins.
After grinding, everything is poured with one and a half glasses of honey. Adults consume a tablespoon three times a day half an hour before the main meal.
Various mixing options with aloe
Attention! The juice from the leaves and stems of indoor aloe has a number of contraindications.
It is prohibited:
- pregnant women, especially in the later stages;
- with inflammation in the genitals in women;
- with exacerbation of renal diseases, ailments of the intestines and stomach;
- with tuberculosis (periods of exacerbation);
- with diseases of the heart and blood vessels.
No. 8 – aloe and red wine (Cahors)
You will need a 3-year-old plant that has not been watered for three days. Its leaves are crushed and squeezed to separate the juice.
Main components:
- honey from lime trees – 250 ml;
- plant juice – 150 grams;
- Cahors or red wine – 350 ml.
After mixing, the mixture is infused in the refrigerator for five to seven days. It is suitable only for adults! The dosage is not more than a tablespoon half an hour before meals, three times a day.
No. 9 – aloe, lemon, walnuts
For this mixture is taken:
- lemon juice made from 3-4 fruits;
- liquid honey – 300 ml;
- walnuts (kernels) – half a kilogram;
- aloe juice – 100 ml.
The method of administration is exactly the same as in the previous recipe, but a single amount is taken no more than a dessert spoon!
No. 10 – cocoa powder and lard
This recipe is for people suffering from severe malnutrition. It is especially effective for tuberculosis and lingering bronchitis due to its fat content.
Aloe prepares for treatment traditionally – it is not watered for a long time. Only the leaves of a 3 year old plant are used!
Ingredients:
- 100 grams of linden honey, fresh lard and butter;
- cocoa powder – 50 grams;
- plant juice – 150 milliliters.
Fats are melted in a water bath using an enamel container. Then the remaining components are added to them, everything is mixed. Stored in a refrigerator.
A single dosage is a tablespoon. It is drunk in the mornings and evenings in a long course. Can be stirred in a glass of non-hot milk.
No. 11 – aloe, goose fat, cocoa
This mixture also strengthens the body against wasting caused by tuberculosis. It is also recommended for low hemoglobin and a strong weakening of the immune system.
Important! Do not bring the ingredients to a boil, as this leads to the loss of medicinal properties. And in honey, most of the enzymes and vitamins are destroyed. The best option is a water bath.
Components:
- 100 grams of cocoa powder, goose fat (or butter), liquid honey product;
- aloe juice – 150 milliliters.
Store in a refrigerator. Consumed by dissolving in 100-200 ml of warm milk, two to three times a day. Dosage depending on age: teaspoon, dessert or tablespoon.
Note: This medication can have a laxative effect, which manifests itself 4-8 hours after ingestion.
Combination with bee products
Combined with other beekeeping products, honey enhances its healing properties. Most often it is customary to mix it with pollen (pollen), which leads to the enrichment of the vitamin composition and softening of the not always pleasant taste of pollen.
Such formulations should be taken with extreme caution by those who suffer from intolerance to bee products. If you have a history of allergies, use is prohibited!
No. 12 – pollen, royal jelly
If honey is in a candied state, it is preheated in a water bath until the crystals dissolve.
The inclusion of royal jelly in the drug enhances the biological effect on the human body. But this ingredient must be properly harvested and stored under appropriate conditions.
More details can be found here:
What is a mixture of honey with royal jelly
Mixing components:
- pollen – 10 grams;
- milk – 1 gram;
- honey product in a liquid state – 250 milliliters.
Such a mixture is stored strictly in the refrigerator! It is absorbed in a teaspoon half an hour before breakfast, lunch or dinner. It is used with a strong weakening of the immune system and during periods of recovery two to three times a day.
No. 13 – pollen (simple recipe)
For this recipe you will need:
- 250 ml of liquid honey product;
- and 50 grams of foot.
The components are mixed, poured into a glass container and infused in the refrigerator for five to seven days. After fermentation is complete, the mixture can be treated.
It is taken, depending on age, on an empty stomach (one teaspoon, dessert or table) half an hour or forty minutes before breakfast. It is best to dissolve the medicine by mouth. If necessary, you can wash it down with non-hot water after 10-15 minutes.
No. 14 – cow’s milk and pollen
This composition is intended primarily for children. It has a pleasant taste and is well absorbed by the child’s body. It is taken in a teaspoon three times a day.
To obtain a homogeneous mass, you must mix:
- 50 grams of honey;
- 10 grams of foot;
- and 100 milliliters of warm milk.
No. 15 – water and pollen
And this recipe is more suitable for adults – milk in it is replaced with boiled warm water.
Preparation:
- Stir 180 grams of any honey in 800 ml of boiled water cooled to room temperature;
- add 50 grams of pollen (pollen) to the mixture, mix thoroughly or beat with a mixer;
- put in the refrigerator for 3-5 days for fermentation.
It is drunk warm, 150-180 ml half an hour before the main meal, once a day.
The foothills, like royal jelly, are distinguished by their high biological activity. It not only helps to strengthen the immune system, but also fights intoxication, regulates metabolic processes.
The only dangerous moment for patients is that pollen can cause severe allergies in those who, in principle, do not tolerate flowering. Therefore, when treating it in pure form or with any mixtures with its addition, you should consult your doctor!
