In ancient times, cinnamon was available only to royalty and nobility. But these days, this oriental spice can be found in the kitchen of any good housewife. Most often it is used in a ground form, adding to baked goods, desserts, drinks, fruit salads and curd spreads. In addition, the spice is considered a medicinal and cosmetic product.
Today we will consider the treatment with cinnamon and honey – contraindications, the expected benefits from taking this mixture, and of course, popular folk recipes.
The content of the article
- 1 Useful Properties
- 2 Противопоказания
- 2.1 special instructions
- 3 Choosing cinnamon and honey
- 4 Homemade health recipes
- 4.1 For teeth and oral cavity
- 4.2 For skin problems and insect bites
- 4.3 For potency in men
- 4.4 With physical and mental stress
- 4.5 For the gastrointestinal tract
- 4.6 To strengthen the body
- 4.7 To normalize weight
- 4.8 For sore throat (sore throat, colds)
- 4.9 Arthritis
- 4.10 For problems with the heart and blood vessels
- 4.11 For hair
- 4.12 For facial skin
Useful Properties
The benefits of natural honey have been known for a long time. This product contains about 300 trace elements, several groups of vitamins, which are actively involved in metabolic processes. And its basis – a set of simple sugars – allows you to quickly digest, bypassing the processing of food enzymes.
It is the safest and most completely natural sedative and hypnotic. At the same time, honey improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract, helps cleanse blood vessels from cholesterol plaques, accelerates tissue regeneration, destroys bacteria, viruses, fungi.
With its help, they strengthen the immune system during seasonal colds, recharge with energy in the morning, fight fatigue after a hard day and sports training.
Read more:
About the daily use of honey and its amount
Drinking honey at night
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Why and how they drink water with honey
How to boost immunity with honey
As for cinnamon, it was actively used by Chinese, ancient Egyptian, Indian, Roman and Greek healers:
- to fight colds;
- to stop diarrhea;
- to normalize blood circulation;
- to freshen the mouth and fight toothache;
- to increase potency in men (according to Avicenna);
- to increase appetite and normalize the work of the gastrointestinal tract;
- to eliminate problems with the heart and blood vessels;
- to improve memory and prolong youth.
The main medicinal properties of the spice: lowering cholesterol and blood sugar, lowering gastric acidity, relieving inflammation, healing wounds.
Противопоказания
There are actually not very many contraindications to the ingestion of both products, although they are all important and should be taken into account without fail.
Natural honey is completely contraindicated in case of intolerance (food allergy)… It is also used with caution:
- with diabetes mellitus (only after consulting a doctor!);
- if you are overweight;
- with skin diseases, accompanied by a retention of carbohydrates in the epidermis;
- during pregnancy and breastfeeding due to the risk of food intolerance in the child.
In order to exclude unpleasant consequences for the body, before treatment with honey, be sure to consult with your family doctor about the dosage, duration of the course, especially when taken orally or applied externally!
Cinnamon has three main contraindications:
- idiosyncrasy;
- hypertension (high blood pressure);
- pregnancy (due to the threat of miscarriage).
The fact is that this spice enhances muscle tone and also accelerates heart rate.
Whether it is possible to constantly drink cinnamon with honey should be decided by your doctor. Do not self-medicate!
special instructions
Keep in mind that the spice irritates the stomach lining, which is unacceptable for peptic ulcer disease. Also, it should not be taken orally in preparation for surgery due to a decrease in blood clotting.
When used simultaneously with aspirin, it can provoke bleeding!
The daily dose should not exceed 7 grams (in a teaspoon without top – 8 grams).
It is better not to give spice to children under three years old because of possible indigestion. And in old age, the dosage is halved so as not to provoke an increase in blood pressure. Long-term use is especially dangerous!
Choosing cinnamon and honey
Any natural honey is suitable for medicinal purposes. The variety is not critical, although certain medicinal properties depend on the variety:
- lipets – colds, inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract, problems with the heart and blood vessels;
- acacia – for insomnia, problems with the gastrointestinal tract and liver, insomnia;
- sunflower – a nutritious product with bactericidal properties;
- buckwheat – to prevent atherosclerosis, strengthen the heart, with anemia and diseases of the digestive system;
- raspberry – for colds, for general strengthening with vitamin deficiency;
- heather – to stimulate appetite;
- sweet clover – for general strengthening;
- chestnut – to cure the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract;
- mint – to calm the nervous system, as a choleretic agent;
- sage – as an anti-inflammatory agent.
Read more:
Polyfloral (multicomponent) honey
Monofloral (one-component) varieties
Special varieties of natural honey
As for cinnamon, when choosing it, they are guided by the color of the powder. It should be light brown (for a fake (Chinese cassia) it is reddish brown). Slight yellowness is acceptable. On contact with iodine, such a powder will give a light blue reaction.
On a note. Cinnamon sticks keep better, but they can be difficult to turn into a fine, homogeneous powder.
Homemade health recipes
Treatment with cinnamon with honey is carried out with the utmost care. Monitor your well-being by starting the course of treatment with reduced doses.
If the body reacts normally and you feel better after taking the honey-cinnamon mixture for several days, the course can be continued for the period indicated in the prescription.
For teeth and oral cavity
It is taken:
- a teaspoon of honey product in liquid form;
- the same amount of cinnamon.
The mixture is applied to the tooth with increased sensitivity of the enamel and a slight toothache. Sucking it in your mouth also helps to get rid of the bad smell.
For skin problems and insect bites
For the treatment of eczema, fungus, abscesses, small wounds taken in equal proportions:
- honey product;
- the same amount of spice.
The mixture is used externally until skin problems disappear.
To relieve pain and itching after an insect bite taken:
- a teaspoon of honey product;
- two teaspoons of warm water;
- a teaspoon of cinnamon.
That is, the ratio is 1: 2: 1. The mixture is gently rubbed into the bite area. The pain subsides within one to two minutes.
With cystitis
It is taken:
- a glass of warm water;
- two tablespoons of honey product;
- a teaspoon of cinnamon.
The solution is drunk in the morning or at night for 1,5-2 weeks.
Read: Is it possible to cure cystitis with honey
For potency in men
It is taken:
- glass of water;
- two teaspoons of natural honey;
- a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Brew cinnamon with boiling water and leave for forty minutes. After cooling to 35-40 degrees, add honey product, mix thoroughly. Take 100 milliliters once a day for two months.
Read: Is it possible to cure prostatitis with honey
With physical and mental stress
It is taken:
- glass of water;
- half a tablespoon of honey product;
- a teaspoon of spices.
The solution is taken in the morning before breakfast and in the afternoon. This remedy helps relieve stress, improves brain activity, and restores physical strength.
For the gastrointestinal tract
You will need:
- two tablespoons of honey product;
- cinnamon powder (amount per eye).
Sprinkle honey on top with spice, and then eat it 15 minutes before breakfast. You can dissolve the same ingredients in warm water (200-250 ml).
The product helps to reduce the acidity of gastric juice, facilitates the digestion of even the most difficult food, gently removes constipation and at the same time prevents diarrhea.
Also, this recipe is for the prevention of colon cancer.
Read: Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract and their treatment with honey
To strengthen the body
It will be needed in equal proportions:
- liquid honey product;
- ground cinnamon.
The mixture is consumed in the morning in the amount of a dessert spoon. It helps to strengthen the immune system, relieves fatigue.
The tool is recommended for use during periods of seasonal viral infections in courses of 2-3 weeks.
To normalize weight
You will need:
- 200 milliliters of boiling water;
- a teaspoon of spices;
- half a tablespoon of honey product.
Cinnamon is brewed in the evening. After cooling, the solution is mixed with bee nectar and placed in a refrigerator. Drink 100 ml twice a day – before breakfast and before bedtime.
The tool in two to three months is able to normalize metabolic processes by accelerating metabolism.
For sore throat (sore throat, colds)
A pinch of spice and a teaspoon of natural honey are taken. This remedy must be slowly absorbed in the mouth on an empty stomach. Already in two or three days, relief will come.
This home remedy relieves acute inflammation in the throat, helps the discharge of phlegm when coughing.
Arthritis
It is taken:
- a glass of warm water;
- a teaspoon of spices;
- two tablespoons of honey product.
The mixture is taken in a glass in the morning and in the evening for a month, which helps relieve pain and acute inflammation in the joints. With untreated arthritis, all unpleasant symptoms can disappear.
For problems with the heart and blood vessels
For the prevention of heart attack, toast, greased with a honey-cinnamon mixture (in a ratio of one to one), is recommended for breakfast.
To cleanse and strengthen the walls of blood vessels, it is taken:
- three teaspoons of spices;
- two tablespoons of honey product;
- 400 grams of warm water.
The product is stored in the refrigerator and taken three times a day, 100 milliliters each. The course is three to four weeks.
Read more: Honey for high cholesterol
For hair
Mix:
- egg;
- two tablespoons of low-fat kefir;
- the same amount of olive oil;
- a teaspoon of honey product and cinnamon.
Leave the mask on the hair, spreading it over the entire length, for 10-15 minutes. Then rinse with warm water and shampoo. The tool helps to accelerate growth, eliminates split ends, strengthens the roots.
For facial skin
Taken in equal proportions:
- bee nectar;
- cinnamon.
You can add 20 ml of rosehip oil. This mask refreshes the complexion, removes fine wrinkles. After application on the face, keep for ten minutes, rinse with warm water without detergent.
And if you take half a teaspoon of spices without honey in the morning, you can lower blood glucose levels in diabetes. However, with this disease, baked goods with cinnamon should not be eaten, since at high temperatures and mixing with other components of the dough, it completely loses its medicinal properties.
