Health, Alternative Medicine
Acacia honey: useful properties and antipaining
The most famous sweet healing remedy is honey. It is known to mankind for a very long time. It is not only used for food, but also used as a cure for various diseases. There are a lot of varieties of honey: floral, buckwheat, linden and others.
Acacia honey
But acacia honey, whose useful properties are widely known, stands out among the others. Its fragrant aroma and delicate taste can not be confused with other varieties. From the type of acacia honey was collected, the condition and color of the product depends.
Fully transparent and white with sugar, honey is obtained from white acacia flowers. And with yellow - light, with a greenish tinge. The product has a fine granularity. Slowly honey is blended from the acacia. These properties are due to the low amount of sucrose and high content of fructose.
Time of collection
When do they collect honey? White acacia, whose properties are individual, blooms for 12-15 days. However, a single hectare plantation yields up to 1000 kg of honey. And the obtained natural product has no impurities because of the high prevalence of this tree. The biological activity of the constituent components is high precisely during the flowering of the acacia, so bees collecting nectar create exceptionally useful honey.
Healing properties and composition
A treat you can eat even for diabetics is acacia honey. Useful properties of it are determined by the fact that for its assimilation, insulin is not needed. It does not cause allergies, has an antimicrobial effect, and the presence in its composition of carotene and enzymes has a beneficial effect on digestion. Honey heals the affected mucous membrane, for this reason it should be used for gastritis and gastric ulcer.
The product also has antiseptic properties, for example, its solution in distilled water helps with conjunctivitis. It is used in the treatment of skin diseases, oral diseases.
This honey is called a natural antibiotic, as it is an antimicrobial and diuretic that helps with diseases of the genito-urinary organs. Inhalations with a 30% solution of the product with water are useful in bronchial asthma, rhinitis, laryngitis.
Honey acacia, useful properties of which contribute to the recovery of the nervous system, it is recommended to use people of retirement age, people who have suffered nervous disorders or engaged in mental work.
There are a lot of useful microelements and vitamins in this wonderful product. The composition of acacia honey includes such microelements as silicon, lithium, manganese, zinc. And the quantity of salts of sodium, magnesium, potassium is the same as in human blood. Acacia dainty is rich in vitamins (C, B2, B6, PP, A, E). Apple, citric and lactic acids are also present in the honey.
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