Today, there are about 20 types of honey, but only one is considered native Russian, as willow tea is extracted from the plant (another name is Kiprey), which grows in the Urals and Altai Territory. Honey (white) honey is a natural product that has many names, each reflecting its qualities. In terms of utility and calorie, honey honey has no equal.
Taste and appearance
Honey is obtained from the nectar and pollen of fireweed, which is a dark pink flower and grows on field roads. The consistency of the product resembles thick cream with a faint greenish or yellowish tinge.
Hue does not affect the quality. The taste of this beekeeping product is quite delicate. Despite the fact that the original taste is excessively sweet, the aftertaste is with a slight bitterness. Floral scent is also not indifferent. If you feel it at least once, you will not be able to confuse this smell with others.
Familiarize yourself with other types of honey and their beneficial qualities.
How to extract honey from honey
Anyone who has ever tried this product wants to know how it is prepared. It is important to know that for its preparation you need places where willow-tea grows, only the pollen of this plant allows you to create honey of honey. These plants are excellent honey plants.
Did you know? Thanks to the heady, sweet aroma, there are cases when dizziness appeared during pumping and distillation. You need to know this in order to use personal protective equipment at this time that minimizes the effects of odor.
The main regions for the extraction of this beekeeping product are the Oryol Region of the Russian Federation, the Perm and Altai Territories, as well as the Republic of Mari El and Bashkiria.
Chemical composition
As you know, honey from honey is extracted from a willow herb. Accordingly, its chemical composition is somewhat specific. You can find glucose, a large amount of beneficial enzymes, fructose, tannins, ascorbic acid, flavonoids and a huge amount of B vitamins.
All these substances paint this bee product white.
Important! After pumping, honey honey has a rather liquid consistency. However, crystallization begins almost immediately after contact with air, and grains or even small clots quickly appear in the product.
Beneficial features
Many, choosing for themselves a sweet product of bee production, can pass by white honey, not knowing what a huge number of useful qualities it possesses:
- restores the nervous system, preventing nervous breakdowns;
- positive effect on the state of hormones;
- removes fatigue after exercise;
- removes joint pain;
- boosts immunity;
- restores the skin;
- improves digestion;
- strengthens the heart muscles and vascular walls;
- improves the digestive system, relieving constipation, heartburn and diarrhea;
- treats anemia and other circulatory problems;
- strengthens the state of the nervous system;
- removes unpleasant symptoms with prostatitis;
- relieves headaches;
- reduces the number of seizures.
It is also useful during breastfeeding, increasing the amount of milk and improving its composition.
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Application
Due to its composition, honey honey is equally positively used in traditional medicine and cosmetology, while solving many problems. Let's take a closer look at what problems you can cope with by using this product in each area separately.
Did you know? In ancient Rome, honey was equated with money. They paid for any purchases. In addition, the court fine could also be paid for with this product. The fact is that it does not spoil for many years and does not lose its strength even after sugaring and cutting.
In folk medicine
Honey is used for the treatment of a large number of health problems, and the white color makes it different from other types. Consider a few famous recipes with this product:
- For the treatment of angina, mix 1 teaspoon of plantain, sage and lungwort and 300 ml of boiling water. Insist for 2 hours. After the time, filter and add 40 g of beekeeping product. Mix thoroughly and drink the finished decoction of 100 ml before each meal.
- The stomach ulcer is soothed by the following drug: 20 g of dried eggs are poured with a glass of hot water and put in a water bath for 20 minutes. After they are left to cool down and only then they make 1 tbsp. a spoon of honey. Take the drug for half an hour before meals for 20 g.
- Prostate adenoma can be cured by using the following remedy: propolis tincture and sweet beekeeping are combined in the same amount. Use at the same time as the previous formulations, in an amount of 10 ml. Means put under the tongue and wait for it to completely dissolve.
- Digestive problems are removed by dissolving 10 g of the product in a glass of water, which is pre-boiled and cooled. Drink the mixture on an empty stomach daily.
- The nervous system is restored by means of 1 teaspoon of honey and a glass of warm water. Everything is mixed and drunk before bedtime.
- To restore the skin, you can use the following trays: 25 g of eucalyptus leaves pour 250 ml of boiling water. Heat on a water bath for 15 minutes, filter and add 40 g of honey.
Learn about the use of honey with aloe in traditional medicine.
In cosmetology
It is known that this type of bee product can be found in scrubs, creams. It helps the skin to recover and returns to its silkiness and softness. For problem skin, you can use such a tonic: they prepare honey water and add chamomile decoction to it in the proportions of 1 liter of water and chamomile decoction, as well as 20 g of honey. They wash their face twice a day. Keep the need in the refrigerator.
For many years, this product is used in the bath. They are covered with the whole body, and then washed off. After this procedure, stretch marks and cellulite disappear, and the body takes on beautiful forms. Thanks to antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory qualities, you can get rid of furunculosis and other purulent abscesses.
Familiarize yourself with such types of honey as sweet clover, acura, coriander, acacia, lime, buckwheat, rapeseed, phacelia, uterine.
How to distinguish a fake?
Today there are a huge number of different representatives of this product on sale. There are cases when unscrupulous beekeepers specially fed bees with honey or in general received sweet nectar with the help of the newest chemicals. Such a product will not only bring no benefit, but may even harm the body. Therefore, everyone is interested in what you need to pay attention to when buying honey of honey, and how to correctly distinguish a fake.
Experts believe that this can be done on the following grounds:
- falling from the spoon, the honey should form a thin stream;
- this product leads to a slight burning sensation in the mouth;
- mixing does not create a crunch.
Important! To test, you can use this method: take 100 g of honey and 150 ml of water. Mix thoroughly until complete dissolution. Take 2 ml of the mixture and add to it the same amount of ammonia. Stir and wait for the reaction. Precipitation indicates poor product.
Contraindications
Knowing the beneficial properties of honey honey, it is useful to know and contraindications before starting the application.
To limit the use or to completely abandon it is necessary in the following cases:
- allergic diseases;
- asthma attacks;
- hypertension;
- age up to 3 years.
As you can see, honey honey is very useful and at the same time not very popular because of its unusual appearance. However, anyone who tries at least a spoon will fall in love with him and will no longer be able to live without this unusual delicacy.