The Miracle of Honey by Dr. Penny Stanway

Author:Dr. Penny Stanway
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: The Miracle of Honey
ISBN: 9781780285009
Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishing
Published: 2013-02-06T16:00:00+00:00

Propolis

Certain trees, including pines and poplars, make a resinous sap to deter predators. Bees collect this from buds and bark wounds and mix it with saliva, pollen and beeswax to form a sticky greenish-brown substance called propolis.

This contains resins and gums (50 per cent), waxes and fatty acids (30 per cent), essential oils (10 per cent), pollens (5 per cent) and other compounds (including amino acids, vitamins, flavonoids, bitters and minerals – especially iron and zinc). It smells distinctive, tastes slightly bitter, and has potent antibacterial and antiviral activity.

Propolis is available as capsules, lozenges, tinctures (alcoholic extracts) and creams. It’s used in sweets, beauty products and toothpastes. It can be mixed with white spirit to make varnish. It’s also used for sore throats, asthma, peptic ulcer, gastritis, poor circulation, burns, eczema, warts and piles, and to stimulate new-cell generation. Scientific evidence backs some of these uses.

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