You can eat it anytime! Honey is a sweet substance that bees collect nectar or secretions from plants and store in nests and spleens after full brewing. What does honey contain? Honey contains the following components: about 15 minerals, 20 kinds of amino acids, glucose, fructose, vitamin B group, rich vitamin C, 13 organic acids, 3 kinds of inorganic acids, various active enzymes, acetylcholine and so on. First, honey and gastrointestinal diseases. Honey is a traditional health food for treating gastrointestinal diseases. It can lubricate and regulate gastrointestinal function, and has good curative effect on gastric and duodenal ulcer and habitual constipation. Second, honey and respiratory diseases. Honey can clear lung, eliminate phlegm, moisten throat and relieve cough. It has a good effect on respiratory diseases. Honey mixed with milk can also prevent and relieve cold symptoms. Third, honey and heart disease. Honey can nourish heart muscle and dilate arterial blood vessels. It has certain curative effect on heart disease. The folk prescription is mixed with honey and pomegranate juice to treat and prevent heart disease. Fourth, honey and liver disease. Honey can promote the storage of liver glycogen, which can promote the decomposition of liver endotoxin, so honey also has a good effect on liver diseases. 5. Honey and nervous system diseases. Honey has a good calming effect, so honey has a good auxiliary effect on insomnia and neurasthenia. Sixth, honey and burns. Honey has a good effect on promoting the healing of mild burns and scalds, and can reduce the dry knot of wounds, diminish inflammation and inhibit bacteria. The benefits of honey to women Li Shizhen, a famous Korean doctor, said, "Raw honey has a good hematopoietic function and often eats peach blossom noodles", which is a good tonic for women who lose blood after menstruation and a good beauty food. The benefits of honey to men can protect the liver and strengthen the body; You can also drink raw honey to sober up when you are drunk. The benefits of honey to the elderly Professor Zhu Fang, a bee therapist, said: "Honey is the milk of the elderly, and it is helpful for health and longevity if taken regularly." In addition, honey is a treasure in the kitchen; On the one hand, it can be used to make all kinds of cakes and dishes, increasing the delicacy; On the one hand, it can be used as an emergency medicine. In case of scalding by boiling oil, burning by kitchen fire or cutting by kitchen knife, it can be applied with honey first, which has the functions of relieving pain, disinfection and detumescence. Honey can help children grow up. The experiment of Japanese Apiculture Society in Qifu City proved that natural pure honey can eliminate roundworms. Researchers at the National Headache Research Foundation have finally found the best way to relieve headaches after drinking a lot of honey. Dr Mel Dimon, who is in charge of the research, said: "Honey contains a kind of fructose that most fruits do not contain, which can promote the decomposition and absorption of alcohol." The researchers also pointed out that other ways to sober up quickly include drinking a hot drink mixed with honey, lemon and tea, but overall, honey has the most remarkable hangover relieving effect. Can quickly eliminate fatigue and enhance physical strength. Honey contains more than 70% monosaccharides (glucose and fructose), which can be absorbed without digestion after drinking and can enter human blood after about 20 minutes. Honey is not only a suitable tonic for women with weak constitution and poor gastrointestinal function, but also the best drink for people who stay up late after exercise and work fatigue. Four detoxification masters-Auricularia auricula, pig blood, mung bean and honey In addition to water, the most effective and cheapest detoxification food is Auricularia auricula. Pig blood, mung bean, honey. Because auricularia auricula grows in a cool and humid environment, Chinese medicine believes that it has the most Yin Qi, and it has the functions of invigorating qi, promoting blood circulation, cooling blood and moistening dryness. Judging from its characteristics, it is Liang Yu, and its color is black, so it can remove the heat toxin of bleeding. In addition, auricularia auricula and pig blood have a strong role in moistening intestines, and are called "intestinal scavengers". Regular consumption can excrete most of the toxins in the intestine. Mung beans are sweet and cold, and have the functions of clearing away heat and toxic materials, diuresis, relieving summer heat and quenching thirst. So every summer, people are used to cooking mung bean soup. Some people also use mung bean skin as pillow core, which has the functions of clearing fire, improving eyesight and lowering blood pressure. Raw honey can clear away heat, cooked food can tonify middle qi, taste sweet and soft, and has the function of moistening lung and detoxifying. (Compendium of Materia Medica) Summarizes the functions of honey as clearing away heat, tonifying middle warmer, detoxifying, moistening dryness and relieving pain, which is quite comprehensive. Therefore, Indian folks regard honey as "a good medicine to make people feel happy and stay young forever". Honey has been considered as an excellent food since ancient times, but because of the popularity of sugar, people didn't eat it often before. With the increase of international communication, the habit of replacing sugar with honey in western food is gradually accepted by China people. How much effect does honey have and what benefits does it have to the body? The reporter interviewed Professor peking university health science center and Lin Zhibin, chairman of Chinese Pharmacology Society. The effect of honey is limited. The main component of honey is sugar, and the sum of fructose and glucose accounts for 85%-95% of honey sugar. The content of minerals is generally 0.04%-0.06%, including iron, copper, potassium, sodium, tungsten, manganese, magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, lead, chromium, nickel and cobalt. In addition, honey also contains B vitamins, vitamin C, nicotinic acid and pantothenic acid. The main function of honey is to supplement nutrition to human body. Although the nutritional value is higher than that of white sugar, the nutrients it contains are also common in other foods. In order to promote products and exaggerate the role of honey, some manufacturers use phrases such as "can improve human immunity" and "anti-tumor" to attract consumers, especially those with physical diseases. However, these so-called functions are unscientific conclusions without really strict comparative experiments. It is entirely possible for ordinary people to replace sugar with honey, which is a very good source of sweetness, but we can't expect too much from it. Patients with chronic diseases, in particular, should adhere to the original treatment. Honey is most suitable for the elderly. Generally speaking, there is no taboo to eat honey. Professor Lin Zhibin mentioned that honey is most suitable for the elderly to eat, which is of great help to improve constipation and moisten the throat of the elderly. The most common way to eat honey is to take it with water. A lot of information says that honey can't be taken with boiling water, otherwise the nutrition will be completely destroyed. In response to this statement, Professor Lin Zhibin said that the high temperature of boiling water may indeed destroy some active enzymes and vitamin C in honey, so try to avoid taking it with boiling water. In addition, it is also a good way to spread honey on bread or steamed bread at breakfast, which can completely retain the nutrition of honey. Some people buy honey and find that there are crystals at the bottom of the bottle, and they suspect that they have bought fake honey mixed with white sugar. In fact, fructose in honey will also precipitate to form crystals at low temperature, which is normal. However, the phenomenon of adding sugar to honey does exist in the market, and consumers still try to buy it in regular big stores when buying. There is no need to buy expensive honey. At present, there are many kinds of honey on the market, besides the common Chinese milk vetch honey and Sophora japonica honey, there are also more expensive Chinese wolfberry honey and Chinese angelica honey. Should we buy these honey from medicinal plants? Professor Lin Zhibin told reporters that in theory, honey collected by different plants may have different compositions and characteristics. However, there are many kinds of honey at present, and their health care effects have not been strictly studied. It is unscientific to directly say that honey collected from a certain medicinal material has the same or similar efficacy as the medicinal material. Therefore, when buying honey, you don't have to blindly pursue high prices. Children should not take royal jelly. Speaking of the popular propolis at present, Professor Lin Zhibin believes that its role has been exaggerated by the propaganda of merchants, and it is said that it can treat many diseases, but there is no scientific experimental data to prove it. Moreover, propolis is insoluble in water, only 70%-80% in alcohol, so it is difficult to make finished products. Even if people take a certain amount of propolis extract, whether it can be absorbed by gastrointestinal tract is still a problem. Professor Lin Zhibin's research on various bee products is very in-depth. He believes that among all bee products, royal jelly does have medicinal value, and it has an auxiliary treatment effect on liver diseases, tumors, neurasthenia and insomnia. However, Professor Lin Zhibin stressed that parents should not buy royal jelly for their children because they think it is good, because the sex hormones contained in royal jelly will not have any influence on adults, but children will easily lead to precocious puberty after taking it. So children often take some honey instead of royal jelly. Several simple ways to take honey 1, contained in the mouth, can treat pharyngitis and have a miraculous effect on getting angry after staying up late. 2, transferred to a variety of drinks and food to take, the aroma is elegant, sweet taste, but pay attention to the temperature should not exceed 60℃. 3. Taking honey after drinking can accelerate the decomposition of alcohol, clear the pain after drinking and reduce the damage of alcohol to the liver. Applying honey to lips can prevent oral rot. Use honey as a mask to make skin smooth, delicate and elastic. 5. Using honey instead of white sugar to barbecue dishes has good flavor, color and nutrition. Especially when roast chicken and roast duck are used, jujube nectar is golden in color and unique in flavor. 6, taking honey half an hour before meals can stimulate gastric acid secretion, so acute atrophic gastritis (lack of gastric acid) should be taken before meals. On the contrary, taking honey 2-3 hours after meals can inhibit gastric acid secretion, and patients with hypertrophic gastritis (hyperacidity) should take it after meals.