Drinking honey in anemic patients is not a blood tonic because honey contains only sugar and a small amount of amino acids, which do not have any therapeutic effect on hematopoiesis. There are many types of anemia, which can be classified into microcytic hypochromic anemia, macrocytic anemia and orthocytic orthochromic anemia based on the average red blood cell volume and average red blood cell hemoglobin concentration. The most common types of microcytic hypochromic anemia are iron deficiency anemia and thalassemia, the most common types of macrocytic anemia are megaloblastic anemia and myelodysplastic syndrome, and orthocytic orthochromic anemia can be seen in acute leukemia, hemorrhagic anemia, hemolytic anemia, and aplastic anemia, etc. Although the pathogenesis and treatment vary, honey has no therapeutic effect for each type of anemia.