Honey is a food with medicinal properties. When used as food, it has the benefit of providing the body with carbohydrates and other nutrients, and when used as a traditional Chinese medicine, it has the effect of tonifying the middle, moistening dryness, relieving pain and detoxifying the body.
As a food, honey is rich in nutrients, containing 75.6g of carbohydrates per 100g of honey, which can provide energy for the body’s physiological activities when consumed appropriately, in addition to potassium, calcium, vitamin C and other nutrients. It also contains potassium, calcium, vitamin C and other nutrients. Its protein content is low, with only 0.4g in 100g of honey.
At the same time, honey can also be used as a traditional Chinese medicine, with tonic, moistening, pain relief, detoxification effect, external use of muscle astringent sores. It can be used internally for treating hypochondriac (abdominal) pain, intestinal dryness and constipation, lung dryness and dry cough, detoxification of aconite, etc. Externally, it can be used for sores and scalded by water and fire.
Honey can be consumed in daily life, but it is not suitable for those who are allergic to honey and children under one year old. And because of its high sugar content, diabetics should eat less or not eat.