The effects of honey

  Honey is a food that is used as one of the most common tonic products. Its main component honey contains glucose and fructose, about 65-85%. Sucrose is very little. No more than 8%. Moisture 16-25%; dextrin and non-sugar substances, minerals, organic acids and other content in about 5%, in addition. It also contains a small amount of amylase, oxidase, reductase, convertase, aromatic substances and vitamins (with the most B vitamins), etc.  Honey as a traditional Chinese medicine, its efficacy and role as “tonic, moisten dry, relieve pain, detoxification; external use for muscle astringent sores. It is used for the pain in the abdomen, dry cough, constipation, detoxification of aconite; external treatment of sores that do not converge, water and fire burns. Modern clinical research proves that honey is used internally in the treatment of constipation, cough, gastric and duodenal ulcers, prevention of coronary heart disease, and prevention of tumor recurrence, etc.; there are literature reports about external use mainly in burns and skin burns, skin diseases and skin wounds, ulcers, orthopedic diseases, rhinitis, ophthalmic diseases, etc.  Honey is also an important excipient in Chinese patent medicine honey pills and honey roasted Chinese medicine, the authenticity of honey is related to the quality of drugs.  Honey is first and foremost a natural foodstuff, and its medicinal value as a traditional Chinese medicine will gradually be recognized rationally and correctly.