Honey in water has the effect of moistening the lungs and relieving cough, laxative and also detoxifying and relieving pain. Honey is a nutrient-rich food and a qi tonic herbal medicine. It is sweet and flat in nature, and belongs to the lung, spleen and large intestine meridians, and its effects include tonifying, moistening, relieving pain and detoxifying. For patients with abdominal pain due to weakness of the spleen and stomach, it can be taken with honey in water, or with a Qi tonic. For cough, shortness of breath, weakness, dry throat and low phlegm due to lung qi deficiency, you can use honey in water, or you can combine it with ginseng and raw earth medicines. For intestinal dryness and constipation, you can use honey in water alone, or you can combine it with medicines such as Radix et Rhizoma Dioscoreae and Radix Angelicae Sinensis to nourish Yin, generate fluid and nourish Blood.