Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —
Honey it is known as an additional supplement that is beneficial for health.
Honey is in the form of a liquid that resembles syrup, is thicker and has a sweet taste. Honey is produced by bees and other insects from the nectar of flowers.
The sweet taste produced by honey is due to the monosaccharide elements fructose and glucose, and has a sweet taste that is almost the same as sugar.
The nutrient content of honey in general is fructose, glucose, maltosan, sucrose, water, and sugar.
Honey has stimulant properties which directly, by improving appetite, aids the digestion of other foods. Honey can work and directly affect the immune system in the body, the growth of red blood cells, and as an antibiotic.
Because of the nature and work of almost all systems in the body, it is not surprising that honey can be efficacious in addition to maintaining health and preventing disease, but also to help the healing process of disease.
Recent research says that honey is efficacious for curing coughs and colds. In addition, there are several health benefits of honey.
Quoting a book Instructions and Suggestions for Traditional Medicine of Indonesian Efficacious Plants from J. Kloppenburgh-Versteegh, here are the health benefits of honey:
1. Helps teeth growth
When children start teething, they often cry a lot. Apply honey on the gums several times a day.
2. Overcoming vaginal discharge
Teenage girls who experience vaginal discharge are made a concoction consisting of a mixture of grated turmeric. Add egg yolks and a spoonful of honey and beat. Drink this concoction regularly.
3. Treating hemorrhoids or hemorrhoids
If there is sudden bleeding, then mash seven leaves of sitting, two teaspoons of honey and a quarter teaspoon of teak charcoal. Give this mixture once a day to hemorrhoid sufferers.
3. Tonsil medicine
Use noni fruit that is ripe, then strain. For each pace fruit add one tablespoon of honey. This herb is used to rinse every half hour.
4. Disorders of the chest
If the patient coughs up mucus and blood, take two hibiscus flowers and squeeze them in two glasses of water. Leave overnight with covered. In the morning, strain this mixture with a cloth and add a few teaspoons of honey, then give it to the patient on an empty stomach.
5. Overcoming skin scabies
Rub the infected skin with crushed garlic and add water and a little honey.
6. Fever antidote
When you have a fever, drink rose water spiked with honey.
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