One of the most valuable honey products is lime honey. Why? Yes, because, in addition to having a magnificent aroma and thick intense taste, such honey is a curative remedy for a variety of diseases.
What is phony honey?
This kind of bee product is produced by striped laborers from linden nectar. This tree is considered the queen of honey plants, because of the nectar, which is collected from just one linden, bees can make 16 kg of honey! And from a hectare of flowering trees, they produce more than a ton of this product.
Do you know what a lime honey looks like? It differs from other types of honey in a light yellow color. In some cases, it has a light amber hue or an unusual greenish-gray color. There is a change in color, because in the composition of this sweetness can get in the process of making bees a little flower honey. Also visually the lime white honey is more transparent than its counterparts.
If you compare this honey to taste with various honey products, it is impossible not to mention its sweetness! It contains 40% fructose and 36% glucose. If you store lime honey more than 3 months, it crystallizes, turning into a solid coarse-grained mass of white color.
Useful properties of linden honey
All that is useful for phony honey is provided by its composition. It contains such useful substances as:
- diastasis;
- catalase;
- peroxidase;
- vitamins K and E;
- lipase;
- invertase;
- carotene;
- vitamins of group B;
- a lot of useful microelements;
- biologically active substances.
The therapeutic properties of linden honey differ in a wide range of effects. Most often it is used as an effective remedy for colds, since this honey product is an excellent antipyretic. It also has a strong sweatshop and anti-inflammatory effect.
Indispensable linden honey and with diseases of the respiratory tract, its properties allow you to quickly and easily cure laryngitis, tracheitis and bronchial asthma. It also helps to sputum, so it is used in treatment:
- angina ;
- ARI;
- coryza;
- irritation of the throat.
Useful properties of linden honey are also used in the fight against diseases that affect the gastrointestinal tract. Such honey product helps to remove various inflammatory processes, improve the liver, gallbladder and kidneys. Lime honey is also characterized by mild laxative effect, so it can be used for problems with stools. It is also suitable for external use, if a person has skin lesions with burns, eczema or purulent wounds. Honey from nectar of a linden is considered the popular means for treatment of measles, a mumps and cramps, arising at children. Mastitis and cystitis can also be won with the help of lime honey.
Doctors recommend eating such a product to people who suffer from diseases of the nervous system. The benefit of linden honey is that it relieves stress and stress, and also completely cures insomnia.
Contraindications to the use of linden honey
Lime honey is incredibly useful. But you can not use it all. Be wary of its use if you have diabetes or allergic diathesis. Also, you do not need to get involved with lime honey for men. This is due to the fact that the linden contains female hormones, and the over-saturation is not desirable for the stronger sex.
It is not necessary to conduct aerosol treatment with linden honey to those who are worried about asthma, alveolar enlargement, myocarditis , heart failure, frequent bleeding from the respiratory tract and damage to the heart valves.