The honey produced by bees is very useful for the body. In addition, in folk medicine, the weapons of these insects are also used - a sting filled with poison. This method of treatment is becoming more popular, and even there are special agents (ointments and creams), created on the basis of bee venom.
To understand why bee venom is a medicine, and what exactly it is useful for, it is necessary to understand what happens when the shoulder stings, and after it.
Bite sting
The bee's weapon is not only an acute sting, it is a whole "apparatus", which consists of:
- the very sting;
- two poisonous glands (large and small);
- reservoir for accumulation of poison.
At the time of the bite, the insect pierces its sting into the human skin, leaving it with all the other parts of this "apparatus" inside the body, and flies away. Since the poison still remains in the bag, and its gradual injection is due to muscle contraction, it is recommended that the stinger be removed to reduce the reaction to the bee venom.
After getting poison into the body, this place starts a chemical reaction that causes stress, after which the process of self-healing begins. It is this effect that is used to treat certain diseases.
The protein melitin contained in the toxic substance is very harmful to humans, but due to the fact that only 0.2-0.3 milligrams of poison is released at a time, the effect is opposite: the organs start to activate and recover. After all, this dose causes biochemical processes, the result of which are the following changes:
- the content of hemoglobin cells increases in the blood and the amount of cholesterol decreases;
- improves blood circulation in a specific place, by expanding the blood vessels (capillaries and small arteries) and accelerating the movement of blood;
- reduces the pain syndrome.
- decreases blood pressure.
- blood thinning and blood coagulability decreases.
- improves metabolism.
After studying the effect of bee venom on the human body, scientists developed a special treatment technique with the use of bee venom.
Indications for the use of bee venom
The composition of the protective agent of these insects includes not only cell-destroying protein (melitin), but also amino acids, enzymes, chemical elements, inorganic acids, etc.
Thanks to such components, with the help of bee venom it is possible to cure diseases and conditions:
- musculoskeletal system - a hernia of the intervertebral disc, joint damage (arthritis) and spine, relieves increased muscle tone;
- loss of sleep and appetite;
- permanent weakness and malaise;
- cardiovascular system, due to the normalization of the heart rate and the improvement of circulatory processes;
- skin - accelerates the healing of various wounds, including trophic ulcers ;
- genitourinary system, that is, gynecological and urological diseases;
- the nervous system and the gastrointestinal tract, with the help of apamine;
- allergic reactions - due to the content of natural hydrocortisone, puffiness, inflammation and itching are removed.
Also, this method of treatment helps to protect or reduce the effect of radiation on cells, increases efficiency and general tone. And the increase in melitin hormone production by the adrenal glands - cortisol, helps hormone-dependent patients to reduce the dose of drugs.
Of course, it is more pleasant to use ointment with bee venom in the treatment, and without the painful procedure of bee stings get the necessary elements. But it is worth considering that when a bee stings you, you get a 100% pure product, while in creams it's only 10-15%, and, of course, chemical components can be used.