Melilot honey - useful properties and contraindications

Melilot honey has established itself as a model of quality for beekeepers. This is one of the most valuable and noble varieties, which has a lot of useful properties.

The period of extraction by the bees of healing nectar falls on the flowering period of the honey clover plant (Melilotus Officinalis) - June, August. Honey is usually pumped out in July. Depending on the variety of the plant, and this can be white or yellow melilot, the color of honey may vary. Collecting from white plants, bees bring to the hive a white and transparent beekeeping product. There are also differences in taste:

1. Yellow - characterized by richness and softness of taste, a characteristic strong odor.
2. White - has a pleasant vanilla fragrance, at the same time its taste has bitterness.

Interestingly, it is visually difficult to attribute it to the usual varieties of bee collections. It is rather a miracle created by nature itself. Thick white, creamy mass with the smell of vanilla, more like a dessert.

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Melilot honey is similar to rapeseed in consistency. It does not form crystals for a long time, and when thickened, its crystallization is soft, in the form of a viscous composition. In order not to fall into the bait of an unscrupulous beekeeper, it is important to know the differences between noble and rapeseed honey.

If we talk about the healing properties, then, of course, the first does not go to any comparison in its composition and value with the second. Rapeseed honey is the trouble of beekeepers. This nuance cannot be determined with the naked eye, only organoleptic features can help out. Honey collected from sweet clover - you rarely find it on free sale, it is purchased on an individual order directly from the beekeeper or at specialized exhibitions.

The main differences of rapeseed honey:

• Fast crystallization.
• Souring, fermentation.
• Insolubility in water.
• The lack of a characteristic vanilla odor.

Historical facts

Americans grow clover like weed at the side of the road. An ungrateful continent is not ready to plant this plant for insects, however, for more than a decade they have been using the sweetness collected by bees from it. In Russia and Ukraine, the plant is sown as a feed additive for the diet of livestock, as well as to improve soil quality. Beekeepers have long and productively used this tradition for their own purposes.

Before moving on to valuable properties, you need to figure out what causes them. To this end, the product has been thoroughly studied. If we take into account the incredible properties of the plant, which are widely used in folk and traditional medicine, and add to them the vital products of bees, which are not inferior in their components, but even complement them - we get a kind of useful substance - a storehouse of health and longevity.

The chemical composition of clover honey

• Fructose. Its composition is the overwhelming majority (40%).
• Vitamins of group B.
• Vitamin A.
• Ascorbic acid.
• Vitamin PP
• Vitamin E.
• Zinc.
• Iron.
• Chromium.
• Boron.
• Calcium.
• Folic acid.

Glucose. Its high content (36%) slows down the crystallization process. Makes the product viscous and viscous, somewhat similar to condensed milk.

Honey is a complete dessert. No factory sweets have such a beneficial composition of vitamins, micro and macro elements.If we compare the amount of retinol in veal meat and melilot honey, sweetness leads by a margin of 50 times.

The healing properties of the substance

1. Stimulating. It improves the functioning of the heart muscle and strengthens blood vessels. At the first sign of hypertension, its use is effective. Able to normalize blood pressure, blood supply. Effective is the intake of zabrus filled with honey from the flowers of clover.
2. Thinning. It is famous for its ability to prevent blood clots. Regulates the density of blood. Maintains vascular walls in good shape. The main assistant is dicumarol, which is part of healing honey.
3. Immunomodulating. In the season of mass infections strengthens the body. It creates barriers to the entry of viruses.
4. Respiratory Effective for tonsillitis, tracheitis, laryngitis.
5. Antispasmodic. It softens pain in sore throat and digestive organs. It copes with pain caused by migraines.
6. Bronchodilator Promotes exfoliation and mucus secretion. Expectorant.
7. Anti-inflammatory. Often used for tuberculosis, pulmonary inflammation.
8. Saturating. The value for the female body during gestation is undeniable. It makes it possible through the mother's body to enrich the developing baby with useful substances.
9. Increasing lactation. Able to gently and gently care for breasts during periods of milk stagnation and at the first signs of mastitis.
10. Restoring hormones with menopause. Smoothes the symptoms.
11. Sedative A mild sedative effect on the nervous system. Relieves tension, restores sleep.
12. Metabolic. Establishes stable bowel function, relieves bloating and discomfort.
13. Appetizing. It is noticed that when consumed by children it does not confuse the feeling of hunger, but provokes the appearance of appetite.
14. Antiseptic. It is widely used to treat abscesses, boils, burns, inflamed purulent wounds.
15. Smoothing properties - alleviates symptoms of arthritis, gout, rheumatism.
16. Anti-aging. It is used in home and industrial cosmetology in the composition of masks, shampoos, balms.
17. Regenerating. Restores the structure of hair, skin, smoothes wrinkles.
18. Tonic. It invigorates the body and restores skin turgor.
19. Cleansing. Removes toxins. It has a laxative effect.
20. Urinary. Relieves swelling. Stimulates the urinary system.

Contraindications

Like any food product, clover honey also has contraindications:

1. In case of allergic symptoms, it must be borne in mind that honey collection occurs from legumes. If there is a reaction of the body to beans, peas and lentils, then the use of honey in food is prohibited. The bee product itself can also be dangerous for allergy sufferers.
2. With diabetes.
3. With pancreatitis, take with caution.
4. If necessary, control the weight - take into account the calorie content of the product.

Alternative Medicine

Recently, people are increasingly resorting to alternative methods of treatment. This is due to unreasonably high prices and the dubious quality of medicines. Also trending is the fashion for naturalness in everything. In some cases, it is more advisable to use the gifts of nature than to use expensive chemicals.

To increase lactation
After each meal, it is recommended to eat a dessert spoon of honey. You can increase the increase in milk by combining healing honey with herbs that increase lactation (fennel, anise, dill, corn stigmas). Important! It is necessary to pay attention to the condition of the child. Herbs and honey can trigger allergies.

To increase immunity
For the prevention of colds and respiratory diseases, adults are shown 25 g, children 15 g.

When coughing
With a black radish cut off a hat, make a recess.Melilot honey is put into the hole and set aside for a day. Use juice secreted from the root (3-5 times a day).

With varicose veins
Melilot honey (250 g), mixed with chopped garlic cloves (350 g). Insist for a week. Take three times a day for a teaspoon, before meals.

Also, with intolerance to garlic, onion juice can be replaced. In this case, the mixture is insisted without access to light for three days, after which it is stored in the refrigerator for up to 10 days.

With hemorrhoids
20 g of honey are diluted in water (100 ml), used for douching. It is also recommended to add honey from clover flowers to warm baths for bathing.

With pulmonary inflammation
Melilot honey (2 parts) is mixed with aloe (1 part) and vodka (3 parts). The resulting composition is taken in the form of an application or compress on the chest, back, lungs.

For constipation
Mix 1 tbsp. a spoonful of water, honey and oat flakes. Grated large apple and juice from half a lemon are added to everything. The composition is taken daily, 1 tbsp. spoon during lunch.

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