How to take one of the elite beekeeping products, sainfoin honey for health improvement
Honey is a valuable and unique product of the life of bees, adored by millions of people in the world. Floral, linden, and sweet clover varieties are popular in Russia. But what is and how to take sainfoin honey, few know.
What is sainfoin honey
The main advantage of a plant from the legume family is its flowering time. The honey plant fully reveals its inflorescences in late May, early July. At this time, all other flowers that attract bees have already faded. The result is a pure, monofloral product with an inimitable fresh scent of roses and a distinctive taste.
Bees actively collect nectar from meadows where sainfoin grows. They are especially attracted by the Siberian, Transcaucasian, sowing varieties of this perennial. One striped worker collects for a bribe (the period of active harvesting of nectar and honey) up to 6 kg of pollen from this honey plant.
Sainfoin honey in Europe and North America has been very popular for a very long time. There, multi-hectare plantations are specially sown with sainfoin. Canada is the leader in the production of this type of honey; the Tuscan and Gita varieties, produced in Italy and France, respectively, are considered elite varieties of this valuable product.
Sainfoin honey is appreciated all over the world as an exquisite delicacy. This variety contains all the best qualities, useful properties, great taste and aroma of a sweet beekeeping product. The variety occupies a leading position in the ranking of the most useful honey products, it is in the top five.
Sainfoin honey is very beneficial in terms of productivity. One hectare of land sown with this plant allows you to get up to 500 kg of elite, healthy sweets. The composition of sainfoin honey is almost identical to sweet clover honey.
The product is little known in Russia. The fact is that sainfoin in most Russian regions does not have time to bloom in full force due to climatic conditions. Most often, the herbaceous crop is used as livestock feed.
Distinctive characteristics of sainfoin honey
Esparcet honey has some features that distinguish it from other varieties of sweet beekeeping product:
- When fresh, it is very liquid, translucent with a golden or light emerald hue.
- The smell is fragrant, light, with hints of tea rose and green herbs.
- Differs in a particularly mild taste, sweetness without sugaryness and bitterness, which are found in ordinary honey varieties.
- Unobtrusive herbaceous aftertaste.
- Crystallization begins a month after pumping out, honey gradually becomes fine-grained, acquires a whitish color with a cream or pinkish tint.
The treat is kept in a cool place for a long time. To preserve the quality, they put it in a glass or ceramic container.The young product is stored at +15 degrees, after the start of crystallization it is reduced to +6. It is not worth freezing and heating a valuable product, it loses its amazing taste, aroma and some of its useful properties.
Benefits and methods of application
The composition of honey contains useful minerals, vitamins, amino acids, enzymes. It is rich in a complex of vitamins B (B5, B2, B6, B9), ascorbic acid, niacin, biotin. It contains iodine, manganese, potassium, copper, calcium, fluorine, iron, cobalt. The product contains 80% carbohydrates, which are fruit sugar and glucose. Caloric content is 310 kcal, which is the average value of beekeeping products.
In a teaspoon of sainfoin honey, on average, 37 kcal, in the dining room - 110 kcal.
Due to the unique chemical composition of the delicacy and its properties, sainfoin honey has found application in medicine, cosmetology, and cooking.
Regular dosed use of a beekeeping product has the following beneficial effects on the human body:
- Improves the functioning of the digestive system, therefore it is recommended in the presence of gastritis, stomach ulcers.
- Has anti-inflammatory effect.
- Tones and improves the immune system.
- Improves the condition of the blood by thinning it, normalizing the level of hemoglobin.
- Eliminates depressive and anxious states due to mild sedative action.
- Improves metabolic processes.
- Promotes the elimination of excess fluid and the removal of puffiness, which is important for problems with the kidneys and heart.
- Relieves anxiety and fatigue.
- Mobilizes the mental and physical reserves of the body.
- Improves performance by enhancing concentration.
- Promotes skin regeneration.
In cosmetology, sainfoin honey is used for massage, wrapping. It is included in creams, masks for hair and skin. The effectiveness of a sweet beekeeping product is enhanced by mixing it with lemon juice, glycerin, egg yolk, sour cream, oatmeal.
The delicacy is also actively used in cooking. Due to its unobtrusive sweetness, pleasant, subtle aroma, it is added to desserts, drinks, meat dishes for caramelization, and sauces.
How to take sainfoin honey
Many people are accustomed to using honey as a medicine with hot tea or milk. This is not entirely correct, since by taking sainfoin honey heated, a person loses most of its benefits. It is best to dissolve the product slowly. This is how they treat colds, diseases of the throat, bronchi, stomach, kidneys. After the product is completely dissolved on the tongue, you can drink it with tea or just warm water. They take this medicine three times a day. If there are no contraindications, you can do it more often. But it is important not to overdo it so that the treatment does not provoke problems with blood glucose levels or cause allergies.
In case of inflammatory processes in the oral cavity, the gums are abundantly lubricated with a liquid beekeeping product or sweetness is applied to tissue strips, which are then applied to the inflamed areas in the mouth. Keep until honey dissolves. For gynecological and proctological problems, a tampon is impregnated with honey and inserted into the vagina or into the anus.
To restore male strength, increase endurance, eliminate problems with the prostate gland, doctors advise mixing the same amount of honey and carrot juice... Consume 40 grams. three times a day.
Potential harm
Take sainfoin honey as a medicine, taking into account contraindications. They are the same as for any other beekeeping product.
It is used with caution inside or as part of home cosmetics in the following cases:
- overweight, since the product contains natural sugars, therefore it is quite high in calories;
- individual intolerance to any product produced by bees;
- children under 3 years old;
- allergic reactions;
- diabetes;
- pregnancy.
Even in the absence of all of the above contraindications, honey should be consumed in moderation. One or two spoons a day is sufficient. Uncontrolled eating of a sweet and aromatic product can harm even a healthy person.
Purchase rules
Honey is a very valuable and expensive product. Therefore, when buying any variety from unverified sellers, there is always a great risk of purchasing a cheap fake in the form of molasses mixed with flavors. But if the usual honey varieties (lime, sweet clover) sophisticated lovers of this sweet can distinguish from unnatural ones, then many do not know what sainfoin honey is and can easily confuse such an exotic product with other varieties or even with a fake.
Knowing its distinctive features, you can easily find a natural product:
- You can distinguish honey from sainfoin nectar by its unusual color and smell. The fresh product has an emerald-golden color and a persistent scent of fresh roses.
- A delicacy with a transparent consistency can be purchased only at the beginning or middle of summer.
- It crystallizes quickly, therefore, after being harvested in June-July, by the beginning of autumn it already becomes semi-solid, turning into a cream color.
- If the seller offers liquid honey in winter, it means that it is not natural or it was melted, which is also not very good.
- Sainfoin honey tastes sweet with a little astringency.
- When transfused, it forms a slowly spreading slide.
- If you stick a stick into it and pull it up, the product is pulled into a thin thread.
- There should be no foam on the surface of the honey, this is a sign of immaturity.
These simple rules will help you get a natural treat.
Sainfoin honey is considered one of the best, elite varieties of this sweet in the world. It is appreciated for the absence of sweetness and bitterness, which many do not like in other varieties of honey, a clean, pronounced aroma of roses. But, like any other beekeeping product, sainfoin honey has useful properties and contraindications, so you should not use it in large quantities, even for completely healthy people.