Dead bees: how to use tincture for medicinal purposes
Almost all beekeeping products, including bee dead, are useful to one degree or another and are used to treat and maintain human health. How to properly prepare the dead bees, how to use tincture from it in order to appreciate all the medicinal properties of the drug?
Unfortunately, the life of a honey bee is not so long, and for one reason or another, insects in the apiary die all year round. The maximum number of corpses in the hive is found in the spring, when the beekeeper conducts an annual audit... It is the dead bees that are called podmor, which has long been famous as a valuable medicine of traditional medicine and is collected for the preparation of alcoholic tincture.
What are the medicinal properties of tincture on dead bees? What is the strength of this product?
Medicinal properties of tincture on the dead bees
After drying out, many complex biochemical compounds that have an effect on the body remain in the bodies of bees. But the most useful and valuable is a complex based on melanin and chitin. The compounds passing into alcohol determine the use of tincture from the dead bees in the treatment and prevention of such diseases as:
- the threat of atherosclerosis and the initial stages of the disease;
- diabetes;
- dysfunction of the gastrointestinal tract;
- being overweight and obese;
- toxicosis of various nature;
- varicose veins.
The biologically active substances included in the vodka-based tincture from the dead bees contribute to the speedy regeneration of tissues after wounds and burns; when used externally, they have a hemostatic and analgesic effect.
As a means of traditional medicine, tincture from the dead bees is applicable for inflammatory diseases. The remedy gives good results for angina, skin diseases, accompanied by a violation of the surface layers of the epidermis and the risk of secondary bacterial infection. In this case, the treatment with the bees' death also has an antibacterial effect.
Possessing all the qualities of a natural antioxidant, bee podmore promotes the early elimination of toxins, stops the processes of premature aging, improves the absorption of B vitamins by the body.
Collecting dead bees for treatment
Before using the tincture on the dead bees, it is necessary to collect the raw materials and prepare a remedy. Most often, the collection is carried out in early spring, when the hives open and prepare for the new honey season. If during the winter the beekeeper checked the condition of his wards, by the spring a fresh dead soil is collected in the hive, without traces of mustiness, mold, foreign debris, excrement or destruction inevitable during long-term storage. It is this raw material that is used to make a healing infusion.
In order for the use of alcoholic tincture from the dead bees to be really medicinal, experienced beekeepers advise taking bees for it, which have received good nutrition during the winter. In such a bee submarine, more nutrients are retained than in insects, which were fed only with sugar syrup for a long time.
In no case are they used for the preparation of the tincture of the pore formed in hives affected by parasites or diseases, including poisoning with toxic substances.
The collected dead water is cleaned of impurities, then sifted and sent to the oven for drying. The high temperature has a detrimental effect on the composition and condition of the raw material, so the process must take place when heated to 40-50 ° C. Dried bee podmore is packaged in small canvas bags and stored until the next season in a dry, ventilated place.
Preparation and use of tincture from the dead bees on vodka
For self-preparation of alcoholic tincture on a tablespoon of beesworm, you will need to take a glass of vodka.
Raw materials from insects are pre-crushed, poured into a dark glass container and filled with liquid. A tightly closed bottle is shaken and placed in a warm, dark place for infusion. You can use a tincture of bees from dead bees on vodka in two weeks. During this time, the liquid needs to be shaken occasionally in order to enhance the extraction, and before use, the solution is filtered.
So that the medicinal properties of the tincture on the dead bees do not evaporate ahead of time, it is better to store it in the dark at a constant room temperature.
The prophylactic norm for taking alcohol tincture on the bee submore is 20 drops. The tool is taken 2 - 3 times a day before meals in courses lasting about two months. Then a break is needed. Treatment with this remedy should be carried out only for medical reasons.
Since both alcohol and beekeeping products have their own contraindications, then before using the bee dead and tincture from it, you need to consult a specialist.
Alcohol infusions are contraindicated in children, women expecting a baby and breastfeeding, as well as older people. It is worth refraining from taking the drug to everyone who has signs of an allergic reaction to honey and other products from the apiary.