Useful properties of a unique beekeeping product - fireweed honey

Honey is a healthy and tasty product that adults and children enjoy with pleasure. The beneficial properties of fireweed honey are known in medical practice and healing. Outwardly, one can immediately distinguish such a bee product by its white opaque color after the formation of sugar crystals.

Ivan tea pollen is what bees extract from fireweed honey. The plant is widespread in the northern hemisphere and is perennial. The flowering period for Ivan tea is long, begins in the second half of summer and ends only in autumn. Inflorescences can be of various colors: beige, pale pink, purple. Bees are attracted by the sweet aroma of nectar. Among plants, willow tea is the leader in honey collection. With an area of ​​only 100 sq. m. bees can harvest from up to 7 kg of annual product.

Properties and chemical composition of fireweed honey

Ivan tea pollen honey has its own characteristics:

1. The taste is rich sweet, with a pleasant bitterness aftertaste, but without cloying.
2. The structure - after pumping out honey - is liquid, after crystallization of sugars - thick, in consistency close to cream or sour cream. The crystallization process takes place within 2-3 months, the nectar becomes opaque and light, which is why fireweed honey is white.
3. The color is light with a sulfur-yellow or green tint, which corresponds to the color of willow tea pollen.

If the buyer makes a purchase of fireweed honey for the first time, then the appearance of the product can be off-putting. However, the taste and aroma of the delicacy forever change the attitude to honey, honey from ivan tea becomes a favorite.

Fireweed honey is a beekeeping product with medicinal properties. Ivan tea honey has absorbed the most active biological substances of pollen and nectar:

1. The basis (about 80-81%) - natural sugars - fructose, glucose, sugar, and other polysaccharides in a smaller composition. It is the base that gives the rich sweet taste, but also leads to the sugariness.
2. Amino acids and proteins - about 0.8-1%.
3. Healthy fatty acids.
4. Enzymes.
5. Minerals and trace elements - sodium, calcium, phosphorus.
6. The active ingredients are vitamin C, niacin, tocopherol, thiamine, riboflavin.
7. Antioxidants, natural preservatives - tannins.

In terms of calorie content, fireweed honey has a value above the average flower nectar, approximately - 328 - 333 kcal per 100 g of product.

The benefits of honey from Ivan tea flowers

The benefits of fireweed honey are noted by classical and traditional medicine. This can be explained by an extensive list of useful properties, as well as a list of diseases in which there is an improvement in the condition:

• increasing the body's resistance to viral, seasonal, respiratory diseases;
• increasing the effectiveness of the protective barrier, which helps to prevent many diseases;
• activation of regeneration processes in the cells of the mucous membranes, skin, the whole organism;
• beneficial effects on the nervous system, participation in the production of the hormone of joy, the fight against depression;
• restoring the rhythm of sleep and wakefulness;
• reducing swelling and pain in the foci of infection and inflammation;
• restoration of blood counts, increased iron content;
• beneficial effect on the urinary system;
• healing of ulcers and inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract;
• bactericidal property - reducing the concentration of viruses, bacteria, fungi;
• improving the condition of the skin, reducing wrinkles, increasing tone.

The positive effect is enhanced with the use of the recommended doses, without overeating.

Useful properties of fireweed honey for various diseases

Fireweed honey can be used as a therapeutic and prophylactic agent for a number of diseases.

Skin diseases, wounds, burns. Due to their bactericidal properties, dressings and compresses with honey can be used for wound healing and tissue regeneration. As a basis, a decoction of eucalyptus leaves is prepared - the ratio of 10 parts of water and 1 part of dry leaves. After boiling, the broth must be removed from the stove, set to stand, strain. For about half a liter of broth, add a spoonful of honey. The composition is used as compresses, lotions, baths.

Respiratory disease. During colds, it's important to stay hydrated. For fast absorption of liquid, the water temperature must be equal to body temperature. With these parameters, the beneficial properties of honey are preserved.

Diseases of the bronchi, nose, throat. You can use a honey gargle solution. The base of the rinse solution is a decoction of herbs with anti-inflammatory effect (sage, chamomile, plantain). After cooling, settling and straining, add one teaspoon of honey. The resulting solution must be rinsed out.

Diseases of the digestive system. A popular folk recipe is to insist a spoonful of dried cress herb in 200 ml of boiling water, cool, strain. Add one teaspoon of honey to the resulting solution. Drink the infusion after eating.

We revitalize the heart, blood vessels and nervous system

Diseases of the heart and blood vessels. As a prophylactic agent, a mixture of fireweed honey and a decoction of corn silk should be made. The infusion can be prepared by adding two tablespoons of the herbal mixture to a thermos, pour 500 ml of boiling water, leave for 2-3 hours. After straining, add a teaspoon of honey, consume throughout the day.

Diseases of the nervous system. Stress and the modern rhythm of life leads to stress on the nervous system. As a mild sedative and cure for insomnia, half a glass of warm water with a teaspoon of honey dissolved in it can help. As a prophylactic agent, you can prepare a mixture of medicinal components. Ratio & Ingredients: 1 part aloe juice: 2 parts of Ivan tea honey: 2 parts of red wine. The mixture is placed in a dark place and infused for 2 weeks. It is taken in 100 ml before dinner.

One teaspoon of honey is enough for a glass of warm water; it is permissible to consume no more than 4-5 teaspoons per day. For children, the dosage should be halved. Such a drink quickly replenishes the lack of fluid, saturates the body with energy, vitamins, and microelements.

We identify a fake

Fake honey does not benefit the consumer at best. The beekeeping product is quite expensive, so you need to buy honey from trusted beekeepers to be sure of the quality. As cheap fillers can be used - sugar, starch, water.

How to distinguish a fake when buying fireweed honey:

1. Color. Real honey from ivan tea of ​​light shade with a greenish tint. If the color of the product is rich yellow, amber, brownish, then this indicates another type of honey or a fake.
2. Smell. Real fireweed honey has a subtle, barely perceptible smell. If the beekeeping product has a bright smell that hits the nose, then you should think about the quality of the product.
3. The taste of fireweed honey is delicate with a slight bitterness. A pleasant sweetness is felt in the mouth, but without cloying. After tasting, the honey should melt on the tongue, even after sugaring, there is no need to chew the grains. The presence of crystals may indicate the poor quality of the product.
4. During the tasting, you can watch the honey dripping off the spoon. The real product flows down in a continuous trickle formation. Flowing down from a spoon in an intermittent stream with drops is a sign of a fake.

Contraindications

There are diseases or conditions in which you need to use honey with caution or completely cancel:

• diabetes;
• allergic and individual reactions to plant components or ivan tea pollen;
• asthma - as a result of a high concentration of enzymes, an allergic reaction and an attack of suffocation can occur;
• excess body weight and diet, since honey has a high calorie content;
• acute phase of chronic diseases.

Fireweed honey is a primordially Russian product that has been undeservedly forgotten. Having tried it at least once, the consumer becomes a fan of the product, easily distinguishes it from other types of honey.

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