Hi Friends... Let's talk a bit about this golden colored sweet liquid called Honey, which contains natural unprocessed sugar called fructose and glucose, which has got innumerable 'Golden' properties!!
In my childhood my Grandma and my Mom both were using this honey as a good remedy for so many things including cough, allergies, burns etc. etc.
According to them, honey was a good medicine they could reach in no time for most of the health problems, especially for children...
Let me talk about some of these good properties of Honey...
It has got anti bacterial and anti fungal properties, which can heal minor wounds, cuts and burns so quickly!
According to my mom, giving 2 teaspoons of honey to children makes them much active and also acts as a memory booster.
While making lemon juice, if we use honey instead of sugar, it serves as an energy drink, just like tender coconut.
In my childhood, whenever I had a bad cough in winter or rainy season, my grandma used to make me lick a spoon full of honey mixed with a little pepper powder, half an hour before going to bed, which always helped me to get a good sleep without coughing.
Having 2 table spoons of honey added to one cup of warm milk before sleeping helps us to get good sleep.
It can be used to treat dandruff if mixed with equal quantity of water and applied to the scalp and rinsed off after 4 to 5 hours, and can be used for a week or two to keep the dandruff away.
Honey is a rich source of Carbohydrates, Vitamins, Minerals and Amino acids. It is a treasure of nutritional and medicinal values.
But we have to keep in mind to buy this honey from a good branded company. And it may not be good for infants below two years, because we may not rely 100% on the hygienic ways, how this honey is being collected and processed.
So my dear Friends... It is better to use honey instead of sugar, while making juices or ice-creams or sweets, whenever possible to get the maximum amount of goodness of this Sweet Golden colored Liquid....
See you soon with another blog about how this honey can be used in beauty treatments....
