Most people have pots of aloe on their windowsills. The plant is not fashionable, so it is rarely used in design solutions.
Many of us know that this plant is indispensable in the fight against a large number of different diseases. Its properties are revealed even brighter in combination with other natural ingredients. A mixture of honey and aloe is considered a classic in the fight against many ailments.
This combination in traditional medicine is almost universal. Medicinal formulations, which consist of the pulp or juice of aloe leaves and honey, combine the healing properties of the products and are biologically powerful stimulants.
Let's find out what the secret of aloe juice with honey is, and also figure out how to take and prepare various healing elixirs, mixtures and potions to promote he alth, treat and prevent various diseases.
Healing properties
The healing effect on the human body of this simple combinationdue to the composition and qualities of each product. Consider the properties of honey and aloe.
Benefits of honey
The main life product of bees is a storehouse of a huge number of useful substances, including mineral s alts, vitamins, amino acids, enzymes, organic and inorganic acids.
It has wound healing, nutritional, antimicrobial, antibacterial, antioxidant, antiviral, tonic, regenerating properties. The medicinal properties of the product directly depend on the plants and the area where the bees collected pollen.
Benefits of Aloe
Agave (or aloe) contains a unique complex of vitamins, trace elements and minerals, bioflavonoids, antioxidants, esters, organic acids, resinous substances, enzymes and other biostimulants.
This plant has excellent antiseptic, regenerating, immunomodulatory, anti-inflammatory, restorative, analgesic, stimulating digestion, toning and activating metabolism properties.
When these two products are combined, the therapeutic effect only intensifies, so we can safely say that almost all domestic ailments can be cured with this remedy. They use infusions and elixirs of aloe with honey for the stomach, in the treatment of coughs, in cosmetology, to strengthen and restore lost hair, to rejuvenate sagging skin.
There are a large number of prescriptions for the treatment of various diseases. Aloe tinctures with honey create onbased on vodka, alcohol, fortified wine: high-quality honey is mixed with crushed fleshy leaves or juice in the required proportion and infused.
Contraindications
Before we move on to the ways to treat aloe with honey, it should be noted that not all people can use products based on them.
The main contraindications include:
- exacerbation of diseases of the kidneys, liver and gastrointestinal tract;
- arterial hypertension;
- hemorrhoids;
- pathologies that are accompanied by bleeding;
- under 3 years of age;
- old age;
- lactation and gestation period;
- individual intolerance to bee products and aloe;
- oncological diseases.
It must be remembered that all healing formulations with aloe are not recommended for more than three weeks.
Recipes for immunity and he alth
The largest amount of nutrients is found in the fleshy lower leaves of a plant that has reached the age of five. After circumcision, they are thoroughly washed, dried on a towel, put in a bag and put in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks. During this time, the amount of biostimulants in aloe leaves increases several times.
After the allotted time, thorns are removed from the leaves. Next, the pulp is cut into layers, and the juice is squeezed through cheesecloth. From the resulting juice, tinctures are immediately prepared, the basis for cosmetic masks or gruel for oral administration. Juice can be poured if necessaryin a jar and store covered in the refrigerator.
Cough medicine
This recipe allows you to fight effectively with various types of cough that accompanies diseases of the respiratory system. This will require: aloe, honey, vodka.
To prepare the remedy, a glass of plant juice is mixed with a glass of liquid honey (if the honey is too thick, then the container with it must be kept on a warm battery for about three days) and 100 ml of high-quality vodka is added to the mixture.
The elixir is infused for several days in a cool dark place. Now the cough medicine with honey and aloe is ready for use. You can use the mixture 3-5 times a day, a dessert spoon before meals. Store in a glass jar with a lid in the refrigerator.
Means for immunity
To activate the body's defenses with reduced immunity, folk healers advise taking a mixture that contains nuts, aloe, honey, lemon.
100 g walnuts are crushed in a coffee grinder, half a glass of fresh lemon or lime juice, aloe juice and any honey is added to them (it is advisable to use multi-component varieties: flower, meadow, Carpathian, Altai, forest, etc.). The finished mixture should be stored in the refrigerator. You need to take it before each meal, a tablespoon.
Add lemon
This use of aloe with honey is effective for a tendency to colds, reduced immunity, frequent acute respiratory infections and acute respiratory viral infections, sleep problems, digestive disorders and apathy. Heused to treat and prevent all of the listed ailments.
One medium lemon is poured over with boiling water, dried with a paper towel and cut into small pieces along with the zest. To the lemon mass in a glass bowl add 50 g of liquid honey (acacia or May) and 2 tablespoons of aloe juice.
To enhance the anti-inflammatory and sedative effect, you can add 15 ml of a decoction of perforated St. John's wort (a tablespoon of the plant is stewed in one glass of water for about 20 minutes, filtered and cooled). True, you need to be careful with St. John's wort: you should not use it for women who take birth control pills.
The mixture is placed in a glass jar and stored in the refrigerator with a lid. Use a tablespoon three times a day before meals. The amount received may be enough for you for several days, then you will need to prepare a fresh portion. The course of treatment is 2-3 weeks. The medicine is especially effective to take during the outbreak of influenza epidemics and during the season of colds.
Aloe with cahors and honey
This tincture of aloe with honey has unique healing properties. It is recommended for colds, bronchitis, metabolic disorders, influenza, pathologies of the liver and gallbladder, gastrointestinal diseases (gastritis, ulcers, colitis, flatulence, etc.).
You need to mix the crushed leaves of the plant, Cahors and bee honey in the proportion of 100 g: 200 ml: 100 g, respectively. Pour the tincture into a dark bottle, tightly cork with a lid and remove to infuse for 8-9 days, not forgetting to shake every day. Strain the prepared tincture anduse a tablespoon before meals 2 - 4 times a day.
Eye treatment
Aloe juice with honey can eliminate irritation of the mucous membrane of the eye. It is most convenient to use the product in the form of drops. They are very easy to prepare: mix liquid honey, aloe juice and distilled water in equal proportions. Close tightly with a lid and refrigerate for a week. Eyes instilled three times a day, 2 drops.
Treatment of sinusitis and runny nose
With a runny nose and sinusitis, nasal drops from aloe with honey are very effective. At the same time, they are very easy to prepare. Mix in equal proportions aloe juice and liquid honey (preferably lime or flower). If the drops are too thick, add a small amount of distilled water or regular saline to them. It is necessary to instill 4 times a day, a couple of drops in each nostril.
Lotion and facial mask
The combination of aloe and honey is suitable for all skin types and all ages, but only if you are not allergic to bee products and agave. A face mask with this composition allows you to solve a huge number of dermatological problems, including acne, pimples, comedones, age spots.
To make a lotion, mix 1/8 cup honey and ¼ cup plant juice. The finished product is wiped with problematic and oily skin twice a day after cleansing from cosmetics and dirt.
Such masks are an amazing remedy for aging skin. By amplifyingregeneration begins smoothing deep-lying wrinkles and gradual facial rejuvenation, regardless of the initial state of the epidermis.
Professional cosmetologists recommend to their clients a nourishing anti-wrinkle mask: in a glass bowl, using a wooden spatula, mix 2 tablespoons of ripe avocado or persimmon pulp (optional), one spoonful of aloe juice, a spoonful of honey and a few drops of avocado oil.
The resulting mixture is applied for 20 minutes on a cleansed face, and then washed off with a warm infusion of yarrow or string. Procedures are performed twice a week for 2-3 months.
Effective hair mask
Masks with the addition of aloe help to improve the regeneration of the scalp, effectively cleanse the bulbs from sebum, prevent hair loss and activate their growth. According to the reviews of a huge number of women, for happy owners of normal and dry hair, a simple mask is perfect, which is prepared as follows: burdock oil (15 ml) is ground into foam with raw yolk, a teaspoon of plant juice and a tablespoon of liquid honey are added. The finished mixture is rubbed into the scalp half an hour before washing the hair and kept under a warming cap on the head. The mask is thoroughly washed off with a mild organic shampoo suitable for your hair type.
Practically all people who use healing products based on aloe and honey, respond with admiration for the results. It must be understood that therapyusing completely safe for he alth and completely biological means, it very effectively treats diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, raises immunity, improves the quality of life, helps to quickly cure cough, relieve swelling in sinusitis and sinusitis. At the same time, the beautiful half of humanity, which does not avoid proven folk safe beauty products, successfully improves its own appearance with the help of the simplest products available to everyone. And now, as you could see, you also have such an opportunity.
