We all know that the sweetest medicine in the world is honey. But the tireless workers of the bees create other unique products that people have long used in medicine. The most unique of them, no doubt, is bee bread. Perga is its official name. In the spring, as soon as the sun begins to warm, the bees get out of the hives and go in search of the first blooming flowers. Exhausted over the winter in their cramped "mansions" with nothing to do, the bees actively begin to collect nectar, and with it flower pollen. Probably, many saw yellow-orange balls on the paws of these workers. Sometimes the pollen is so big that you wonder how an insect manages to take it into the air. Having brought home the desired trophy, the bees knead the “dough” out of it, fill the honeycombs with it and fly again in search of a new product. Why do they need so many? How do bees use their bee bread? How can people benefit from it? So, first things first.
Pollen value for bees
Why we need nectar, of course. Bees make honey from it. What about pollen? Maybe it accidentally sticks to the paws of an insect while it is crawling on a flower and only interferes with work? But in nature there are no unnecessary accidents. Pollen, in fact, is the male germ cells of plants, carrying the information of the gene pool of each species and containing a specific, individual for each group of plants set of chemicals, and in very high concentrations. This is a unique invention of nature that allows both plants and bees to continue their kind on Earth.
Smart insects have adapted to make a special product from pollen - bee bread, which feed on larvae, nurse bees, builder bees, drones, that is, all members of the swarm, young and old. Larvae on such food grow tenfold in a few days. In nurse bees, pollen activates the production of royal jelly, without which the queen of the hive, the uterus, cannot live. In builder bees, pollen promotes the work of the wax glands, which means that the construction of new combs is successfully underway. Drones without pollen cannot become fully sexually mature and fulfill their role in extending the life of the hive. As you can see, "bread" activates the work of all their organs in bees. Research scientists have reliably established that this unique product has a similar effect on the human body.
Bee bread recipe
When a bee crawls through the flowers, dust particles attach to the hairs covering its abdomen. Insecthe combs himself with his paws, collecting dust particles in specific baskets, and so that these structures do not fall apart, he glues the dust particles with his saliva already on the flower. It turns out the so-called obnozhka, which we see on the paws of bees. Its color is usually yellowish-orange, but it can be pure yellow, whitish, slightly greenish, bright orange, and the taste ranges from sweet to bitter. It depends on which flowers the bee is working on.
After collecting as much as she can carry, she delivers the beehive to the hive. There, unique raw materials are placed in honeycombs, rammed and sealed with honey. All. Bee bread is ready. For greater safety, it is also preserved with lactic acid, which is produced in the "bee bakery". Therefore, the product resulting from all efforts is absolutely sterile. Members of the swarm eat it as needed without any other processing. A person has to carry out certain manipulations in order to feast on this bee culinary masterpiece.
Cell honeycomb
Not everyone knows the name of bee bread. His name is not particularly sonorous - perga. On sale, it can be of several types, not equivalent in terms of ease of use and the presence of useful substances in it. Cellular perga is considered the most natural. This is what the beekeepers get out of the hives on the frame, that is, to which the person did not make any effort. Honeycomb bee bread, although it is the most natural product, but it is not very pleasant to use it. The fact is that bees for "baking" their bread do not build new combs, but clogthe cells they already have in the hive, left after the brood. Their walls are usually rigid. In addition, they may contain the remains of cocoons of larvae, the so-called merva. Perga in such combs is a maximum of 60%, and the rest is the remains of cocoons and wax. Many people try to buy honeycomb perga, thinking that it is the most useful. Its disadvantage, in addition to eating unnecessary merva and discomfort when chewing, is a low shelf life due to the rapid formation of mold.
Ground perga
This product is also called perga paste. Such bee bread has different reviews. Some like pasta, because in this form it is pleasant to eat. In others, it causes allergies. Such a reaction is observed in people who do not tolerate honey well, because there is about one third of it in the paste, and only about 40% of bee bread itself. The paste is prepared by grinding the honeycombs and mixing the resulting mass with honey. There are also consumers who do not like the appearance of the pasta, but these are purely subjective assessments.
Granular bee bread
This is the most ideal bee bread, the only drawback of which can be individual intolerance to its components. Preparing granulated bee bread is simple - the honeycombs taken out of the hive are frozen, thoroughly cleaned of wax and cocoon residues, individual hexagonal granules are isolated, which, in fact, is the desired medicinal product. This type of bee bread is stored for a long time and well, it completely preserves all the useful substances, it is easy to chew. Taste, color and smell of granulesmay differ, which depends entirely on what the bees collected pollen from. Much better if they worked on forbs. If the bees used only a particular type of flowering plant, such as a sunflower, bee pollen can take on a distinctive smell and taste.
Composition of pollen
Scientists have found dozens of trace elements and chemicals useful for humans in bee bread. The nutritional value of this unique product is about 3 times higher than that of flower pollen untreated with bee enzymes. Perga contains vitamin C (up to 200 mg% or 2000 mg per liter), B1 - up to 15 mg / l, B2 - up to 19 mg / l, B6 up to - 9 mg / l, P - approximately 600 mg / l, A - about 50 mg/l, E - up to 1700 mg/l, D - up to 6 mg/l, mineral s alts - up to 70 mg/l, organic acids - up to 50 mg/l. Each comb can contain from 140 to 180 milligrams of bee bread. In addition, bee bread contains trace elements (iron, potassium, magnesium, calcium), proteins, special enzymes and hormones. In terms of its nutritional qualities, it corresponds to meat and milk.
Useful properties
Not everyone knows what bee bread is for. Perga, the use of which for medicinal purposes is based on its chemical composition, helps in the treatment of such systems and human organs:
- heart;
- blood vessels;
- kidneys;
- liver;
- stomach;
- genitourinary system;
- light;
- bones and joints;
- prostate;
- thyroid.
With the help of bee bread get rid of psoriasis, cholecystitis,gastritis, hypertension, hepatitis, increase hemoglobin. It is used to strengthen the immune system, purify the blood, rehabilitate after strokes and heart attacks, as a prophylactic for many diseases, to treat infertility, to cleanse the body of toxins. Also, perga contributes to a more active production of erythrocytes and reticulocytes by the bone marrow, normalizes the leukocyte formula, that is, it helps to treat all diseases associated with white and red blood cells.
Multiple studies have shown that bee bread has a high beneficial effect in the treatment of fibroids, mastopathy, oncological tumors (not malignant).
Do not use this medicine in the following situations:
- individual intolerance to the pollen of certain plants and bee products;
- children under one year old;
- the patient is bleeding.
How to take bee bread?
It seems to be a very simple question, but there is no single answer to it. Some healers advise doing this before meals, and be sure to drink plenty of water. Others, on the contrary, recommend eating bee bread only about half an hour after the meal is over.
After reviewing the studies of scientists and their many recommendations, we settled on this method of taking the remedy: it is more correct to eat bee bread no later than 20 minutes before the main meal, and without drinking anything. The fact is that bee bread with salivaof a person perfectly interacts and begins its beneficial activity (necessary chemical reactions) already in the mouth, so healing granules need to be absorbed like candy. The amount of a single dose may vary depending on the severity of the disease. Most often, it is advised to take only 1/3 teaspoon of pure bee bread at a time, or a teaspoon of a mixture of bee bread with honey. Do not take this magical medicine before going to bed, as you can easily lose sleep.
The number of perga receptions per day can be three or two times. The duration of treatment also depends on the type and severity of the disease. Sometimes a week is enough for healing, and in some cases it is necessary to stretch the course for three or even four months.
Some recipes
Folk healers have been using bee bread for many centuries. The use of this product in some diseases is carried out according to non-standard schemes. So, for adults suffering from diabetes, to reduce insulin dependence, traditional medicine recommends eating 2 teaspoons of bee bread three times a day without a slide. For children, a single serving is half a teaspoon.
HIV-infected at times of exacerbation is recommended to eat up to 60 grams per day. bee bread, breaking this amount into any parts that are convenient.
Wishing to get rid of dandruff and brittle hair, you can make special conditioners, for which a spoonful of bee bread is ground into powder and diluted in a glass of warm water.
Bee bread (perga): reviews
People who use pollen for treatment speak only enthusiastically about this natural product. Its main advantage is that it really relieves many ailments, without causing side effects and complications. Perga also does an excellent job of preventing the onset of diseases, especially colds. In the off-season, people take only a few granules daily and do not get sick with either the flu or acute respiratory infections. The disadvantages of bee bread, noted by some respondents, are its high price and the possibility of allergic reactions in people intolerant to honey and pollen.
