The therapeutic mixture of honey and aloe juice is used to improve immunity, normalize the digestive tract, and quickly and effectively heal wounds. The combination of these two natural ingredients is considered by traditional healers to be almost universal. It combines and enhances the healing properties of both products and is a powerful biological stimulant.
There are many effective traditional medicines based on honey with aloe juice. How useful is such a composition? Its medicinal properties and contraindications will be discussed in this article. The beneficial effect on the body of such a combination is determined by the healing properties and the unique composition of each product.
Useful properties of aloe
Aloe (agave, home doctor) contains a complex of trace elements and vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, organic acids and flavonoids, enzymes and esters, resinous substances and other biostimulants. No wonder the family doctorgot its name among the people - it has powerful anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory, regenerating and antiseptic, as well as regenerating, stimulating digestion and analgesic properties.
Benefits of honey
Natural honey is a storehouse of useful compounds. It contains enzymes and amino acids, vitamins and mineral s alts, as well as inorganic and organic acids. Honey is known for its many he alth benefits:
- wound healing;
- nutritious;
- antimicrobial;
- antibacterial;
- antioxidant;
- antiviral;
- tonic;
- regenerating.
Healing properties of different varieties of honey depend on the plants from which bee pollen is collected.
Even without being a serious specialist in traditional medicine, one can assume, having studied the composition of aloe and honey, how such a composition is useful. When these products are combined, their healing properties are naturally enhanced. Traditional healers have been using this combination in their practice for a long time, and modern scientists in the course of numerous studies have confirmed the benefits of aloe with honey. There are also contraindications to the use of such a composition, but more on that later.
Healing compositions containing honey and home doctor juice are used by traditional healers to treat many diseases. In addition, they are used in cosmetology for skin rejuvenation and hair structure restoration.
Contraindications for use
Before proceeding to the description of prescription drugs, it must be said that not all patients can use them. Many people who have ever used traditional medicine know that they can bring both benefit and harm. Aloe juice with honey in this sense is no exception. For this reason, it is important to know when to stop using this remedy. Contraindications to taking these drugs include:
- high blood pressure;
- diseases of the liver, kidneys, gastrointestinal tract during an exacerbation;
- hemorrhoids;
- old age;
- individual intolerance;
- pregnancy and lactation;
- oncological diseases.
You should know that the benefits and harms of aloe with honey for the body depend not only on the presence of certain contraindications, but also on compliance with the dosage and duration of treatment. Aloe-based formulations, including those with honey, should not be used for more than three weeks.
Indications for use
We have already said that traditional healers consider this remedy a panacea for all diseases. Meanwhile, representatives of traditional medicine do not deny its healing effect. Quite often, doctors prescribe this remedy as a prophylactic for ARVI and influenza. Its healing properties are used in rheumatology and otolaryngology, pulmonology and ophthalmology, gynecology and immunology, cosmetology and dermatology.
- Respiratorydiseases. Even a person who is far from traditional medicine understands how aloe juice with honey is useful - it is an effective natural remedy for coughs and colds. It can be given to both the elderly and children.
- Otolaryngology. With sinusitis, runny nose, laryngitis, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, aloe with honey is used as a natural antiseptic that disinfects the mucous membrane of the nasal passages, mouth, throat. In addition, this useful mixture also has bactericidal properties. Therefore, it is effective for streptococcal and staphylococcal infections (tonsillitis, tonsillitis, stomatitis). At the same time, one should not forget that bacterial infections are treated with antibiotics, and other means can only be considered as auxiliary.
- Disorders of the digestive tract. How useful is aloe juice with honey for such problems? Such drugs treat peptic ulcer and chronic gastritis, relieve conditions with diseases of the pancreas, enterocolitis, frequent colitis, constipation, liver problems.
- Ophthalmology. The beneficial properties of honey with aloe are used in the treatment of many eye diseases - blepharitis, conjunctivitis, iritis and a number of other inflammations. Compositions based on agave and natural honey are effective in progressive myopia, to relax the muscles of the eyes, supply them with blood, and improve the functioning of the optic nerves. You can use aloe and honey as eye lotions, which quickly relieve swelling of the eyelids, fatigue, are useful for abscesses (barley) on the eyelids. But such a mixture should not be instilled into the eyes - honey will cause burning, tearing and itching.
- Diseases of the joints. The benefits of aloe juice and honey were appreciated by people suffering from rheumatism, arthritis, arthrosis. With these diseases, such a remedy relieves muscle, joint pain, relieves swelling. Various preparations are taken orally (fresh juice, tincture of wine, alcohol tincture, mixture with honey), and are also used for external use as lotions and compresses.
- Gynecology. It should be remembered that in gynecology, traditional medicines are the drugs of first choice. Both agave and honey quickly relieve inflammation. A fairly well-known folk remedy that is used to treat cervical erosion are tampons with aloe and honey. However, representatives of traditional medicine do not always approve of this method. Therefore, before using it, consultation with a doctor is necessary.
- Dermatology. It is easy to understand, knowing the healing properties of aloe and honey, why such a composition is useful in the treatment of purulent skin lesions (pimples, boils, ulcers, abscesses, other inflammations). It is an effective and proven cosmetic product for the treatment of hair and facial skin.
- Strengthening immunity. Aloe, like honey, is a powerful biogenic stimulant. That is why preparations based on them are effective means for the prevention of acute respiratory viral infections, flu, and colds. It is useful to use them in a long course (with interruptions) throughout the cold season. This will support the body and increase its resistance to viruses.
Effective Recipes
Preparations based on aloe with honey have a great therapeutic effect incomplex therapy. Before using these medicines, consultation with a doctor is required, this is especially important in the presence of acute forms of diseases when it comes to the treatment of young children, as well as the elderly.
How is aloe with honey good for the stomach?
Agave and honey will help improve appetite and normalize digestion. Traditional healers offer many recipes for preparing medicinal mixtures from these ingredients. We will introduce you to some of them further.
Pass the agave leaves (30 g) through a meat grinder and add a tablespoon of honey (tablespoon) to the resulting mixture. In this case, the juice should not be separated from the pulp. The drug is washed down with a glass of water. Take the composition of a teaspoon every day. Such a remedy stimulates the process of digestion.
Aloe, honey and lemon
Crush aloe leaves and lemon together with zest (50 g each), place in a dark glass jar and pour 100 g of natural liquid honey. Take the remedy twice a day before meals for a teaspoon.
Many patients are interested in whether a mixture of aloe, honey, lemon is useful or not. Such a remedy normalizes appetite, activates the production of gastric juice. However, people with high acidity should not use it.
Alcohol tincture
Such a tool stimulates the production of pepsin, speeds up metabolism. It's easy to prepare. To do this, you need to grind aloe leaves in a blender to get a glass of mass and pour it with a glass of natural liquid honey. To the resulting mixture add 100 ml of ethylalcohol. The composition is infused for a month in a cool and dark place. It is taken once a day before meals in a tablespoon.
For the treatment of stomach ulcers
Mix equal parts aloe juice with honey and add a tablespoon of butter (melted). Rub the mixture thoroughly. It is taken for 21 days on an empty stomach. Such a remedy is also useful for chronic gastritis (it cannot be used in acute forms).
Due to its choleretic, antispasmodic, astringent properties, the symptoms of this disease are faster and milder. The natural enzymes that make up this drug help the digestive organs with a lack of their own enzymes.
Dessert wine tincture
This tincture is recommended for stomach diseases, liver disorders, bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis. This composition cleanses the blood, calms the nervous system, relieves fatigue. Its use is justified as a preventive and therapeutic agent for respiratory diseases.
Crush the agave leaves (500 g) and squeeze out the juice. Add honey (500 g) and a bottle of wine to it. Mix everything thoroughly and put the composition in a dark place for ten days.
This remedy is taken according to the scheme: three weeks - three times a day for a teaspoon, after which you need to take a break for a week. The next three weeks, the dosage is increased to a tablespoon. Such a course, if necessary, is repeated after six months.
Treatment of joint pain
Pain in the joints canindicate age-related changes in the joint fluid and cartilage tissues, and they can also be caused by other causes that provoked an inflammatory process in the joints. How useful is aloe with honey in this case? Agave on honey will increase blood circulation, and, as a result, improve tissue nutrition, reduce inflammation, relieve spasm and muscle pain.
To prepare the composition for the compress you will need:
- one part agave juice;
- two parts of honey;
- three parts of vodka.
Mix the ingredients well and moisten a cloth with the composition. Put it on the sore joint, cover with plastic wrap and wrap it with a scarf. The compress is left for 30-40 minutes. Procedures are carried out for ten days twice a day.
Rhinitis treatment
Preparations based on aloe and honey from the common cold are effective in the treatment of influenza, SARS, sinusitis, colds. But if it is caused by an allergic reaction, it is necessary to identify and eliminate the allergen. Traditional medicines can only aggravate the situation.
Scientists have proven the antiviral effect of aloe juice. If, at the very beginning of influenza or SARS, treatment with drops of honey and agave juice is started, the virus can be prevented from moving into the lower respiratory tract. In this case, you must follow simple rules:
- The product is used only in diluted form. For this, a saline solution is used, which reduces irritation of the mucous membrane.
- The use of drops from aloe juice and honey, taken in equal parts, is allowed only after pre-rinsingantiseptic (chamomile decoction) or saline nasal passages.
- Instill no more than 2-3 drops in each nasal passage twice a day.
Cough
In case of respiratory diseases, aloe and honey in the respiratory tract destroy pathogenic microflora, lower the temperature, and soothe the throat. To prepare a healing infusion, mix 2 tablespoons (tablespoons) of honey with ½ cup of juice. Mix the composition and let it brew for three hours. It is taken three times a day in a teaspoon.
Patient testimonials
Judging by the reviews, the benefits of aloe with honey are not exaggerated. This is a really effective natural remedy that can help in the treatment of many diseases, if there are no contraindications to its use. People who have experienced its effect on themselves note that they quickly cured a cold, improved their condition with problems with the gastrointestinal tract. Many recommend using this remedy for joint pain.
