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Linden honey: medicinal and beneficial properties. Video
The healing power of honey has been known for a long time. Its composition is rich in trace elements and vitamins. There are many types of honey. Linden honey is considered the most valuable and useful.
Linden honey: benefits and harms
Bees extract this honey from the nectar of linden tree flowers, which in Russia begin to bloom from the end of June. Linden is one of the best honey plants. Each flower releases from 5 to 25 g of fragrant nectar in one season. The harvesting time for linden honey from bees lasts no more than two weeks.
In Russia, the champions in the procurement of this honey are Voronezh, Lipetsk, Kursk regions, as well as the Republic of Tatarstan. Linden honey from Bashkiria and the Far East has won great fame, including abroad. Honey from different regions differs among themselves not only in the place of origin, but also in taste and color.
To get one spoonful of honey, two hundred bees must work all day without dropping their wings.
Linden honey is usually colorless and transparent. This is exactly what Bashkir honey is. The product from the Far East has an amber, light yellow color. Sometimes it has a greenish-gray tint. Regardless of the origin, linden honey has an unmatched pronounced aroma and a rather sweet taste. Only honey from wild lindens tastes a little bitter.
It crystallizes rather quickly – three to four months after collection. At the same time, the product loses its transparency: it becomes almost white and acquires a coarse-grained structure. With long-term storage, linden honey loses not only its nutritional value, but also its medicinal value. The optimal time to buy it is mid-August. Usually at this time a new crop product appears in stores.
Useful properties of linden honey
Many people know about the benefits of linden flowers. Hardworking bees multiply the benefits of linden nectar. That is why linden honey has unique medicinal properties and is appreciated above other varieties. A natural healer is just about him. It contains many biologically active substances – mineral salts, essential amino acids, vitamins. It has pronounced bactericidal properties, strengthens the immune system, and helps in the treatment of colds and flu.
Linden honey has excellent diaphoretic properties. Along the way, it also has an expectorant and mild laxative effect. Doctors prescribe it for the treatment of kidney and gallstone diseases. Linden honey can cure stomach ulcers and gastritis if the disease is not acute.
It has also found application in the treatment of skin problems. It is used for purulent wounds, burns, eczema. Linden honey is a recognized natural remedy for treating measles and mumps in young children.
Many beekeepers recommend starting a new day with a spoonful of honey, suggesting a linden variety as an ideal option. It will help to revitalize the body’s vitality, help to resist stress and chronic fatigue syndrome. However, a little lime honey is also useful in the evening – it will soothe and relieve sleep problems.
Linden honey is very useful, and if it is also in the combs, you can get a double benefit. Only it is necessary to eat it directly with wax: it contains many active substances
For all its benefits, linden honey can harm the body if it is used incorrectly. Adults should eat no more than 150 g per day, and children up to 30-50 g. A child under three years old honey is generally contraindicated due to its high allergenicity. You should not dissolve honey in very hot water: when heated, it forms a very dangerous carcinogen – oxymethylfurfural. In addition, hot water negates all its benefits. That is why honey and hot tea are incompatible concepts.
You should not include linden honey in your diet during a high temperature – from this product it will only rise even more. It is strictly forbidden to use linden honey for those who have type XNUMX diabetes mellitus.
What can be made from linden honey
Since ancient times, a variety of drinks, including intoxicating ones, have been prepared from linden honey, and they have also been added to baked goods and wine. Modern housewives also use it in the preparation of flour and confectionery products. However, kvass is especially good from linden honey – a primordially Russian drink that has excellent refreshing qualities.
Honey kvass: a step by step recipe
Ingredients: – 300 g of rye bread; – 3 l of water; – 150 g of honey; – 5 g of yeast.
Cut rye bread into pieces. It is desirable that it be slightly stale. Place the bread in a saucepan.
Heat the water to a boil. Pour it into a pan of bread, close the lid and let it brew for two to three hours. Transfer the water to another container when it has cooled down. At the same time, do not squeeze the bread mass.
Linden honey: contraindications
Add honey and mix well. Put yeast in the future kvass and put it in a warm room for 12 hours for fermentation.
Pour the kvass into bottles. Previously, a couple of raisins can be placed in each container. Cap the bottles and store in a cool place. Cool the honey kvass before use.
This drink has healing properties. In the century before last, it was cooked even in hospitals, hospitals and included in the diet of patients, since it promoted recovery.