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In scientific, folk and alternative medicine, all the substances that bees produce are used. Perga, royal jelly, propolis are especially popular. Each substance has its own characteristics, properties. To learn everything about propolis, its qualities is useful for lovers of natural medicinal preparations.
What is propolis
This is a thick, homogeneous substance in the form of resin or glue, which is produced by bees. They harvest it in the spring, when gluten forms on the budding trees. Its insects are treated with their own enzymes, used to disinfect the hives inside.
With the help of a sticky substance, bees disinfect foreign objects of the hive and isolate them. Insects use useful propolis to putty the cracks of their houses, disinfect, strengthen their honeycombs, and regulate the passability of the notch. Thanks to this sticky substance, the bee hive is always sterile. Noticing such features, people began to use propolis as a remedy.
What does propolis look like?
Bee glue resembles a cloudy, dirty wax, its consistency is similar. There is an opinion among the people that this substance is the excrement of bees, but this is a delusion. Bee glue comes in different colors: gray, brown-green, dirty-beige, a dark brown and even black substance is less common.
According to its medicinal properties and scope, propolis is divided into 2 categories: building and antibacterial. Insects use building wax material to fill cracks in the hive; it contains a lot of wax and few useful substances. It is inappropriate for bees to use useful substances to seal cracks.
Particularly useful, healing properties are distinguished by antimicrobial, disinfectant propolis. Insects treat them with honeycombs before laying eggs. It is difficult to collect such a substance – it is laborious work.
What is useful in propolis
Scientists have been working on the analysis of the composition and properties of propolis for many years. Some substances have not been studied so far. It is known that the resinous substance contains essential oils, phytoncides, cinnamic acid, plant resin, wax. Most of the known vitamins and trace elements are contained in this natural resin.
Medicinal properties and benefits of natural bee glue:
- Pain relief – useful bee glue is several times stronger than novocaine. It is used as a local anesthetic. With the help of propolis, you can quickly and effectively reduce body temperature.
- Antiseptic and antiviral properties. The adhesive substance is capable of destroying millions of bacteria in 2-3 hours, boosting the immune system to fight against dangerous viruses.Important! Bacteria and viruses cannot develop resistance to propolis. It is believed that the future of antibacterial and antiviral therapy lies with propolis.
- Anti-inflammatory and wound healing action. With the help of ointments and creams with propolis extract, you can quickly remove inflammation, accelerate the restoration of the skin.
All about the medicinal properties of propolis and how to use it – further.
What does propolis treat?
With the help of bee glue, most skin diseases and even ulcerative lesions that do not heal for a long time are cured. Due to its regenerating properties, the adhesive is used for such skin diseases: baldness, sunburn, skin tuberculosis, eczema, psoriasis.
Diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, including ulcers, are treated with propolis-based preparations. It will help with such diagnoses: gastritis, ulcer, pancreatitis.
With prolonged and regular intake of a useful substance, pulmonary tuberculosis is cured. The therapy lasts almost a year, but the result is stable. Doctors observe the effect of preparations with bee glue in the treatment of tuberculosis of the kidneys and lymph nodes.
Treatment with propolis at home is also used in gynecology. This is an effective remedy for genital herpes, cervical erosion, myoma, endometriosis.
During the period of viral infections, respiratory diseases, various tinctures with a beneficial substance are used.
Inflammation of the joints, disorders of the skeletal system, such as neuritis and sciatica, can be cured with ointments that contain a sticky substance.
Bee glue will help with herpes, give strength to overcome depression, get rid of hemorrhoids.
Since there are many drugs based on propolis, it is quite difficult to understand their properties on your own.
How to use propolis
A useful alcohol tincture, ointment, milk mixture is prepared from bee glue at home. Use these funds for various diseases externally and internally. There are many recipes for making home remedies from propolis. To make each of them, the waxy substance is melted and then mixed with the base in certain proportions.
How to melt propolis at home
First, build a water bath. To do this, put a medium-sized bowl on the fire and pour water into it. A smaller container is placed on top so that its sides are in contact with the lower container.
A piece of propolis must be crushed into small pieces with a knife or mortar. Then this crumb is poured into the upper small container and the liquid is expected to boil in the first large bowl. During the heating process, the bee glue will melt. As soon as it becomes viscous and viscous, other ingredients are added.
How to take propolis inside in its pure form
In addition to the preparation of alcohol tinctures and ointments, a natural remedy is used in its pure form. So you can cure diseases of the internal organs, and the effect of the remedy will come faster. The benefits of pure propolis for the body have been proven by many years of research, evidence of millions of its consumers.
The use of pure propolis inside:
- Diseased teeth: a piece of bee glue the size of a pea is applied to the gum near the diseased tooth or put into a hole. After a few minutes, when relief comes, the remedy is removed.
- Weak gums, bleeding, periodontal disease, stomatitis: a pea of bee glue is placed in the mouth and kneaded with teeth, but not chewed. After 15 minutes, the lump is spit out.
- In diseases of the ENT organs, the glue is chewed for at least 5 hours, periodically changing the lump. As soon as relief comes, after about 3 hours, it is spit out. Useful substance can be consumed 2-3 times a day for no more than 15 minutes.
In diseases of the digestive tract, useful glue is used in the same way, only at the end it is swallowed. Daily dose – no more than 5 g, divided into 3 doses.
Propolis Tea
At the first symptoms of a cold, an infectious disease: runny nose, sore throat, temperature, propolis tincture is used with tea. Black or green tea is suitable for this, but it is better to prepare a healing herbal tea. To do this, brew 1 tsp. chamomile, calendula, mint, currant or raspberry leaves in a thermos. Ginger, a small piece, is also added to boiling water there. When the tea is infused for an hour, it can be poured into mugs. Add 1 tsp to the drink. honey and 2 tsp. useful tincture of propolis. If you drink such a healing drink at night, wrap yourself up and fall asleep, then there will be no trace of the symptoms of a cold in the morning.
If signs of a cold start to bother you at work or on a trip, you can add propolis tincture to regular black tea or any other that is available at this time. The healing properties of propolis will ease the symptoms of the disease during the day.
liquid propolis
Bee glue in liquid form is an alcohol tincture. It is good for her to stock up before the onset of cold weather, a period of colds, infections. Useful properties of propolis “work” more effectively in alcohol infusion.
This remedy is easy to prepare at home. To do this, take 0,5 l of pharmaceutical alcohol, 100 g of propolis are crumbled into it. The mixture is thoroughly mixed, poured into a dark glass bottle and cleaned in a warm place for 2 weeks. After the tincture is used for its intended purpose.
As soon as a burning sensation and pain appears in the nasopharyngeal region, this remedy is used. It is instilled into the throat 5 drops 3-4 times a day. In the morning it will become easier, and after 3 days all the unpleasant sensations will completely disappear.
Due to the high alcohol content, propolis medicine has a bitter taste. But you can put up with it, because the remedy is effective. Outwardly, such a useful tincture is used for non-healing wounds, ulcers and other skin lesions. The product can be applied as a rub or as a compress.
To get rid of an unpleasant and bitter aftertaste, the solution can be consumed in liquid form with milk. To do this, dissolve a small piece of propolis in a glass of warm boiled milk, stirring the mixture for at least 10 minutes. The resulting healing milkshake is used for colds, bronchitis, loss of strength beriberi.
To increase the general tone of the body, drink 15 drops of an alcohol solution in the morning and evening for a month. You can drink the product with water or milk. A good effect is observed from the use of milk with bee natural propolis in pancreatitis. From a cold, liquid bee glue is mixed in equal parts with vegetable oil, lubricated with nasal passages twice a day. For colds, inhalations are made with tincture. As soon as the water boils, a few drops of alcohol infusion are added to it. Then, covered with a towel, they breathe steam for about 10 minutes.
The magical properties of propolis
Since ancient times, people believe that bee glue has magical properties. Watching the stories of healing, the people believed that the wax-like substance could cure any disease and even bring back a loved one. Witches use bee glue in their rituals, and the Egyptians mummified pharaohs with it. Modern scientists have found quite specific substances in the composition of propolis: essential oils, chemical elements, resins that help get rid of a particular disease.
Contraindications to propolis
Propolis brings not only benefits to health, but also harm. Individual intolerance to a substance is not the only contraindication to its use. Allergies to food produced by bees are common. If a person has an intolerance to honey, then with a 100% probability it will also be a sticky substance.
If there is no allergy to honey, it is still necessary to conduct a tolerance test before using the bee product externally or internally. To do this, apply a small amount of the substance on the wrist, observe for 2 hours the condition of the skin. Redness, rash, other signs of allergy should not be.
Before using bee glue, 14 parts of the therapeutic dose indicated in the recipe are eaten inside. Nausea, vomiting, pain in the stomach are the first symptoms of intolerance to the bee product. If there is no deterioration in well-being, propolis can be used for medicinal purposes.
Other diseases in which the use of propolis in medicine is prohibited:
- acute liver disease;
- allergic rhinitis;
- allergic dermatitis;
Bee glue is contraindicated for persons who are prohibited from consuming alcohol-containing products. The use of this substance for more than 30 days can be addictive, suppression of the immune system. The body’s defenses will begin to dormant, relying on the healing properties of the drug. And this cannot be allowed.
Conclusion
Modern science allows you to learn everything about propolis, its beneficial properties. Some of them may become a discovery in the near future. At the moment, it is known that this bee product can cure more than one disease without the use of pharmaceutical products. Like any medicine, a useful substance must be used with caution. It is important to observe the dosage, not to allow it to be exceeded.