Ayurvedic as
well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for
centuries.
Contributed by Raju Patel and edited by Gilgi Hauser
Today’s
western scientists also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very effective)
medicine for all kinds of diseases without producing any side effects. Today,
honey is produced in most of the countries of the world and is therefore
available worldwide. Modern science maintains that although honey is sweet, if
ingested in the right dosages as a medication, diabetic patients will also be
able to intake it.
According to
Ayurvedic medicine, a mixture of Honey and Cinnamon can be beneficial to many
ailments and diseases and on 17th January 1995, ‘Weekly World
News’ - Canada,
published a list of ailments/diseases that can be helped / treated with a
Honey/Cinnamon mixture. Some of the important details of that information are
as below:
HEART DISEASES - Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder,
spread it on bread or chapatti instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly
for breakfast. This can help to reduce the cholesterol in the arteries and
maybe reduce the possibility of a heart patient from suffering a heart attack.
Patients, who have already suffered attacks, are also advised to ingest the
honey/cinnamon mixture to ward off further attacks.
Regular use
of the mixture relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat. In USA and Canada, various nursing homes have
treated patients successfully and have found that due to increasing age, the
arteries and veins, which lose their flexibility and become clogged, are
revitalized.
ARTHRITIS - Mix one part honey to two parts of lukewarm
water and add a small level teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Make a paste and
massage slowly onto the itching area of the body. It has been found that the
pain can recede within a minute or two.
Arthritic patients can also benefit from the daily intake morning and
evening, of one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small
teaspoon of cinnamon powder mixed together. In a recent research program
conducted at Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated
their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon honey and half a teaspoon
cinnamon powder before breakfast; within a week, out of 200 patients who
underwent the treatment, 73 patients were relieved of pain, and within a month
most of the patients who could not walk or who had limited mobility due to
their arthritis, started walking without pain.
HAIR LOSS - For people suffering from hair loss or
baldness the following paste has been found to be effective: In warm olive oil,
mix one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon cinnamon powder, make a paste and
apply before taking a bath. Leave on the scalp /hair for around 5 ―15 minutes,
and then wash the hair.
BLADDER INFECTIONS - Stir two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and
one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and ingest. This can destroy
the bacteria in the bladder that are the cause of the infection.
TOOTHACHE - Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon
powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply to the aching tooth. This may be
applied 3 times a day until the tooth stops aching.
CHOLESTEROL - Two tablespoons of honey and three
teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed into 16 ounces of tea water, can aid in the
reduction of cholesterol levels in the blood by 10% within a two hour period.
As mentioned above for arthritic patients, if this mixture is ingested 3 times
day, chronic cholesterol can be lowered. Pure honey, also ingested daily
without cinnamon, taken together with food, is an aid in lowering cholesterol
levels.
COLDS - Those suffering from common or severe
colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey mixed with 1/4 spoon cinnamon
powder daily for 3 days. This will cure most chronic coughs, colds and clear
the sinuses.
INFERTILITY
- Yunani and Ayurvedic medicine have been using honey for thousands of
years to strengthen the semen of men and improve impotence. Through the regular
ingestion of two tablespoons of honey, prior to sleep, impotence can be greatly
reduced. In China, Japan and
Far-Eastern countries, women, who do not conceive and need to strengthen the
uterus, have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. Women, who are unable
to conceive, may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and
apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes
with the saliva and can therefore enter the body. There is a story about a couple in Maryland, USA
who were unable to produce children for 14 years and had lost hope of having a
child of their own. When told about the honey cinnamon mixture both the husband
and wife started ingesting the mixture and the wife conceived after a few
months, giving birth to healthy twins.
UPSET STOMACH - Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures
stomachache and can also clear stomach ulcers.
GAS -
According to studies done in India
& Japan,
honey, taken together with cinnamon powder can relieve the stomach of gas.
IMMUNE SYSTEM - Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder
strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral
attacks. Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in
large amounts. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to
fight bacteria and viral diseases.
INDIGESTION - Cinnamon powder sprinkled onto two
tablespoons of honey taken before eating, relieves acidity and aids in the
digestion of the heaviest of meals.
INFLUENZA - A scientist in Spain has proven that honey
contains a natural ingredient,
which kills influenza germs.
LONGEVITY - Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder,
when taken regularly, arrests the ravages of old age. Take 4 spoons of honey, 1
spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil as if making tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps
the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans also increases and even
a 100 year old, starts performing the chores of a 20-year-old.
PIMPLES - Make a paste from three tablespoons of
honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Apply this paste on the pimples
before sleep and wash it off the next morning with warm water. If applied daily
for two weeks, the paste can remove pimples.
SKIN INFECTIONS - Applying honey and cinnamon powder in
equal parts on the affected parts can cure eczema, ringworm and all types of
skin infections.
WEIGHT LOSS - Drink daily in the morning on an empty
stomach, 1/2 hour before breakfast and at night before sleeping, a honey and
cinnamon powder mixture boiled in one cup of water. If taken regularly, it is
said to reduce the weight of even the most obese person. Also by drinking this
mixture regularly, fat does not accumulate in the body even though the person
maybe eating a high calorie diet.
CANCER
- Recent research in Japan
and Australia
has reveled that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured
successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should take one
tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder, 3 times a day for one
month.
FATIGUE - Recent studies have shown that the
sugar content of honey is more helpful than detrimental to the strength of the
body. Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts, are
more alert and flexible. Half a tablespoon of honey stirred into in a glass of
water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily n the afternoon at about
3.00PM when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, can help the body to
have more vitality within a week.
BAD
BREATH - In order to maintain fresh breath throughout the day, the people
of South America, gargle with one teaspoon of
honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water first thing upon awakening.
HEARING
LOSS -
Taken daily, morning and evening, honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal
parts can restore hearing.
