Hippocrates used honey to heal wounds. While we seam to have forgotten its powers honey is still used today in development countries to heal burns and diarrhea.

A pot of honey is a great resource in the kitchen cabinet. Especially during the cold winter months.

Here are some great alternative uses of honey.

1. Cold and fever
   • Why: Honey is antibacterial and will help your body recover.
   • How To Use: Add to tea after it has cooled off a bit or mix a teaspoon of honey with minced garlic to add an antiviral affect.
2. Coughing and sore throat
   • Why: Honey has both a pain killing and antibacterial effect on your throat.
   • How To Use: A tea spoon before bedtime. If you need extra energy and antiviral properties mix honey in freshly squeezed lemon juice and drink this before bed time.
3. Dry lips
   • Why: The acids in honey soothes and hydrates.
   • How To Use: Apply honey to your lips before bedtime.
4. Weight gain
   • Why: Honey is a more efficient sweetener than sugar. It contains several healthy vitamins, minerals and enzymes. With a low glycemic index it does not cause a sugar rush.
   • How To Use: Replace sugar with honey whenever possible with 75 g honey for every 100 g sugar.
5. Acne
   • Why: Honey cleans the wound and keeps away bacteria.
   • How To Use: Apply some honey and acne will heal faster and cause less scaring.

If stored in a cool, dark place honey can keep fresh for over a hundred years.

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 Italian women used to use basil to attract and charm men.
The herb makes our food taste great and is loaded with key nutrients.

Basil is known for these health benefits:

• Awaken sexual instincts
• Energize both body and mind
• Improve cardiovascular health
• Improve eyesight
• Promote healthy skin and hair
• Easy physical and mental fatigue
• Energize tense and overworked muscles
• Ease head ache
• Heal infection in the respiratory system
• Help sinus problems
• Relive asthma
• Cure influenza

Basil can be use in food. It is best use fresh and raw or with a minimum cooking. So add the herb at the end of cooking.
To relax tense muscles or spice up your sex life mix 2-3 drops of essential basil oil is 1 cup of unscented massage oil and use as massage oil.

Basil is and excellent source of vitamin A (beta carotene), calcium, vitamin C, phosphorous, iron, magnesium and potassium. The vitamins make basil a good antioxidant.

Basil is fairly straightforward and inexpensive to grow.

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The result was an overall drop in cardiovascular disease with 28%. For women it dropped even more to 31%.

Attention green chai tea drinkers! If you add milk to your tea the positive effect is gone.

So drink as much plain green tea as you can.

Learn more about the health benefits of green tea.

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How to use chamomile tea

• There are many reasons to drink naturally caffeine-free chamomile tea. Here are some of them:
• It has a relaxing effect on the intestine and is effective on cramps, constipation and motion sickness.
• It has a calming and anti-inflammatory effect in cases of irritable bowel syndrome

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• It helps you to relax if you are stresses or unbalanced.
• It treats insomnia.
• It relieves cough and sore throat.

It also has other scopes of use, such as:

• Rinse your hair with the tea to make your blond hair shine.
• Use as month wash to relieve sore gums and oral inflammation.
• Dab on your skin to treat skin inflammation, wounds and burns.
• Add to your bath to calm irritated skin.

Chamomile and babies

Chamomile tea is so gentle it can be given directly to the baby, as a mixture of 50% tea and 50% water. As breastfeeding mother you can also drink it yourself then it will benefit both you and the baby.

The tea is a great to help the baby relax and fall asleep. It also relieves the common baby cramps.
The calming effect on the body in combination with the relaxing effect on the intestine makes it very good for babies suffering from colic.

Chamomile tea eases morning sickness during pregnancy.

How to make chamomile tea
Put fresh or dried flowers in a pot. Pour boiling into the pot and brew for 10 minutes. Use a tea-strainer over the cup.

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• Enhance your physical and psychological performance
• Loose weight and increase metabolism
• Strengthen immune system
• Take care of your skin both from the inside and the outside

Royal jelly is best consumed fresh but as it is very heat and light sensitive fresh royal jelly can be hard to find and can be very expensive.
However its fantastic properties are well preserved if it is freeze-dried.
The freeze-dried flakes can be dissolved in water. Another way to preserve the great properties of fresh royal jelly is to mix it with honey or pollen.

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One exceptional thing about bee  pollen is that it contains the 22 amino acids that are essential to the human  body. Since 15-30 % of pollen are amino acids it’s enough with 20 grams (0,04 pounds) of pollen  to fill our daily need. 100  grams (0,22 pounds) of pollen contains as much protein  as 0,5 kilogram  (1,1 pound)  of beef. Pollen contains high concentrations of B vitamin  complex plus the vitamins C, A, D and E, minerals, enzymes and  antibiotics. If taken on an empty stomach bee pollen is said to correct metabolism disorders that cause overweight and obesity.Use the benefits of bee pollen to:

• Strengthen your body with proteins, vitamins and minerals
• Take care of your skin from the inside
• Stimulate blood circulation
• Enhance your physical and psychological performance
• Keep your digestive system healthy

Pollen is sensitive to heat, light and moisture. If bought as a powder bee pollen can be added to your food in a vast variety of ways. 

Here are some ideas:

• Add to juice or sprinkled over cereal.
• Mix pollen with honey and use as bread spread.
• Combine bee pollen with yoghurt, buttermilk or bread baked on sourdough and you get combination that is very good for your digestive system. 

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Propolis is a building material. It is a kind of wax that the bees use to join cells together into honeycombs. It’s also used of isolation of the beehive and for disinfection. Propolis has been used as medication since the days of Hypocrites for its miraculous anti-fungal, antibacterial and anti-viral properties.

Use propolis benefits to:

• Ease inflammation in the gum or tongue
• Remove cold sores
• Remove acne
• Heal serious sunburn, cuts and burns
• Remove corns and warts
• Heal and prevent scars
• Stimulate immune system
• Help remove toxins from the body
• Stimulate digestion
• Protect against constipation

Propolis can be bought as capsules or powder. The power can be consumed in juice or herbal tea.

An excellent product for skin problems is propolis extract with minimum 50% propolis.
A regular bath with some propolis extract gives an outstanding protection against fetal skin problem.

Use propolis tincture in your juice or directly in your month to stimulate digestion, boost immune system and detoxify your body. For warts, acne, cold sores and other skin problems dab directly on the effected area.

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To avoid motion sickness and vomiting, eat fresh Ginger starting some days before entering the plane, the car or the boat as well as during the trip.

Ginger can be consumed raw or cooked, whole or as powder.

• Treat yourself to a hot bath with slices of ginger this eases stiffness and aching muscles.
• Cut very thin slices of the fresh root and make a tea with it. Use 5-6 slices
• Chew on a small piece of fresh ginger.
• Eat marinated ginger, a fresh addition to your meal.

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Inside the leaves is a thick gel and this gel is what is used in so many health products. The aloe vera gel can be used both internally and externally. The gel contains many important nutrients and enzymes plus saponin which give aloe vera its antiseptic properties. Aloe vera contains antiviral and immune-enhancing properties.

It’s antipuritic because it relieves itching and it contains proteins that decrease inflammation. Aloe vera is also both antibacterial and anti fungal. Aloe vera is even said to heal HIV infection.

Internally aloe vera is usually taken as a juice, aloe vera juice. Aloe vera’s anti-inflammatory properties soothe the digestive system and help it to maintain a proper pH balance. The saponin in the juice helps the body and the intestines to clean out toxins.

Externally the gel is used preferably in an as pure form as possible. Aloe vera gel has fantastic moisturizing properties and is excellent for the skin because its pH value is almost identical to that of skin. It can be use to both cleanse and moisturize the skin. Aloe vera can be used to help skin problems such as rashes, eczema, burns and insect bites. It heals first degree and second-degree sunburns and has a pain relieving effect on the skin. The gel is simply applied on the affected areas.

When you buy a aloevera product to use on your skin make sure you buy a gel that contains at least 98% aloe vera.
An even better alternative to buy aloe vera gel is to get a aloe vera plant. The Aloe vera plant is relatively easy to care for. It needs sandy potting soil and moderate light. Potted plants should be allowed to completely dry before it’s re-watered. During winter, the plant may become dormant, during which little moisture is required. When you to use aloe vera simply cut the leaf about an inch from the end and squeeze out the gel you need.

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• Get fast energy
• Lower infection
• Help remove toxins from the body
• Strengthen you immune system
• Heal and avoid infection in cuts and burns
• Get rid of fungus
• As sleeping aid
• Remove sugar cravings
• Ease coughing and sore throat

Make sure the honey you buy is a natural product that has not been heated. Don’t use it in hot drinks.
A daily bath with honey and balm helps to improve blood circulation.

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