Propolis is a very valuable beekeeping product. This substance has unique healing properties and helps to get rid of diseases when other methods remain powerless. This substance copes with wounds, ulcers, infectious lesions of the throat, ear, nose, and oral cavity. The beneficial properties of propolis allow it to be used for burns, chronic diseases of the respiratory system and gastrointestinal tract, as well as for prostatitis, gynecology and more.
Propolis: what is it?
Propolis is also called bee glue. This substance is a resinous mixture that honeybees produce by mixing saliva and beeswax with an adhesive base collected from tree buds. The resulting glue is used as a putty to eliminate small cracks in the hive. Large cracks are removed with wax.
Propolis can have different shades, but most often it is dark brown. You can also meet propolis in green, red, white, black. At a temperature of twenty degrees it becomes sticky, and at lower temperatures it becomes brittle and hard.
In temperate climates, propolis contains about fifty percent of the compounds of resins and plant balsams, about thirty percent are waxes, and the rest is pollen, essential oils. The composition of this substance contains lipophilic acaricides that prevent tick infection.
The beneficial properties of propolis are determined by the habitat of the bees.
For many years, beekeepers believed that bees covered propolis with bees from rain, wind and snow. But recent studies have shown that insects feel great even with open cracks in the hive, left for the winter. Based on this, scientists came to the conclusion that bees use propolis to enhance the structural stability of the hive, reduce vibration, and provide more reliable protection. Also, this substance helps prevent the penetration of pathogenic microorganisms and parasites.
Propolis also prevents decay. If any insect or pest enters the hive and dies there, the bees will not be able to remove it, but will try to close the entire object with propolis. The result is something like mummification.
Propolis Properties
The beneficial properties of propolis allow you to use this substance for the treatment of a variety of ailments. Doctors recommend using a beekeeping product for the treatment of childhood diseases, in otolaryngology, ophthalmology, gynecology. Propolis contains substances that have a positive effect in neoplasms. This substance is a powerful antibiotic and can suppress viruses. It can be used not only to those people who suffer from any ailments, but also to those who are completely healthy.
The beneficial properties of propolis are good tones, help relieve fatigue, increase the body's immune defense. According to scientists, the constant use of a bee product can significantly delay aging. This action is due to the beneficial property of honey with propolis to remove toxins from various pathologies from the body. Also, the bee product has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, improves mood, removes a sense of anxiety.
At home, various solutions are prepared from the product, and it can also be chewed with honey in honeycombs.
The beneficial properties of bee propolis can be discussed for a long time. This unique substance is used even for toothache, osteochondrosis, arthritis, radiculitis. To treat these ailments, a strip of substance is applied to the sore spot. With skin pathologies, bee glue is rubbed into the affected areas of the skin.
"Slaughter thing"
Our ancestors knew about the beneficial properties of honey with propolis. They constantly ate honey in honeycombs, so they rarely had colds, fungal, viral diseases. It has been proven that bee products are able to cope with a variety of microorganisms, fungi, including the fight against tubercle bacillus. Also, these substances have a "lethal" power against the following pathogenic viruses and microorganisms:
- Herpes virus.
- Flu viruses.
- Yeast infections.
- Fungal pathology.
- Hepatitis virus.
- Chickenpox viruses, etc.
The peculiarity of the application and the beneficial properties of propolis allow you to take the substance without fear for the natural beneficial microflora: it affects only pathogenic microorganisms, fungi, protozoa. Aqueous and alcoholic solutions do not affect the natural intestinal microflora and do not cause dysbiosis, unlike antibiotics.
When comparing the effects of propolis and a good antibacterial agent, scientists came to the conclusion that the bee product is more effective: it has powerful inhibitory activity against many microorganisms.
The beneficial properties of propolis tincture allow it to be used for colds and flu. Through numerous experiments, scientists have proved that this substance has an excellent antiviral property not only in the oral cavity, but also can destroy viruses throughout the body.
The product is particularly effective in the treatment of skin lesions. When swallowed, the bee product is able to calm, eliminate pain. It is used to treat gum disease, for pain associated with wearing dentures. This substance gives good results in the treatment of caries.
Blood pressure and bee product
Bee products help to normalize blood pressure, but it is important to know how to take honey with propolis. The beneficial properties of these substances help lower blood pressure by expanding blood vessels and improving blood flow.
Propolis in the treatment of gastrointestinal ulcers
Since ancient times, people have known how to take propolis. Useful properties can improve the digestive tract, as well as get rid of peptic ulcer, gastritis. This substance has healing, anti-inflammatory and anesthetic properties. Propolis reduces the acidity of the stomach, reduces intestinal cramps.
Bee products in the treatment of ODA
And what are the beneficial properties of bee propolis and how to take it with pathologies of the musculoskeletal system? This substance contains elements that can restore bone tissue.
Scientists have discovered that the caffeic acid contained in the beekeeping product stops and reverses osteolytic bone pathologies. They found that this element effectively suppresses inflammatory compounds that cause bone ailments. A theory has also been put forward that propolis can be used to treat a decrease in bone density in osteoporosis.
Allergy Control
Unique properties allow the substance to be used to combat seasonal allergies.
Scientists conducted an experiment in which the symptoms of allergic rhinitis are relieved. Due to the particular effects on the body, propolis is recommended for seasonal allergic rhinitis.
Help with sinusitis, runny nose
Antibacterial and antiviral properties, the ability to relieve swelling make propolis a highly effective substance for the treatment of sinusitis rhinitis, sinusitis and other pathologies of the sinuses. An aqueous solution is instilled into the nasal passages. Also, good results are obtained when taking the drug inside.
Cancer help
From ancient times, propolis was taken by men to treat male impotence, and later it was proved that this remedy helps to fight not only with prostatitis, but also with prostate cancer. This substance not only prevents the development of this type of cancer, but also helps to treat it.
Scientists have proven that propolis can destroy intestinal cancer cells, causing their necrosis. In this case, there is no negative effect on healthy cells. This is one of the beneficial properties of propolis.
Contraindications
Like all substances, the beekeeping product has its contraindications. It can not be used by people who are allergic to bee products. Although this substance is considered non-toxic, it is still worth observing the dosage of administration and taking into account contraindications for use in order to avoid serious complications.
You should not take the substance for diseases of the biliary tract, liver, pancreatitis, kidney stones. In diabetes mellitus, this substance is taken only under the supervision of a physician.
You can also not use the beekeeping product in the following cases:
- Atonic bronchial asthma.
- Hives.
- Eczema.
- Diathesis.
To determine exactly whether this substance can be used, you should consult a doctor. He will be able to accurately determine whether propolis will help or not, establish a dosage, method of use.
Solution Recipes
The beneficial properties of propolis are shown for alcohol, water-based, as well as fresh. For each case, different solutions are prepared.
Aqueous solutions can be prepared according to the following recipes:
- Collect one hundred grams of water in the container and place ten grams of propolis in it. Everything is put in a water bath and boiled for an hour. The product is prepared every time before use.
- Pour one hundred grams of boiled, slightly cooled water into a thermos and add ten grams of propolis there. The remedy is infused overnight.
- One hundred grams of boiling water is poured into a container and ten grams of propolis are added. The capacity is put in a water bath and boiled for forty minutes. Then it is cooled. Store the product in a dark bowl at room temperature. The solution is stored for no more than a week.
With propolis, you can prepare alcohol solutions.
- For eighty grams of alcohol, twenty grams of propolis is taken. The composition is infused for a week, periodically shakes. Then the product is filtered.
- If you need to urgently prepare an alcohol solution, then you need to mix one part of propolis and ten parts of alcohol, place the mixture in a water bath, heat to 40 degrees. After this, the product is allowed to cool. During cooling, the composition is mixed.
- Thirty grams of propolis is poured with one hundred grams of alcohol, the mixture is infused for five days in a dark bowl under a tightly closed lid. The product is shaken daily. Then the solution is filtered through gauze.
It is possible to prepare oil solutions with propolis.
- One hundred grams of vegetable oil and a teaspoon of propolis are taken. Everything is mixed and put in a water bath - it is heated for thirty minutes. The prepared product is applied externally.
- One hundred grams of butter is mixed with five grams of propolis and the same amount of water. The composition is heated in a water bath for twenty minutes. The finished product is filtered, placed in a container of dark glass. The composition is stored in the refrigerator. The resulting oil composition is taken orally.
Based on propolis at home, ointments can be prepared.
- Propolis purified from wax is poured with a small amount of alcohol to soften for twelve hours and left overnight. In the morning, put petroleum jelly in a container and melt it in a water bath, then it is cooled to fifty degrees. Softened propolis is added to chilled petroleum jelly, the composition is again heated to eighty degrees with constant stirring, heated for about eight minutes. The finished product is filtered. Ready ointment is stored for up to five years in a dark bowl with a tightly closed lid.
- Fifty grams of propolis is triturated with butter (one hundred grams) or petroleum jelly. The finished product is placed in a dark container and stored in a cool place.
Propolis milk gives good results in the treatment of diseases. To prepare it, you will need a liter of milk and one hundred grams of propolis. The milk is brought to a boil and mixed with the crushed bee product. The composition is boiled for ten minutes, then cooled and filtered. The tool is poured into a wooden dish. After the milk has cooled, a layer of wax forms at the top, which must be removed.
Knowing the contraindications and beneficial properties of honey with propolis, you can get rid of a variety of ailments. These substances can be consumed fresh. For example, in case of tooth disease, a strip of propolis is applied to a diseased tooth. If you chew this substance, then you can get rid of gum disease.
Propolis can be stored for a long time, but only at a temperature not exceeding twenty degrees. Strongly odorous products, pesticides cannot be kept next to it. With proper storage, the beekeeping product is able to maintain its biological properties for a long time.
According to statistics, beekeepers practically do not get sick. This is due to the fact that they constantly use the resulting products. They have a higher immunity, they practically do not encounter cancer and inflammatory processes, and they can even not be asked about ARVI and flu. Their bodies endure the attacks of viruses.
Propolis is a wonderful natural remedy for getting rid of many diseases. Before using the product, specialist advice is required.