honeyhave medicinial properties, purity can be tested in lab. for comman man seekin agmark seal is enough

Answered by mahesh kawle , an ibibo Citizen, at 3:34 PM on March 13, 2008

honey has lots of medicinal value like increasing the immunity of the person and honey should be used of collected in different seasons from different sources

Answered by rajesh goyl , an ibibo Advisor, at 9:18 PM on March 11, 2008

It should never freeze, even in winter.When u apply in your eyes, it should not cause irritation.Put a fly inside honey, if it is pure,fly will comeout live.U put some honey on a curency note, and burn it from below, the note will not burn, if the honey is pure.

Answered by raj surya , an ibibo Advisor, at 7:54 PM on March 11, 2008

yes, surely.I think you are very ignorant about honey importance in Ayurveda.For eg.if one is sufered from acidity problem then daily administration of one spoon of honey with lemon juice will cure acidity definatly.But we have to take early morning empty stomach. I know this thing because i am medical student.

Answered by bipin sharma , an ibibo Citizen, at 10:10 AM on March 11, 2008

The purity of honey can be easily detected using different methods. One such test is the aniline chloride test. Here aniline chloride is first prepared and then used for testing. Three parts of aniline and one part of concentrated hydrochloric acid gives us aniline chloride.

A small ceramic vessel is taken and a small quantity of honey is placed in it. About 5-7 drops of aniline chloride is added to it and stirred well. If the honey is adulterated a crimson red colour appears.

In another method honey is taken in a test tube and equal quantity of water is added to it and stirred well. About 100 millilitres of this solution is taken and 5 ml of ether is added to it. This mixture is kept aside for some time in order to get a fine solution after stirring. The ether layer settling on the top is transferred to another small flat bottom vessel. The ether gets vapourised in a short while and to this resorcinol is added. This gives a red colour. This indicates that the honey has an adulterant.

In addition to all these tests an important factor to be highlighted is about the granulation of honey. One of the nutrients (sugar) in pure honey precipitates when it is subjected to cool weather. This precipitation gives an appearance of sugar crystals. The honey giving more sugar precipitates faster. Mostly this is mistaken for adulteration. But if the precipitated honey is kept in hot water it attains normal liquid state which shows that it has no adulterant.

Answer II: A cotton wick dipped in pure honey when lighted with a matchstick burns and shows the purity of honey. If adulterated, the presence of water will not allow the honey to burn, If it does, it will produce a cracking sound. Generally honey is adulterated by adding a syrup of jaggery. Pure honey does not dissolve in water but impure honey dissolves. So to test it mix a spoon of honey in a cup of water and find out whether it dissolves to check its purity.

Answered by Sudipta Deb , an ibibo Specialist, at 11:46 PM on March 10, 2008

Pure honey will not mix with water. Honey is useful for treating wounds. It is also used to alleviate the effects of a sore throat. It is mixed with lemon juice and consumed.

Answered by Sudha , an ibibo Specialist, at 10:57 PM on March 10, 2008

Yes it has a medicinal value. It does not dissolve in water and it freezes in winter and is in a liquid form in summer

Answered by meenusai , an ibibo Specialist, at 7:53 PM on March 10, 2008

Take little honey put it in little water if it is real honey it will not mix with water.
Honey : It has therapeutic properties when used orally. It has also known for its ability to heal chronic external wounds.

Answered by jyothi . , an ibibo Specialist, at 4:24 PM on March 10, 2008

A cotton wick dipped in pure honey when lighted with a matchstick burns and shows the purity of honey. If adulterated, the presence of water will not allow the honey to burn, If it does, it will produce a cracking sound.

Honey, especially mixed with cinnamon, can cure a multitude of ailments. Honey is produced in all parts of the world. Scientists of today believe honey can be used without any side affects for a number of diseases. Honey is sweet but if taken in the right dosage as a medicine it won’t harm diabetic patients. It’s important to remember that these ten natural sweet cures haven’t been independently verified. These are homeopathic cures, many passed down from generation to generation. I found many uses of honey mixed with cinnamon to cure ailments from heart disease, acne, hair loss, and gas. I will focus on the top ten cures to try.

Arthritis is one disease (among many) that may be cured with honey.

Answered by keshto , an ibibo Master, at 4:19 PM on March 10, 2008

Medicinal value of honey

Honey is said to facilitate better physical performance and resistance to fatigue, particularly for repeated effort; it also promotes higher mental efficiency. It is, therefore, used by both the healthy and the sick for any kind of weakness, particularly in the case of digestive or assimilative problems. Improved growth of non-breast fed newborn infants, improved calcium fixation in bones and curing anaemia and anorexia may all be attributed to some nutritional benefit or stimulation from eating honey.



Honey is said to improve food assimilation and to be useful for chronic and infective intestinal problems such as constipation, duodenal ulcers, and liver disturbances. Honey is also said to normalize kidney function, reduce fevers, and help insomnia. It is supposed to help recovery from alcohol intoxication and protect the liver. Heart circulation, and liver ailments and convalescent patients in general improved after injection with solutions of 20 and 40% honey in water. The use of honey mixed with milk or milk products is a very common home remedy against colds and infections of the throat.



Traditional, but well-studied medicinal systems as the ayurvedic medicine of India, use honey predominantly as a vehicle for faster absorption of various drugs such as herbal extracts. Secondarily, it is also thought to support the treatment of several more specific ailments, particularly those related to respiratory irritations and infections, mouth sores and eye cataracts. The traditional assumption that honey made from the nectar of a medicinal plant has the same or similar beneficial activity as the one recognized for the whole plant or some parts of it. Even if no transfer of active ingredients is involved, mechanisms similar to homeopathic protestation are possible.



Honey is used for curing the following diseases

(presentation material by Mr Kuyil, March 2002)



Ailment


How to use

Arthritis


Slow massage of honey paste made of one part of honey with two parts of lukewarm water and a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, on the affected area of the body, recedes the pain within a minute or two.



Even chronic arthritis can be cured by consumption of one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder by arthritis patients in the morning and night everyday.



Hair loss


Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair.



Bladder infections




Drinking two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water destroys the germs of the bladder.



Toothache


Application of a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey on the aching tooth be done 3 times a day cures the toothache within a few days.



Cholesterol


Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient, reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours.



If this mixture taken 3 times a day any chronic cholesterol is cured. Pure honey taken with food daily relieves complains of cholesterol.



Colds


Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days. This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.



Infertility


Yunani and Ayurvedic have been using honey for years in medicine to strengthen the semen of men. If impotent men regularly take two tab

Answered by sunkan , an ibibo Specialist, at 3:22 PM on March 10, 2008