Honey
Honey is a product of plant nectar produced by bees, honey has been an important place in human nutrition since ancient times, used by many ancient civilizations for therapeutic purposes, as it occupies an important place in the medicine Ayurveda Indian, Chinese medicine, and ancient Greek and Egyptian, The honey contains more than 200 substances, mainly consisting of water, fructose sugar, glucose sugar, low fructose sugars, some amino acids, vitamins and minerals, as well as It contains Z has a large number of antioxidants, in addition to it carries antibacterial properties, which earns many therapeutic properties.
Honey is characterized by many health and therapeutic benefits, and it is still used by many for therapeutic purposes, including some stomach problems, such as diarrhea and ulcers, and in this article details about the benefits of honey in stomach disorders and problems and the opinion of science.
Benefits of honey for stomach
Honey has many health benefits, including gastrointestinal and gastrointestinal tract, including diabetes, relieving cough, helping to treat eye problems, improving athletic performance, reducing the risk of certain cardiovascular diseases and risk factors, and cancer resistance. , And many other benefits found by scientific research.
When talking about the benefits of honey to stomach it is worth mentioning that one of the most important uses of therapeutic honey, which proved scientific studies, is its ability to heal wounds of all kinds, and help the skin in the reconstruction of membranes, whether internal or external, and reduce the time required by the wound to heal, Honey and dressings loaded with honey can accelerate the healing of wounds, and from this effect and its antibacterial properties and microbes stems the ability of honey to treat many stomach problems, where studies found the role of honey in the prevention and treatment of many problems and diseases of the stomach, (Gastritis) and inflammation of the stomach and intestinal bacterial (Gastroenteritis), also found that it contributes to the treatment of ulcers caused by bacteria and Rotavirus (Rotavirus), and found that fights bacteria Helicobacter Baabism (Helecobacter pylori) that cause ulcers.
Honey is considered anti-inflammatory, and works to relieve pain in the body in general, but it is distinguished from non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that it does not cause side effects adversely affect the cells of the stomach, and found that eating honey prevents gastric ulcers caused by the drug (Indomethacin) Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory, honey was also found to reduce the ulcers caused by ethanol alcohol, and may be effective in the treatment of gastric ulcers at an approximate dose of Sucralfate used in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Some physical properties of natural honey
Honey has distinct properties that differ from others, and honey is also natural, and these characteristics include:
- Fresh natural honey has a thick liquid, and its density varies from one type to the other according to its constituents, especially the water content
- The color of natural honey varies from light to transparent to amber or black, so that different types of honey take all yellow and amber tones.
- The color of honey becomes lighter when crystallized.
- Natural honey is able to absorb moisture from the surrounding atmosphere, where the humidity is more than 60%.