Health benefits of honey

 

 

Health benefits of honey 

 

An essential natural cure all, oozing with medicinal and healing properties, honey is one of the purest and most natural forms of remedy promoting general health and well being. Honey is the best blood supplement by raising corpuscle content. The darker the honey the more minerals it

contains. Keep honey in first aid cupboard for emergency use, and another in the kitchen cupboard.

 

 

Uses of honey: Burns 

 

Honey applied over burns cools, removes pain and aids fast healing. A salve and antibiotic, bacteria?s cannot exist in honey. 

 

Honey benefits for Children 

 

To avoid bed wetting in children, a teaspoon of honey aids water retention, and calms fears in children. 

 

Honey to help you sleep 

 

A mug of hot milk with a dessert spoon of honey acts as a mild sedative (minerals, vitamins amino acids) aiding sleep 

 

 

 

Honey to clear nasal congestion 

 

To clear nasal congestion, mix a dessert spoon or two of honey in basin of hot water. Bend over the basin, covering your head and the basin with a large towel and inhale the fumes. 

 

Honey to heal wounds 

 

Wounds such as cuts, grazes, scrape when covered

with honey and bandage is an excellent healer 

 

Benefits of honey: Digestion 

 

Mix honey and apple cider vinegar in equal proportion, dilute with water. This wonder drink aids digestion and eases joint inflammation 

 

Honey to cool your throat after pungent food

 

Trickle down a teaspoon of honey down the throat for inflamed raw tissues for sore throat. If you have eaten anything pungent, spicy and feel your tongue burning after downing glasses of water. Eat a spoonful of honey to appease your taste buds. 

 

Honey as a energy booster 

 

A spoon of honey is an instant pick-me-up, giving you the much needed boost of energy. Alternatively 25% of honey with water is a good stabilizer to calm highs and raise lows. 

 

Calcium utilization 

 

A teaspoon of honey per day aids calcium utilization and prevents osteoporosis

 

Good for your heart 

 

Heart patients are advised to replace white sugar with honey that has natural fructose and glucose. 

 

Honey to help Asthma patients 

 

Chewing the tops of honey combs for 20 minutes a teaspoon of bee capping; five to six times a day stimulates the immune system. It?s effective for asthma patients. 

 

Honey for Longevity 

 

Regular users of honey are most long lived people. Beekeepers are known to suffer less from cancer, arthritis than any other working group worldwide. 

 

Effective use of honey during migraine attacks 

 

For people who have frequent migraine attacks, should sip a dessert spoon of honey dissolved in half a glass of warm water at the start of the attack. Repeat after 20 minutes if needed. Its effective as migraine is stress related. 

 

Honey during conjunctivitis 

 

Honey dissolved in equal quantity of warm water is good lotion or eyebath for the conjunctivitis (pus in the eye). 

 

Benefits of honey: Curing coughs

 

Mix 6 oz. of liquid honey, 2 oz. of glycerin and juice of two lemons. Mix well, store it bottle with a tight screw cap and use when required. An instant home made remedy for cough. 

 

Using honey for babies 

 

Honey rubbed on a baby?s gums is a mild sedative and anesthetic during teething. 

 

Honey as a food preservative 

 

Honey is good food preservative. While baking cakes by replacing sugar with honey, they will stay fresher longer due to natural antibiotics as honey retains moisture. 

 

Honey as a multi-vitamin 

 

Few teaspoons of honey say four; to a baby?s bottle of water is an excellent pacifier and multivitamin additive.

 

 

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Baby Massage

 

 

Benefits

- Allows ‘time out’ from the stresses of the day for both parents and baby and gives an opportunity for one to one bonding time. 

 

- Massage stimulates the production of certain ‘feel good’ hormones including endorphins and oxytocin. 

 

- Endorphins released with massage are a natural source of pain relief for the body.

- Massage enhances your baby’s awareness of their own body

(e.g. size and location of body parts).

 

- Some babies hold their bodies more tightly while others are ‘laid back’ and even overly relaxed. When we approach massage in a holistic manner we tend to add more stimulus for the ‘laid back’ baby and a more slow ‘deliberate’ approach

for the ‘tense’ baby. 

 

- Massage supports maturation of the nervous system and in turn assists brain/body communication. 

 

- Babies who have had invasive procedures, separation from family, a difficult birth or other event may carry anxiety about/or expressed through touch. Focused time ‘listening’ to your baby and approaching the massage with respect and sensitivity can help to heal fear and rebuild trust and enjoyment of the ‘skin’ they live in. 

 

- Through mum or dad jostling and stretching baby’s limbs your baby more readily learns to do this for themselves and this is a great way to release tension from the body. 

 

- Massage supports a healthy immune system and promotes good circulation of blood and lymph around the body. 

 

- Giving massage to your baby helps them to discern what is ‘safe’ touch and therefore to recognise, as they are growing up, what is not. 

 

- Massage may facilitate a peaceful sleep. 

 

- Massage is a great way to let your baby know they are loved and cherished. 

 

Preparation

 

- Find a space on the floor in a warm room. 

 

- Place a changing mat or yoga mat and cover with a towel. Have a spare towel or blanket available to wrap baby in if necessary.

 

- Turn off your mobile and let the answer phone take messages. 

 

- Make sure you are dressed comfortably in light clothing and avoid having long nails or wearing any jewellery that could graze your baby’s skin while massaging. 

 

- Put on some soothing music that you and your baby will enjoy. 

 

- A warm bath before commencing massage may enhance relaxation – particularly helpful if it is before the night time sleep. 

 

- When you settle your baby on the massage surface you have created for them, sit with your legs either side and draw them in close. This will help them feel secure and assist eye contact. 

 

- Ask your baby if they would like a massage. Let them see you open the bottle of oil or lotion adding a small amount to the palm of your hand and warming it ready for massage. 

 

- Including your baby in the preparation for massage helps build trust and partnership and also makes it easier at subsequent massage times for them to be ready and looking forward to what is coming. 

 

- If your child has special needs or a medical condition please consult your health professional before using this massage guide.

 

 

legs and feet

 Milking leg 

 

 

Hold the leg with one hand and wrap your other hand around the thigh. Pull through to ankle. Repeat, alternating the

hand that holds and the hand that strokes so that you have a ‘milking’ effect.

 

 

 Balls of fingers on sole of foot

 

Cradling the foot in both hands use the balls of your thumbs to ‘walk’ over the sole with even pressures.

 

 

 

 Stroking upper side of foot

 

 Still cradling the foot stroke the upper side, from toes upward, with the side of your thumb. Repeat.

 

 

 

Embracing foot

 

Embrace the foot and pause. “This is your foot!”

 

Rolling leg

 

With your fingers together place your hands either side of the thigh and rotate all the way to the ankle (giving the

effect of ‘rolling out’ – great for play too!). Repeat.

 

 

 

Embracing leg

 

Embrace the leg with both hands and pause. “This is your leg!”

 

 

Abdomen

Stroke clockwise

 

With fingers together apply sweeping clockwise strokes circling the abdomen first with one hand and then the other.

Make sure your hands are below the ribs at all times and avoid pressure over the bladder.

Note: baby sucking = her showing her comfort and enjoyment.

 

 

 

 

 

Fold knees into tummy

 

 

Fold knees into abdomen and hold for 10 seconds then release knees, cradle legs and give a little jiggle to

loosen up. Repeat. Note: hand in mouth = a happy and relaxed baby.

 

 

Rest hands on tummy

 

Rest hands on tummy and pause. “This is your tummy!” You may want to try the abdominal massage with

each nappy change if your baby is prone to colic or constipation.

 

 

Chest

 
Centre chest and Smooth outwards

 

With fingers together, place hands on centre of chest then smooth outwards until hands are aligned with armpits on each side of chest. Repeat. Note: baby’s hands hold yours= comfort, participation and joy!

Hands on chest

 Rest hands on chest and pause. “This is your chest!”

 

 

Arms

 

Milking arm

 

Hold the arm with one hand and wrap your other hand around the upper arm. Pull through to wrist. Repeat, alternating the hand that holds and the hand that strokes so that you have a ‘milking’ effect.

 

 

 

Rolling arm

 

With your fingers together place your hands on either side of the upper arm and rotate down to wrist (giving the effect of ‘rolling out’ - great for play too!). Repeat.

 

 Embrace arm

 

Embrace the arm with both handsand pause. “This is your arm!”

 

 Embrace hand

 

Embrace the hand with both hands  and pause. “This is your hand!”

 

 

face

 

Cup hands over face and peek-a-boo!

Cup your hands over the face then move them apart with a smoothing action over the brow as you greet your baby. “Peek-a-boo!”

 

 

 

 

Circles on the spot  

 

With your fingertips apply moderate pressure over cheeks, doing circles on the spot. You can also repeat this action behind the ears.

 

 

 

Cup head 

 

Cup the face with both hands and pause. “This is your face!”

Back

swooping head to foot

With both hands cradling the crown of the head, fingers together, stroke all the way to the toes. “See how long you are!” Repeat.

 

 

 

 Embrace back

 

With one hand on the back of the head and one on the trunk embrace and pause. ”This is your back!”

 

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