Cinnamon/Honey Info

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THE HEALING PROPERTIES OF HONEY

 

* Afternoon Fatigue: At 3:00pm (or when the body is feeling fatigued),

drink 1/2 Tablespoon of honey in a glass of water and sprinkled with

cinnamon powder. Energy will increase within one week if taken daily.

 

* Anxiety and Nervous Tension: Honey is said to calm a nervous, high

strung person. It can also help you sleep at night. For insomnia, take

1 Tablespoon of honey at dinner. If that doesn't work, try mixing 3

Tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar to 1 cup of honey in a jar. Take 2

teaspoons before bed. If you don't fall asleep within the hour, take 2

teaspoons more. An old ayuverdic remedy has men taking the same dosage

(2 Tablespoons of honey) before bed to treat impotence.

 

* Honey for pain relief: Mix 3 Tbls. of honey in boiled water and

drink. Honey has natural pain-relieving powers.

 

* Longevity Tea: Boil 3 cups of water with 4 teaspoons of honey and 1

teaspoon of cinnamon powder. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 or 4 times a day. Said

to give steady energy and keep the skin soft!

 

* Honey Relieves Coughs: Here's a recipe from the book, Folk Medicine,

by DC Jarvis: boil a whole lemon slowly for 10 minutes. Cut the lemon

in 2 and extract the juice. Add juice to a 4 oz glass. Then add 2

Tablespoons of glycerine and fill the remaining glass with honey.

Dosage: 1 teaspoon during the day. Stir with spoon before taking. If

you have a night-time cough, take 1 teaspoon right before retiring and

then another one during the night. If your cough is severe, take

concoction every 4 hours starting with when you wake up. As the cough

gets better, you take less and less.

 

* Honey for Burns: Apply to burn, cover with a soft bandage.

 

* Honey for Asthma: Right before going to bed, take a mixture of 1

tsp. honey with 1/2 tsp. cinnamon.

 

* Honey for Hang-overs: Eat honey on bread or crackers. The fructose

in the honey helps to flush out the alcohol in your system.

 

HONEY OR HONEYCOMB FOR ALLERGIES

 

Honeycomb is an old Vermont remedy for allergies. When honeycomb is

chewed regularly during allergy season, it completely alleviates

allergies.

 

Recipe: Chew a piece of honeycomb as long as possible as though it

were a piece of gum. Within 30 minutes of chewing honeycomb, symptoms

like a stuffy nose and headache disappear. Start chewing honeycomb a

week or two before allergy season starts and you may not get any

allergies. The honeycomb should be from a local bee farm so your best

luck in finding a local variety is probably at your farmer's market.

If you can't find honeycomb, try combed honey. Plain honey apparently

works as well: dosage is 2 TBLS at each meal, three times a day.

 

SKIN CARE

 

Honey has been used for 2,000 years as an antiseptic dressing for

minor wounds. Because honey contains potassium, bacteria cannot

survive in it. Potassium withdraws moisture, which is essential to

bacteria's survival. Honey also promotes healing and prevents

scarring.

 

Studies have shown raw honey to have significant antioxidant

properties. It is also an anti-irritant. As such, it is often one of

the ingredients in sunscreen, since the chemicals in sunscreen can

cause skin eruptions. Honey is a humectant (it attracts and retains

moisture) and is often used in soaps, cleansers and lotions. Due to

honey's anti-bacterial nature, it can cleanse the skin's surface as

well as temporarily tighten the outer skin layers. Honey acts as both

cleanser and toner.

 

HONEY RECIPES:

 

Honey Facial Moisturizer: 2 Tablespoons of honey 2 Teaspoons of Milk.

Apply to face and leave on for 10 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

 

Summertime Honey Mask: When the humidity and/or filthy city air is

producing breakouts and oily or gritty skin, a honey mask is a great

solution! The recipe is as easy as they get! Simply spread a thin

layer of honey over your face for about 15 minutes. Rinse with warm

water.

 

Honey Scrub for the Body: mix 1/2 cup of raw honey with 1/2 cup sugar

or salt. Step into the shower (sans water, of course) and scrub

mixture into the skin. Then shower off.

 

Honey Scrub for the Face: 1 Tablespoon of honey mixed with 2

Tablespoons of finely ground almonds and half a teaspoon of lemon

juice. Rub gently into the skin and rinse with warm water.

 

Skin Infections: Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts to

the affected parts cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin

infections.

 

HAIR TREATMENTS

 

Hair Conditioner: Mix 2 Tablespoons of honey with 1/2 of a fresh

avocado and 1 Teaspoon of coconut oil. Massage into hair and leave on

for half an hour. Works beautifully for dry and damaged hair.

 

Hair Loss: To the scalp, apply a paste of hot olive oil, one

Tablespoon of honey and one Teaspoon of cinnamon (powder). Keep on for

approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair.