Medicinal use
Honey is a versatile ingredient with a range of medicinal uses.
Honey has been used to treat a wide array of illnesses, ailments, and injuries.
It can be mixed with other remedies and consumed or rubbed onto the skin. Practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine have attempted to use honey as a remedy for the following:
- stress
- weakness
- sleep disturbance
- vision problems
- bad breath
- teething pain, in children over a year old
- cough and asthma
- hiccups
- stomach ulcers
- diarrhea and dysentery
- vomiting
- bedwetting and frequent urination
- high blood pressure
- obesity
- jaundice
- hangover relief
- eczema and dermatitis
- burns, cuts, and wounds
- arthritis
While not all uses of honey are confirmed as effective, trying it as treatment will not make conditions any worse or cause harm.
Honey is sometimes touted as a cosmetic solution for cracked, dry, pimply, or clogged skin.
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