Linden honey: medicinal properties, contraindications and features

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Linden honey is made from the flowers of a perennial woody plant - linden, which is most common in the Far East and Bashkortostan. It contains a lot of useful substances, vitamins and minerals necessary for the human body. All the features, medicinal properties and contraindications of linden honey will be considered in detail in the article.

Description

This bee product is traditionally harvested in two regions of our country - the Far East and Bashkortostan. It is in these places that linden forests are widespread, and the final product is obtained from linden inflorescences.

Linden honey has long been considered one of the most useful honey varieties. The color of linden honey can vary from very light and transparent to amber with a greenish tint. This product has a spicy bright aroma with minty notes and a rich taste.

The composition of honey is dominated by monosaccharides such as glucose and fructose. More about varietiesthis bee product will talk below.

Honey from the Far East

Linden honey from the Far East is considered a real curiosity due to its rarity. This is due to the short summer, during which it is necessary to have time to collect nectar from flowering trees. Therefore, few beekeepers need to do a lot of work in a short period of time.

Linden forests begin in the vicinity of the Khabarovsk Territory, and they grow mainly in the mountains. The color of this bee product varies from light yellow to a beautiful amber hue. The aroma of the product has rich floral notes.

Honey from Bashkortostan

Linden honey from Bashkortostan, namely from the Burzyansky district, is the most popular among Russian consumers of this product. This is due to the fact that the main part of the linden forests of our country is concentrated there. Therefore, the bulk of linden honey is produced in Bashkortostan.

It is worth noting that the color of Bashkir honey varies from transparent to light gold. In the taste characteristics of the product, a slight bitterness can be felt, which appears due to the flowers of wild linden. The aroma of honey is rich, floral with menthol notes.

Especially useful honey in combs. If you are lucky enough to purchase this product, then you should know that you need to use it with honeycombs, then the benefits for the body will be invaluable.

Linden honey with royal jelly

Royal jelly is stillone valuable product of beekeeping, which is a white liquid of thick consistency. It is produced by bees to feed their larvae. Royal jelly does not withstand long-term storage, so it is usually added to crystallized linden honey to extend the shelf life. The resulting mixture has a number of useful substances, vitamins and microelements, is actively used in cosmetology and perfectly tones the body.

Royal jelly is a rare and expensive product, since bees produce it in small quantities and not every beekeeper can collect this useful substance.

Useful properties

The beneficial properties of linden honey have been widely known since ancient times. It contains vitamins B, C, H, nicotinic acid, as well as many trace elements such as potassium, sodium, calcium, chlorine, phosphorus, iodine and many others.

The healing properties of linden honey are very diverse. For example, it can be used to treat various colds. Just remember that when honey is dissolved in hot water, it loses all its beneficial properties.

Also, this bee product helps to activate the metabolic process in the body and has a tonic effect. These properties make it indispensable for anyone who wants to lose weight and get in shape.

In diseases of the kidneys and gastrointestinal tract, experts recommend using honey, it also activates brain activity and improves the functioning of the cardiovascular system.

Flower-linden honey can be used externally for furunculosis and purulent wounds. It is widely used in cosmetology as anti-aging face masks. Honey wraps are popular as they help to remove toxins from the body.

Experts recommend this product for sleep disorders, as well as after experienced stressful situations. In this case, add honey to warm milk and drink before going to bed.

Ophthalmologists recommend using honey to all people whose work activities involve constant work at the computer, as this product has a positive effect on vision and helps relieve fatigue.

Many housewives use honey in cooking. With it, you can cook, for example, kvass, various desserts and much more.

Given the numerous beneficial properties of honey, we can safely advise you to have a jar of this product in reserve in every home.

Linden honey: contraindications

With all the many useful properties of this product, do not forget that honey is a very strong allergen. Therefore, nursing mothers and children under the age of three are prohibited from using this beekeeping product.

It is worth noting that if you exceed the rate of honey consumption, which is about one hundred grams for an adult and fifty grams for children, then undesirable consequences such as diarrhea, increased heart rate and increased blood sugar may occur. Exactlytherefore, people diagnosed with diabetes should stop eating honey.

Also noteworthy is a reminder that lime honey should not be added to hot tea, because it loses most of its beneficial properties. Therefore, the temperature of the drink should not exceed forty degrees.

If you have any doubts about the use of linden honey, then in this case you need to consult a specialist.

Calories

Linden honey is a rather high-calorie product. The content of kilocalories per hundred grams of the product reaches 330. But, despite this, nutritionists advise using it in diets. It perfectly removes toxins from the body and has a tonic effect. Due to the content of many useful substances, vitamins and microelements in honey, it has a general strengthening effect.

Thus, it is recommended to add this bee product to cereals, cottage cheese or herbal and green teas. So, following a diet and not exceeding the consumption of honey, you can lose about three kilograms in a week.

Storage conditions

Few consumers know that honey requires special storage conditions, which include the choice of special dishes. Perfect for this glass, clay, wooden or stainless steel dishes. It must be perfectly washed and dried, otherwise the product will immediately deteriorate. Plastic containers can be used, but honey can only be stored in such a container for one year.

It is worth notingthat honey absorbs all odors, so it is necessary to use hermetically sealed dishes for its storage and do not place it near substances that have a strong odor.

It is important to know that honey is afraid of bright light, so if it is stored in a transparent container, you need to put it in a dark place. Exposure to cold temperatures is also unfavorable for the beneficial properties of the product, so honey should never be refrigerated or frozen.

Honey in combs must first be cut, then placed in a container and put away in a dark place.

How not to make a mistake when choosing a quality product?

How to choose high-quality linden honey? We will answer this question in this article. First you need to know that honey crystallizes quite quickly. This process takes place within three months, and if this did not happen, then you bought a not quite high-quality product. In addition, the color of this beekeeping product becomes darker over time, and the consistency becomes thick. But at the same time, it does not lose its useful properties, as well as taste.

Also, everyone knows that the weight of honey exceeds the weight of water by one and a half times. Thus, with the help of scales it is easy to check the naturalness of the product.

Worth a separate note is the fact that some unscrupulous sellers put bees, grass or other bee products in jars of honey, trying to mislead you and assure you that the product is natural.

Currently, a lot of various indicators have appeared on sale, but this method is more suitable for specialists, and notordinary consumers.