Coriander honey and its beneficial properties

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

Most of us know about such a spicy annual plant as coriander, called cilantro in the Caucasus. Its fragrant greens will enrich the taste of salads, meat and vegetable dishes, and the dry fruits of this plant are widely used in the process of making various sausages, as well as in baking bread, gingerbread and gingerbread.

However, few people know about such a he althy and delicious product as coriander honey, collected by beekeepers in the southern Russian regions.

Taste of the East

Such an amazing plant as coriander has long been widely used in cooking. Especially often it is used in Caucasian, Mexican, Indian and many Asian cuisines. Some people prefer to use its leaves for culinary purposes, while others are more interested in its seeds. It is also interesting that coriander, also called colandra, cilantro, kishnishi and Chinese parsley, is one of the few plants that is both a spice (when its leaves are used) and a spice (when its seeds are used. Butit was originally used not in cooking, but in medicine. The medicinal properties of cilantro were known and used for medical purposes in ancient Egypt and Rome, and the great healer of antiquity Abu Ali Ibn Sina (Avicenna) mentioned it in his "Canon of Medicine". It was used to stimulate appetite, treat gastric and intestinal diseases and improve cardiac activity, and in China it was believed that eating coriander makes a person immortal. Coriander honey obtained from this plant has no less unique properties - a natural healer of "bodies and souls".

So rare and unusual

It is impossible to meet this type of flower honey in the store, you will rarely see it at various "honey" exhibitions and fairs. This is explained by the fact that it is difficult to assemble it, and the final product is small. There is an opinion that bees do not care what flowering plants they collect pollen from, but beekeepers unanimously refute this. Coriander, which reveals its white and pink inflorescences in mid-summer, has a repellent and unpleasant smell for insects, and they try not to sit on it. In order to get coriander honey, beekeepers have to "move" the hives as close as possible to the places where this plant is located. From mid-June to early August is the time to collect honey from coriander flowers.

Features

Due to the presence of trace elements such as iron, copper and manganese in the composition of honey obtained from coriander flowers, the color ofhim light brown. The high rate of crystallization, which occurs in about 1–2 months, is the reason for such a property of coriander honey as coarse grain. Its smell is quite specific and somewhat spicy due to the presence of essential oils in its composition. The tart, medicinal-caramel taste of this type of honey will never be confused with any other.

Useful properties

Even doctors and healers of the ancient world noted the undoubted benefits brought by both cilantro itself and various infusions and formulations based on it.

Modern studies have shown that coriander honey really has beneficial properties and is able to have the following effects on the human body:

• antiseptic;
• wound healing;
• painkiller;
• antispasmodic;
• bronchodilator;
• improves the secretion of the digestive system;
• choleretic;
• reduces heart rate;
• promotes mucus elimination;
• increases potency.

Features of internal use

You can talk for a long time about coriander honey. The useful properties that it possesses are even longer to list. However, it must be remembered that this is a rather “serious” product, and you can use it as a medicine only after consulting with your doctor. Honey from coriander flowers affects several systems of the human body at once: digestive, excretory, nervous, cardiovascular.vascular, endocrine. Only a specialist therapist can prescribe the dosage in which you need to take it, after sending you to take tests and eliminating the possibility of allergic reactions and individual intolerance.

What diseases will help?

Coriander honey, taken under medical supervision, can significantly reduce stress levels, increase psycho-emotional tone and help with chronic fatigue. This effect is due to the high content of glucose in its composition. In addition, this unusual product of the vital activity of bees improves immunity and has an antioxidant effect. When carrying out complex treatment, the daily use of honey from coriander flowers can not only normalize, but also improve vision. Scientists have proven the benefits of coriander honey for people with diabetes. Its controlled intake can significantly lower blood sugar levels. Also this kind of honey can help:

• for anemia and anemia;
• for diseases of the intestines, digestive tract, pancreas and liver;
• for chronic bronchitis and asthma;
• in the treatment and prevention of helminthiases;
• for sexual dysfunctions;
• you can also use it to normalize heart rate in various diseases of the cardiovascular system;

External use

Thanks to the unique composition, which includes various macro- and microelements, you canuse coriander honey externally. Useful properties and contraindications to its use must be studied in advance so as not to encounter various skin problems or allergic reactions. If there is no individual intolerance, then coriander honey can be used as an antiseptic and wound healing agent used for rinsing the mouth and throat with stomatitis, tonsillitis and other diseases. The infusion for such rinses is prepared as follows: a tablespoon of pharmaceutical chamomile is poured into a glass of hot boiled water and insisted. When the solution becomes warm, add a tablespoon of honey and use as directed. Coriander honey has a healing effect on the skin, and local warm lotions from it will help get rid of acne.

Coriander honey: contraindications

As mentioned above, coriander flower honey, which has many medicinal properties, can only be used after prior consultation with a doctor and under his supervision.

With extreme caution should be used by people with any chronic diseases, as well as those who are allergic to anything. Those who have had or still have any skin diseases should use such a rare bee product very carefully so as not to aggravate the existing disease. Pregnant women and nursing mothers, before trying coriander honey, useful properties and contraindications for use, as well as the possibility of its use, are simply obliged to discuss withyour doctor.