honey

Facial mask – Recipe 1
1 teaspoon honey (preferably raw honey)
1 teaspoon olive oil
Yoke of an egg

Blend all together and apply to face.  Leave on for 15-20 minutes and wash off with warm water.

Facial mask – Recipe 2:

You can also use honey with fuller’s earth, commonly known as Multi Mitti.
Take equal quantities of fuller’s earth, honey and lemon juice, and mix well to form a paste.  Apply to skin, leave it on for fifteen minutes and then wash it off with warm water.

Ex foliating

Use this defoliator to remove dead skin cells from their roots.  This also helps in terminating blackheads.  Ex foliation is good for oily as well as dry skin.   It should be done at least once a week.

Exfoliator recipe

Combine honey, lemon juice and then add sugar. Rub on your skin (be gentle don’t bruise your skin) leave it for about 10-15 minutes and rinse with warm water.   Honey cleanses your skin, Lemon juice brightens your skin and sugar is an excellent exfoliator.

If you are battling a breakout of blackheads, read my earlier post Nine Ways to Get Rid of Blackheads for Good

2. Treat acne with honey :

Acne is a very embarrassing.  Those who are bestowed with breakout of acne will definitely concur with me.  Well there is hope, as honey can come to your rescue in curbing this problem. Honey plays an imperative role in treatment of acne.   Acne is caused by the buildup of oil and dirt and since honey absorbs impurities from the pores on the skin, it is an ideal cleansing agent.  Honey also is a natural antiseptic and soothes and heals your skin.   Many women use honey to treat pimples.

When you buy honey, make sure you buy raw honey.  Raw honey gives better results than regular honey.  Raw honey has all its beneficial values intact because it is unfiltered.   Organic honey is also a very good choice.

Honey can be applied directly to your skin.  Honey does not dry, so use a thin layer so that it does not drip all over your neck.    It can be left on for thirty minutes or longer, however, please do a skin test to make sure you are not allergic to it.  Apply a little to your jaw and leave it for thirty minutes and if there is no reaction, then your skin has given you a go-ahead signal to apply it to your face.   One done and left on for thirty minutes, wash it off with lukewarm water and dab you face dry.  Be gentle don’t rub your face, you might irritate your acne.

o for starters, start including honey to your diet in several ways. You may add it to your tea or coffee or use it to sweeten your breakfast cereal.  It can also be added to certain recopies since it has a lovely sweet taste.   

7. Health benefits of honey:

Let’s go beyond the delicious taste of honey and see how it can be beneficial to our health when consumed.

Overall Benefit of Honey:

• Honey is a source of flavonoids and  antioxidants which in turn help reduce the risk of heart disease and some cancers

• Of recent research has shown that honey may assist in treatment of disorders such as bacterial gastroenteritis and ulcers.

• All honey is antibacterial and anti-fungal because it contains an enzyme produced by bees that make hydrogen peroxide.

• In ancient times, athletes would consume honey and dried figs in order to enhance their performance.  Modern studies have now proven and verified the fact that honey is excellent in improving recovery as well maintaining glycogen levels.

• Honey is an effective cough suppressant and it also soothes a sore throat. It just has to be added to tea or warm lemon water and consumed.  Honey is also good for children who suffer from night-time cough and upper respiratory tract infections. They should be given two teaspoons of honey before they go to bed.

• The use of honey in Ayurvedic medicines dates back to almost 4000 years.  Honey, when blended together in herbal preparation, enhances the medicinal value and qualities of those medicines.  Honey is believed to improve eyesight, enhance weight loss and cure impotence.  It is also helps in treating urinary tract disorders, diarrhea, bronchial asthma and nausea.

• Honey contains natural sugars, but it is not the same as white sugar or any artificial sweeteners. The fusion of fructose and glucose in honey helps the body in regulating blood sugar levels. The hypoglycemic index in some honeys is low and therefore making them good alternatives to white sugar.

• §  Honey has been proven to be effective in healing wounds and burns when applied externally.

• Honey with its anti-microbial properties is excellent for the skin.  It softens, and rejuvenates exhausted skin.  Honey is used in many homemade face packs as well as in products available in the market.

Now we’ve come to the end of our journey about the goodness of honey.  We should be so thankful to bees for producing honey, shouldn’t we?

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