Why honey is effective as a medicine
- 1 January 2001
- journal article
- other
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Bee World
- Vol. 82 (1) , 22-40
- https://doi.org/10.1080/0005772x.2001.11099498
Abstract
The effectiveness of honey as a therapeutic agent has been unequivocally demonstrated in the literature reviewed in Part 1 of this article published in 1999, but the biochemical explanation of these effects is more hypothetical. However, a rational explanation can be seen when one looks at the scientific literature outside that on honey. Some of the components of honey are substances known to have physiological actions that would explain many of its therapeutic effects. In addition, research on honey has shown directly that it has physiological actions that would give therapeutic effects.Keywords
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