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Accurate honey beneficial properties and contraindications
Akkurai plant - an unusual honey plant
Let's look at white neat honey in detail
Akkura honey and its properties
Bashkir Akkura honey - how to distinguish it from a fake?
How is it used and what are the benefits of honey?
Traditional medicine recipes from white akura honey
Recommendations and contraindications
How to properly store honey?
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Accurate honey beneficial properties and contraindications

Akkuraev honey. Many have not tried it or even heard of it. This is a rare delicious beekeeping product. Let's talk in more detail about this unique and in its own way wonderful variety of bee sweetness. The healing properties of honey are due to the biological activity of its components. Phytoncides—suppress the growth of pathogenic microorganisms. Acitincholine restores the cardiovascular system at the cellular level. Phytohormones normalize the balance of hormones and help smooth out the symptoms of menopause in a woman’s body. Flavonoids suppress the harmful effects of free radicals.

Regular consumption of the product strengthens the immune system, improves appetite, activates metabolism and cellular respiration, increases hemoglobin, relieves inflammation, and removes toxins. Akkurai honey is good for quickly getting rid of cold symptoms and treating cough.

Area of use

Akkura cream honey is used for medical (preventive) and cosmetic purposes. Thus, the use of this product is recommended for colds accompanied by a runny nose, cough, and sore throat. This beekeeping product is effective in treating hormonal disorders, as well as common gynecological problems such as fungal infections and cervical erosion.

The use of preparations containing akura honey helps to overcome nervous disorders, depressive and asthenic conditions, strengthen the immune system, and cleanse the body of excess sludge and salt deposits. Traditional medicine uses the akura variety as a component in the complex treatment of skin diseases such as psoriasis and eczema, baldness and albinism. This species is widely used for cosmetic purposes, being included in products for the care of the skin of the face, body and hair.

Akkurai plant - an unusual honey plant

In the vast meadows of southern Kazakhstan and Bashkiria, and the sunny foothills of Central Asia, you can find a tall (human-sized) plant with modest small purple flowers collected in racemes. This is akkurai or psoralea drupes. No one grows the plant on purpose - it is a weed.

Akkuray is a perennial from the legume family. It is interesting to watch the plant bloom. Late May, 6 a.m.: the bud of the lowest flower on the cluster opens. The rest “wake up” around lunchtime. After 15 o'clock all the flowers on the cluster are already closed. The flowering period is very short - after 4 days the flowers will wither.

The modesty of lilac flowers is compensated by their chic spicy aroma. It’s a paradox, but purified honey from Akkurai has virtually no odor. The thing is that aromatic substances are concentrated in pollen. And honey bees collect honey at a time when there is no pollen in the flowers.

In the very heart of the flower, between the fruit and the stamens, the nectaries are located. They secrete the sweet substrate that honey bees are so attracted to - nectar. In warm and humid weather, bees are especially active in landing on akkurai due to increased nectar production. Psoralea drupeta is a powerful honey plant, its honey productivity reaches 400 kg/ha.

Kinds

In spring and summer, over 3 hundred Bashkir honey plants bloom. Therefore, the products of local apiaries differ from other regions in their great diversity.

For connoisseurs, in Bashkiria they collect natural beet honey with a richer taste. It is obtained from bee dwellings built in hollow logs or tree hollows.

Among the monofloral types of Bashkir honey, linden honey stands out. It is light yellow, transparent, fragrant. It has a sweet taste, diluted with a slight bitterness.

This is the most healing and popular product. Linden grows in many regions of Bashkiria, forming vast forests.

Bees collect large amounts of nectar from cultivated and wild herbaceous plants. It produces well-known varieties of Bashkir honey, which are easily distinguished by color:

buckwheat – brown, very dark;
acacia – yellowish-white, transparent, delicate in taste;
sweet clover – cream or light brown, reeks of vanilla;
sunflower – bright golden, tart, aromatic.

A rare and valuable type of Bashkir honey is Akkura honey. It is colored white and has the consistency of a soft cream. Only a part of apiaries are engaged in its production.

Polyfloral varieties are called floral or forb. This is processed nectar that was collected from several plants (thyme, fireweed, angelica).

Akkura honey and its properties

Laboratory studies have revealed that Akkuraev honey contains more than 400 biologically active components in a form that is easily digestible for humans. Let's list just a few of them:

Organic acids (citric, tartaric, lactic, etc.);
moisture - about 18%;
mono and poly sugars (glucose, fructose, sucrose);
mineral ash substances (potassium, bromine, iodine, magnesium, sulfur, etc.);
enzymes (diastase, glucose oxidase, invertase, etc.);
phytohormones (auxin, abcisic acid, cytokinin);
vitamins (groups B, E, K, carotene);
phytoncides (phloridzin, pinosulfan, tannins).

Video: Bashkir honey

How to distinguish real honey:

Taste it - it completely dissolves in your mouth without a sugar coating, leaving a sore feeling in the throat;
smell: the real product from Akkurai has no smell, the counterfeit product often has a pleasant vanilla smell;
pour starch onto the honey - it should lie in a heap, if it flows or changes color - this is a fake;
Place a teaspoon of the product in hot water - it will completely dissolve, add alcohol - the liquid will remain clear.

How is it used and what are the benefits of honey?

Natural masks without dyes or preservatives are easy to prepare at home. And the wonderful honey from psoralea will help us with this. It has a beneficial effect on the condition of the skin: tightens, tones, moisturizes, nourishes and rejuvenates. You can use it on its own or mixed with other ingredients.

At the first signs of wilting, a mask with an egg will have an excellent effect. A tablespoon of honey is mixed with 1 yolk and applied to clean skin, avoiding the eye area. Wash off with boiled water after 20-30 minutes.

To get rid of acne and blackheads, a mask with aspirin is recommended. 5 aspirin tablets are crushed and a spoonful of water and honey is added, everything is thoroughly mixed. Apply to problem areas of the skin. Wash off after 15 minutes, moisturize the skin with a light cream.

In order to whiten and give an even tone to the face, use a mask with lemon. The juice of half a lemon is mixed with a tablespoon of honey. The mixture is applied to the face, avoiding the eye area. Leave for 15-20 minutes. Wash off with boiled water and apply a light moisturizer.

What diseases does it help with?

Most often, akura honey is used to treat colds, throat diseases, skin diseases, fungal infections of the mucous membrane, as well as hormonal disorders and cervical erosion in women (Figure 4).

Note: So, at the first symptoms of a cold - runny nose, cough, fever - it is recommended to take 1 teaspoon of the product orally after meals. The daily consumption dose should not exceed 1.5 tablespoons of Bashkir honey.

You can increase the effectiveness of treatment using a composition obtained by combining viburnum decoction (1 glass of berries per 1 liter of boiling water) with several tablespoons of nectar. The prepared composition is drunk throughout the day in three doses. Honey rinses will help get rid of annoying sore throat due to tonsillitis. To do this, mix half a glass of beet juice with a spoon of honey dissolved in 25 g of freshly squeezed lemon juice. The resulting mixture is diluted in 1 liter of warm water and used for rinsing.

Figure 4. Bee product is widely used in folk medicine

Treatment of psoriasis that affects deep tissues is often difficult, so patients are increasingly resorting to the use of folk remedies. So, based on pure honey, you can prepare a fairly effective ointment to combat this terrible disease. To prepare it, you need to combine 1 tablespoon of nectar and dry celandine leaves with 1 egg white and baby cream. All components are mixed well, and the resulting mixture is applied twice a day to the affected areas of the skin.

A widespread fungal disease, known as thrush, responds well to treatment in the form of baths and douches prepared with honey. Its combinations with infusions of chamomile, calendula and string help women overcome cervical erosion. However, during pregnancy, all these folk remedies should be used with caution so as not to provoke allergies.

Video: White Accurate honey

Akkuraev honey has a beneficial effect on the condition of hair and scalp. It can be added to masks, combined with black bread, eggs, onions, natural oils, and kefir. The sweet product is pre-melted in a water bath until liquid and mixed with other ingredients. After application, a plastic cap is put on the hair and the head is insulated. After approximately 1 hour, the hair is thoroughly washed with warm water and shampoo.

Traditional medicine recipes from white akura honey

Here are some simple recipes that have been tested by experience and time.

For persistent night cough. Heat a glass of fresh milk, add a tablespoon of honey and 1 chicken egg to it. Whisk. Drink the entire mixture before bed. The course of administration is until the cough is completely relieved.

For a cold. Chop 3 medium cloves of garlic and mix them with a tablespoon of honey. Eat the mixture before bed with a glass of water. The course of treatment is until all cold symptoms disappear.

Recommendations and contraindications

Accurai honey is a powerful concentrate of biologically active substances. But you need to eat it without fanaticism, a teaspoon 3 times a day, washed down with warm liquid. The product should not be eaten in the morning on an empty stomach. It is especially good at night, as it calms you down and makes it easier to fall asleep.

Bee sweetness loses its beneficial properties and turns into sweet syrup when added to hot liquid. It is advisable not to add it to tea, but to enjoy it as a bite. Heat honey only in a water bath.

Beware: deception

On the shelves of our stores you can often see a product called Bashkir cream honey. Its consistency is thick and white, unusual for such a product. For ease of use, it is simply whipped, saturating the structure with oxygen.

Recognizing fake honey is not easy, because even after testing it is difficult to distinguish it from the description. The best option is to buy honey from trusted suppliers. Its price will be slightly higher than traditional honey, but the list of benefits is quite extensive.

Akkura honey is a valuable product that has no analogues due to its unique composition and characteristics. In addition to its taste characteristics, this product has medicinal properties and also helps eliminate many cosmetic problems. Its composition, nutritional value and taste help it compete adequately in the honey products segment. Features of administration, contraindications and beneficial properties of Akkura honey are discussed in detail in the information in our article.

Video: Allergist about the benefits of honey

If you have diabetes, you should consult your doctor before use. The product is contraindicated for people with allergies to bee products. Although recent research by scientists claims that real honey does not cause allergies. Only counterfeit is dangerous.

Honey is not given to children under 3 years of age. Introduce it into the diet carefully, a teaspoon per day, monitoring the skin reaction.

Tips for choosing

As a rule, Akkura honey is sold in places where it is collected. It is almost impossible to find it in central Russia. It is dangerous to choose a product on the Internet - there is a possibility of buying a fake. Due to its rarity, the cost of honey is quite high. This can be called the first sign of naturalness.

Choosing a quality product begins with inspecting the can. It should contain a white frozen mass.