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Bee bread is another miracle product! Natural helpers in the treatment of infertility are honey, apilak, bee bread and other bee products.

If you ask any person the question: “What beekeeping products can you name?”, then in response, most likely, you will hear only three or four names - honey, pollen, wax, propolis. In fact, this list of beekeeping is much broader, since almost everything that a bee produces, including the bee itself, is a valuable source of microelements. This fact is recognized by traditional and evidence-based medicine. The benefits of beekeeping products in a unique composition that Mother Nature herself gave us.

Bee products are everything that a bee produces:

pollen (or bee pollen)
beebread
lining
propolis
bee venom
royal jelly
drone jelly
Merva

Many of the names on this list are familiar only to beekeepers. For each beekeeping product, people have found their own way of using it, observing and analyzing how this or that product acts. If you look at medical books from two hundred years ago, honey, judging by them, is a panacea for all diseases - they and other beekeeping products were used to treat everything from a runny nose to a fracture.

Beekeeping products are good for both the prevention and treatment of diseases; they are also widely used in cosmetology and perfumery.

We offer a detailed look at each product and how it can be useful.

Honey

If you have ever been able to visit a honey fair, which is held every year in almost all cities and villages of Russia, then you know that there are simply countless varieties of honey; they are distinguished:

by place of origin. For example, Altai honey is valued because it is collected in ecologically clean regions, and Bashkir honey has also been a patented trademark since 2005.

by botanical origin. Floral - depending on which flowers the nectar was collected from, honey and other beekeeping products will be filled with aromatic notes of these plants (acacia, linden, raspberry, sea buckthorn, buckwheat, etc.). Honeydew - in Russia, such a beekeeping product is considered second-class, since bees collect honeydew of animal origin. Honeydew is the sweet liquid found on plant leaves from insect secretions. Bees feed on honeydew only if there are no flowering plants.

according to consistency. Liquid - this is the consistency honey has immediately after being taken from the honeycomb. Crystallized - the next stage of honey, occurs after some time. How long it takes for crystallization depends on the source plant and the ambient temperature. Crystallization does not affect the properties of the product in any way.

Honey can be dark or light. The color also depends on the honey plant.

The accepted shelf life is 1 year; after a year, the beekeeping product can, in principle, also be consumed, but the quantity useful substances it begins to shrink. The presence of sourness in honey is a direct sign of beginning fermentation.

Many beekeepers claim that honey can be stored for years. This statement is true only if the honey was in the hive, in closed honeycombs; such conditions are favorable for the preservation of honey nutrients. But as soon as pumping has occurred, factors such as temperature, light, humidity intervene, which are not the most in the best possible way may affect the product.

Honey is known for its amazing effect in the treatment of many diseases - acute respiratory infections, cough, inflammation, nervous disorders, but beekeeping products are an active biological additive, and it has its own contraindications. It is not recommended for children under 1 year of age, as it is believed that their digestive tract there are no enzymes that facilitate the absorption of honey, which can lead to such a terrible disease as botulism. Also, do not use if you are allergic to any bee products.

Pollen and beebread

Bee pollen is flower pollen processed by the saliva of bees. Bees collect it in the hive to feed the larvae, and it is also the main diet of bees in winter.

The name “pollen” itself comes from the method of pollen delivery - on the legs, that is, on the legs.

Bees do not consume pollen in its pure form; they crush it, put it in honeycombs and pour it with honey, moistening the whole thing with saliva - this beekeeping product is already called bee bread, or colloquially “bee bread”. Bee bread is an even more rich product in vitamins and microelements, and besides, it has a longer shelf life than pollen.

Both bee products are used for boost immunity, but beebread has undergone natural processing, and is characterized by better digestibility, higher nutritional value and a wealth of vitamins, long term storage

Pollen is used 1 teaspoon three times a day half an hour before meals. Bee bread is mixed with honey. This nourishment of the body will allow you to increase hemoglobin levels, resist viruses and stress, improve appetite, and reduce cholesterol.

Propolis

This is a natural insulation and antiseptic that bees produce for their home construction. The antiseptic properties of propolis among other beekeeping products are surprising. It is known that when large insects or animals enter the hive, which the bees cannot pull out of their home, they begin to actively cover the unexpected guest with propolis, thereby preventing decomposition.

This product can easily withstand high temperatures, it can be boiled and the healing properties will not disappear, it dissolves well in alcohol.

Propolis is a leader among other bee products used to improve immunity , and all thanks to the content full composition microelements and amino acids that are necessary for humans.

Beeswax

This main component for the construction of honeycombs. The bactericidal properties of beeswax are valuable for humans. The product is poorly soluble in water and is mainly used as ointments, creams and patches. Wax regenerates the skin well, so it is indispensable in the treatment of wounds, burns, ulcers and inflammations.

Beeswax has an unlimited shelf life, but storage conditions should still be observed - it should be dry, cool and dark.

Why is merva needed?

Merva is what remains after melting down old honeycombs; in it you can find fragments of all parts of the life of bees (larvae, propolis, and small debris). But even this at first glance useless substance found its application in beekeeping.

For medicine, merva is not of particular interest; the only thing it can be used for is applications for joints and the preparation of compresses.

The main use of merva is as a vitamin supplement for farm animals. This beekeeping product is used to fortify the feed of broiler chickens, increasing their resistance to various diseases.

Merva is also used as a natural fertilizer for plants - fruit trees and bushes. Strawberries respond especially well to this feeding.

Royal jelly

First of all, this is the food of the queen bee; it is royal jelly that she feeds on throughout her life, and it also serves as food for the royal larvae in the first 7 days.

Royal jelly is amazing in its healing composition, which adapts to the age of the larva - young larvae receive more rich in protein product.

It has been used in medicine since time immemorial. Currently, there is an active study of the effect of royal jelly on cancer cells if the disease is detected at an early stage.

This beekeeping product has health properties for women's health, it is often prescribed to women planning pregnancy.

The drug is prescribed 2-3 times a day, 20-30 mg sublingually. Should be taken half an hour before meals. Royal jelly can be used in tablet or liquid form.

It tastes like a sourish jelly-like mass, which is where the second name “royal jelly” comes from.

Important!

When taking it, you should take into account that the substance has a stimulating property, so it is better not to use it in the evening, otherwise you will suffer from insomnia.

The value of the substance is that it triggers the body’s protective functions, provoking its independent fight against illnesses.

Royal jelly improves memory well, so it is in demand among students and the elderly.

All young mothers are familiar with the drug Apilak; everyone, from doctors to neighbors, advises taking it after the birth of a baby to improve milk production. So this is royal jelly, vacuum-dried at a low temperature.

This beekeeping product is indispensable for recovery after a stroke and heart attack, as it has a positive effect on cardiovascular and nervous system person. Helps improve blood flow in the spinal cord and brain.

Pediatricians also prescribe it to children in cases of eating disorders and lack of appetite (this is one of the beekeeping products that is not contraindicated for children infancy). It not only helps to increase the baby’s appetite, but also significantly strengthens the immune system.

The product is also widely used in cosmetology. The healing cream can be easily made at home; all you need to do is add 30 g of milk to the cream and mix well. Now you can use the cream as usual, and within a week you will see the result - wrinkles around the eyes will become less noticeable, and the skin will become more elastic.

Using the same principle, you can prepare a hair mask. For better penetration of the substance, you need to keep the mask on for 15 to 30 minutes.

Royal jelly has few contraindications:

allergy to bee products
adrenal diseases
diabetes mellitus

It should be used with caution if the patient has sleep disturbances, since royal jelly provokes severe agitation. If you still need to use the drug, then it makes sense to postpone the dose to morning hours or reduce the dosage.

Drone jelly

In fact, this is not exactly milk, but the official name is drone homogenate.

It is obtained in an apiary by collecting week-old drone larvae (male bees, they only participate in fertilization), which are then sent to a special press. Under the pressure, a liquid is formed, and this is precisely what is called drone jelly.

The shelf life of drone milk is short, so it is preserved by mixing with honey (such a product will be stored for up to six months), the vacuum drying method is also widely used, and ordinary tablets are obtained.

This beekeeping product is actively used in the treatment of all kinds of disorders - stress, chronic fatigue, postpartum depression, nervousness, consequences of menopause.

Homogenate is not something delicacy, despite the fact that few people know about it. There are always a lot of drones in nature, so the price of milk is quite acceptable for any wallet.

The dosage depends on the form of release; if you take it in tablets, follow the instructions on the package. For a dry product, it is enough to dissolve half a teaspoon half an hour before meals. For the honey mixture, the dosage is 1-2 teaspoons per day. It is better to take it in the morning, then you can use the charge of vigor and strength for good.

Zabrus

Another little-known beekeeping product. Zabrus is a cut upper part honeycomb, bees seal honeycombs with honey this way to preserve it. Zabrus mainly consists of the secretion of the salivary glands of bees, propolis, wax, beebread and pollen.

It is from the strand that high quality wax is obtained.

The beekeeping product is used as natural chewing gum, which perfectly disinfects the oral cavity, cleanses the gums, and normalizes metabolism.

This chewing gum is prescribed for stomatitis, sore throat, gingivitis, and periodontal disease. With regular use, you can even defeat tartar.

Podmor

When the average person finds out what deadheading is, the first reaction is a slight shock. There is simply no waste in beekeeping.

Podmor is just dead insects, which, having collected, can be used to make a tincture using alcohol or vodka.

The collected insects are sorted, cleared of debris and dried at a temperature of +50°C. Now you can prepare an alcohol tincture.

Podmora tincture is indicated for the prevention of viral and infectious diseases, strengthening men's health, for the treatment of disease genitourinary system, prostatitis, adenoma, joint diseases.

Bee venom

Everyone knows about this waste product of bees; at least once in their life they have experienced a bee sting, and the experience is most likely unpleasant.

Bee venom is widely used in pharmaceuticals and medicine. Based on it, it is produced huge amount ointments aimed at treating arthritis, radiculitis, rheumatism, osteochondrosis, various manifestations allergic reactions on the skin.

Collection bee venom occurs in late spring - early summer.

Also in medical practice“stinging” by live bees is used. The bee applies its sting to certain points, inserts its sting, it injects poison, after which the bee is removed, and the sting remains in the skin for another 1 hour.

This is a fairly serious substance, and therapeutic manipulations can only be carried out under the supervision of an experienced doctor.

Despite the highly effective healing properties of beekeeping products, you should not refuse full-fledged medical treatment in case serious illnesses, apitherapy can only have an auxiliary effect on the path to a healthy life.

The healing properties of beekeeping products have been known for thousands of years. Royal jelly, bee bread and propolis are valuable beekeeping products, in which scientists are discovering more and more amazing properties.

Description and beneficial properties of beekeeping products (royal jelly, bee bread and propolis), contraindications

What is it

Royal jelly - produced salivary glands worker bees a gelatinous pale yellow substance with which they feed the queen, as well as larvae of other castes up to three days of age. It contains 65-70% water, approximately equal shares of protides (proteins and their decomposition products - amino acids, peptides) and carbohydrates (13-14 each), 4% lipids. There are also a lot of B vitamins and various minerals. Apparently, this composition of food provides the queen bee with large size, fertility and an enormous life expectancy compared to her fellow tribesmen.

Perga- this is, in principle, slightly fermented pollen, which, together with honey, constitutes the main food of the bee colony. When visiting flowers, foraging bees “get dirty” with pollen, and then rake it into recesses on their legs (baskets), mixing it with saliva and nectar. The resulting lumps are then packed into honeycombs and filled with honey. Bee bread contains a lot of carbohydrates (35-40%) and protides (20-35%). In addition to vitamins and microelements, it also contains specific substances, in particular enzymes and antibiotics.

Propolis is a glue that bees produce from the sticky secretions of some plants (for example, poplars, conifers) to seal cracks and coat the internal walls of the hive. It contains about 50% resin and 30% wax, as well as substances with antiseptic, anesthetic and healing effects on both bees and humans.

Useful properties bee products

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Description

IN lately One product produced by the honey bee is beginning to attract the attention of scientists - beebread, which bees prepare from pollen.

Pollen flowering plants consists of many pollen grains (Fig. 7).

Rice. 7. Pollen grains. various plants(enlarged): 1 - zucchini; 2 - rhododendron; 3 - daisies; 4 - dandelion; 5 - mallows; 6 -- pine trees; 7 - lilies; 8-nasturtium

The size of pollen grains varies from different plants from 0.01 to 0.25 mm. The grain has a double shell of fiber and contains protoplasm and two nuclei inside. Each plant's pollen grains have their own color, shape and size. By looking at the pollen in the honeycombs, you can determine which plants the bees collected nectar from. The surface of pollen grains is uneven and often sticky, so pollen easily sticks to the bee's body.

Bees collect pollen using oral organs, legs and hairs covering the bee's body. When collecting pollen, bees moisten it with nectar, mix it with saliva and in special recesses hind legs(baskets) they transfer it to the hive, place it in honeycomb cells and compact it. The chemical composition of pollen from different plants is different. The pollen of many plants contains water (5-35%), silicon, sulfur, copper, cobalt, sodium, iron, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, barium, silver, zinc, chromium, strontium, etc. Pollen contains various proteins and free amino acids, many vitamins, especially A, B1, B2, C, B6, nicotinic acid, folic acid, biotin, pantothenic acid, etc.

Bees collect pollen mostly in the morning, when dust particles burst in flowers and therefore pollen collection is easier. At one time, a bee transfers up to 20 mg of pollen to the hive. The bees fill each cell with pollen about 2/3, and pour honey on top. Deprived of access to air, pollen undergoes fermentation due to enzymes in the saliva of bees and honey and turns into the so-called bee bread - pergu (“bread”). During fermentation, the amount of proteins and fats in bee bread decreases, but the amount of lactic acid and carbohydrates increases. The changes occurring in beebread are similar to the silage of plant feed. The resulting lactic acid and a large amount of sugar prevent the development of bacteria and molds in the bee bread, as a result of which it can remain unchanged in the hive long time. Thus, although bees prepare bee bread from pollen, their qualitative and quantitative composition is not uniform, the main difference between bee bread and pollen is that the constituent parts of bee bread are more easily absorbed by living organisms (for example, bees). The comparative chemical composition of pollen and beebread is given in Table. 5.

Pollen and beebread are necessary protein, mineral and vitamin food for larvae and adult bees. When eating bee bread, nurse bees produce in their pharyngeal glands royal jelly, which is fed to young larvae and the queen. To raise one worker bee, up to 120 mg of pollen and beebread is needed. Bees collect pollen most intensively in spring and early summer, when the family is raising greatest number brood.

The richness of nutrients, vitamins and microelements in bee bread and pollen prompted researchers to test bee bread and pollen as medicinal agents.

Pollen (1-2 tablespoons) in pure form or mixed with beebread and honey was given to anemic children. At the same time, they very quickly noted increase in red blood cell count, hemoglobin, general condition improved. Positive effect obtained from the ingestion of pollen and bee bread by patients recovering from severe infectious diseases. In such patients, appetite and weight were restored more quickly, and blood returned to normal.

When taken orally, bee bread mixed with honey (1:1 ratio) improves intestinal function and the general condition of the body.

In the German Democratic Republic children in need of increased nutrition, give honey along with butter, pollen and beebread. Bee bread and pollen contain a lot of vitamin A (20 times more than carrots). It is not for nothing that bee bread is used in the GDR as a raw material for the industrial production of vitamin A.

Produced in Yugoslavia Vitaflor drug, which is a suspension of flower pollen in honey. The drug is recommended as a rich source of various vitamins.

There are attempts to treat patients with initial stages hypertension a combination of pollen and honey, taken in a ratio of 1: 1 or 1: 2.

Under experimental conditions it was found that alcohol extract of bee bread has a pronounced bactericidal effect against a wide variety of microorganisms. The latter provided the basis for carrying out work to study possible use ointments containing bee bread in the treatment various wounds. Such work is carried out, for example, at the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute.

Purified bee bread can be obtained as follows: cut off the cells with beebread to the base of the honeycomb. Pour the bee bread along with the waxy cell walls with water in a glass jar and stir. The wax floats up, but the beebread remains at the bottom. Then the water is drained, the bee bread is dried and filled with honey. In this form it lasts for a very long time. Since beebread has a bitter taste, it is better to administer it with honey.

Currently developed effective ways collecting pollen from flowering plants, as well as a method of collecting pollen from bees. From one bee colony you can get per day 100 g flower pollen.

The beneficial effect of pollen and bee bread on certain diseases, as well as the comparative ease of obtaining them, indicate that these honey bee products are promising in terms of using them as medicinal products.

Royal jelly

Worker bees produce special highly nutritious substances with their pharyngeal glands, which they feed the larva of the future queen (Fig. 8).

Rice. 8. Diagram of the location of glands in the head and chest of a worker bee: 1 - pharyngeal gland; 2- mandibular gland; 3 - maxillary gland; 4 - pharynx; 5 - esophagus; 6 - proboscis

This substance and called royal jelly. Royal jelly of bees is prepared from bee bread.

Bees place an egg intended for breeding a queen in a special wax cell of an acorn shape - queen cell, which is filled with royal jelly (Fig. 9).

Rice. 9. General view queen cell

The larva of the future queen literally floats in the royal jelly of the queen cell. Royal jelly is also present in ordinary cells in which worker bees and drones are hatched, but in much smaller quantities (100 times less than in the queen cell). The larvae of worker bees also receive royal jelly, but only in the first three days of their life, while the larvae of the queen are intensively fed with jelly during the first five days of life and then in the spring and summer, when intensive egg laying occurs.

The milk with which the larvae of worker bees are fed is somewhat different in chemical composition from the milk of queen bees. That's why worker bee jelly sometimes simply called bee jelly, and milk intended for feeding uterus, - uterine milk.

For medical purposes, royal jelly is obtained from unsealed queen cells, laid by bees in the summer, when selecting queens from them. Recently, special apiaries have begun to be created to obtain royal jelly in large quantities. From one bee colony you can get 40-80 queen cells. Most often, royal jelly is collected from four-day-old larvae. From each queen cell you can get about 0.3-0.4 g of milk. To get 200 g of royal jelly, you need to have at least half a million queen cells.

The amount of royal jelly depends on the abundant nutrition of the bees protein food, i.e. pollen and beebread, as well as the number of young nurse bees. Professor T.V. Vinogradova recommends that in order to increase the amount of royal jelly in the queen cells, one month before receiving royal jelly, start feeding the bees sugar syrup with baker's yeast (5%), which is rich in protein and vitamins.

Obtaining royal jelly in large quantities presents certain difficulties, since bees lay new queen cells in a colony with an old queen or in an orphaned one. Therefore, to get a lot of queen cells, it is necessary to remove the uterus from the family. Currently, beekeepers have developed several methods that can be used to force bees to lay more queen cells. These methods are described in special literature on beekeeping.

The Adler Fruit and Vegetable State Farm has developed a method for raising queen bees in artificial queen cells. In 1962, the state farm collected more than 10 kg of royal jelly.

Collecting royal jelly with a special spoon into clean test tubes, doused inside with molten wax (Fig. 10).

Rice. 10. Collector and spoon for collecting royal jelly from queen cells

At the end of collection, the tubes are hermetically sealed with wax, since with the access of large quantities of air, milk relatively quickly loses its valuable properties.

Chemical composition of royal jelly

Fresh royal jelly(“royal jelly”) is a yellowish-brown liquid with a creamy consistency and sour taste. At room temperature and in the light, royal jelly turns yellow and dries out, so it is snored at temperatures close to zero degrees. Under these conditions, it does not lose its properties for three months. Thus, royal jelly is less persistent than other honey bee products.

The chemical composition of royal jelly is very complex.. It contains 65% water, 14-18% proteins, 9-19% carbohydrates (sugars), 1.7-5.7% fats, growth factors, sex hormones, mineral salts, trace elements, many vitamins (B1, B2 , B6, B12, B3, C, N, RR, folic acid). Of the microelements in royal jelly, the most interesting are iron, manganese, zinc and cobalt, since these substances are necessary for normal hematopoiesis. The presence of zinc in royal jelly determines its stimulating effect on the reproductive glands of queen bees.

Found in royal jelly series biologically active substances , for example, acetylcholine and the enzyme that destroys it is cholinesterase.

In terms of nutritional value, royal jelly of bees significantly superior cow's milk . Royal jelly of bees is 5 times more than cow's milk, contains proteins, 4-6 times more carbohydrates, 2-3 times more fat. Royal jelly also contains significantly more vitamins than cow's milk.

Comparative data on the composition of royal jelly and cow's milk are given in table. 6.

For normal height and the development of the human body and animals, so-called essential amino acids are needed, i.e. those that the body cannot synthesize itself and must receive in finished form. It has been found that royal jelly contains all essential amino acids(arginine, histidine, valine, methionine, tryptophan, etc.). Royal jelly also contains proteins such as globulins (68%) and albumins (40%), which are extremely important normal components of blood. Royal jelly proteins are considered to be highly digestible. Thus, meat proteins are absorbed by the human body only by 69-74%, and royal jelly by 81%,

Although royal jelly is prepared from bee bread, it is much richer in vitamins than the original product. Thus, royal jelly contains 12-16 times more pantothenic acid and biotin than bee bread. The daily human need for pantothenic acid is 10 mg, and 100 g of royal jelly contains 18-20 mg. Pantothenic acid is currently recommended for hair loss, seborrhea, as well as for the treatment of burns, long-term wounds and ulcers. Therefore, it is no coincidence that royal jelly preparations are used in the form of creams in the treatment of certain skin diseases. 100 g of royal jelly contains 0.16-0.4 mg of biotype, which is necessary for normal fat metabolism.

The quantitative content of vitamins in royal jelly, according to various authors, is given in table. 7.

The enrichment of royal jelly with vitamins in comparison with the original product - bee bread, obviously occurs due to the pharyngeal glands of worker bees.

Some authors explain high biological activity Royal jelly compared to bees high content it contains vitamins, especially pantothenic acid, and the presence of essential amino acids. Pantothenic acid in royal jelly is 1.3 more than in bee jelly. According to some reports, royal jelly has radioactive properties.

Royal jelly has bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects, i.e. the ability to stop the reproduction and growth of many bacteria and even kill them. Strength antimicrobial action Royal jelly can be shown with the following example: when diluted tenfold, royal jelly has a stronger effect on microbes than carbolic acid. The antimicrobial effect of royal jelly extends to staphylococci, streptococci, tubercle bacilli, etc. The effect of royal jelly on microbes depends on its concentration: in a dilution of 1:1000, royal jelly inhibits the growth of many bacteria, and in a dilution of 1:10,000, on the contrary, it accelerates the growth of microorganisms.

It has been established that antimicrobial effect royal jelly is due to the presence in it decahydroxy-?2-decenoic acid, which enters the royal jelly with the juice of the maxillary glands of worker bees.

Due to its antimicrobial properties, royal jelly withstands long-term storage, without being subjected to putrefactive and fermentation processes.

Recently, royal jelly has been found to contain nucleic acids: ribonucleic acid(RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). RNA is contained in relatively large quantities not only in fresh royal jelly, but is also preserved in it during long-term storage. DNA is found only in native royal jelly. Enzymes that take part in the metabolism have also been isolated from royal jelly. nucleic acids. The authors (A. N. Melnichenko, Yu. D. Vavilov, 1969) believe that RNA and DNA of royal jelly play a major role in the mechanisms of various morphogenesis when feeding bees with royal jelly.

Pollen grains, pieces of wax, scraps of larval skin, etc. can be found as impurities in royal jelly. The presence of these impurities indicates on the naturalness of royal jelly.

The truth of royal jelly can also be installed in the following way: Place 32 mg of fresh royal jelly in a 25 ml beaker, add 10 ml of cooled boiled water and stir with a glass rod for 5-7 minutes. Pipette 2 ml of the resulting aqueous solution royal jelly, pour it into a test tube and add 1 ml of 20% sulfuric acid. Mix the contents of the test tube and add to the mixture one drop of 1/10 normal solution of potassium permanganate having pink. If the milk is natural, then after 2-4 seconds. Potassium permanganate will become discolored due to decahydroxy-?2-decenoic acid.

A study of the biology of the bee colony has revealed a certain relationship between royal jelly and the growth of the royal larva. It turned out that under the influence of royal jelly the larva of the uterus grows and develops very quickly (in 6 days it increases in weight 2700 times). In addition, the uterus is very fertile if it is intensively fed with royal jelly (the queen bee lays 1500 eggs per day, i.e., an amount that is twice the weight of the uterus). The queen's lifespan is 3-5 years, while worker bees that do not receive royal jelly live 1-8 months.

From this it was concluded that the increased fertility of the queen bee, its rapid development and long duration life associated with royal jelly, which the future uterus intensively feeds.

The effect of royal jelly on the body and its use for medicinal purposes

The amazing properties of royal jelly have attracted the attention of many researchers, including medical workers. The thought arose whether it would be possible to use stimulating effect of royal jelly bees on the metabolism of other animals and humans.

On medicinal properties Royal jelly was first noticed by the French agronomist Kailash. In 1953, he published the book “Bees - the source of youth and life.” It contains the author’s own observations, who writes that the use of royal jelly creates feeling of youth and vigor.

From this time on, experimental and clinical work began to elucidate the mechanism of action of royal jelly on the body of animals and humans and to use it as a medicinal drug.

Experiments on animals have shown that under the influence of royal jelly the amount of hemoglobin in the blood increases and red blood cells, the fur becomes thicker and shiny, the life expectancy of animals and their fertility increases. In young chickens, egg production increases, and in old chickens, egg production is restored.

The beneficial effect of royal jelly on the blood obviously depends on the presence of vitamin B12. The increase in animal fertility under the influence of royal jelly is explained by the stimulating effect of hormonal substances contained in royal jelly on the gonads.

Since 1955, testing of royal jelly in medicinal purposes in public. Milk was prescribed in dried form (20-100 mg) in tablets for lozenges under the tongue or in the form intramuscular injections 5-20 mg per injection.

Royal jelly has been found to be very beneficial as general tonic exhausted and weakened patients after suffering serious illnesses, as well as when the body is weakened due to aging. Such patients developed an appetite, increased weight, and became cheerful and cheerful.

In the USSR, royal jelly preparations are currently being obtained and tested for administration under the tongue in the form of tablets and in the form of suppositories for administration into the rectum.

Good results were obtained by Dr. Z.I. Lebedeva (2nd Moscow Medical Institute) when prescribing royal jelly to children with low nutrition (hypotrophy). These children differed from normal ones in their small height and weight, poor appetite, pale skin, bad sleep, lethargy, apathy. Royal jelly literally transformed children in a few days. They became cheerful, mobile, appetite appeared, and weight increased. The blood returned to normal and the skin acquired normal elasticity. Similar results were obtained in clinics of Ryazan medical institute etc. Currently, the experience of these clinics has become very widespread.

Royal jelly prescribed to children in the form of suppositories 3 times a day for 7 - 15 days. The dose of the drug depends on the age of the child: for premature and newborns - 2.5 mg, for children older than a month - 5 mg.

Royal jelly normalizes blood pressure, therefore, can be used in some cases to increase or, conversely, decrease blood pressure in adults.

Soviet doctors observed good healing effect from royal jelly with angina pectoris (angina pectoris) and after suffered a heart attack heart muscle. Patients received 1 tablet (10-15 mg of royal jelly) 2-4 times a day for 2-4 weeks. Under the influence of royal jelly in patients, attacks not only decreased, but sometimes disappeared, their general condition improved, and interruptions in heart activity disappeared. Treatment results were generally durable.

Currently, there is information that royal jelly causes improvement in the condition of patients with malignant tumors(eg cancer). This very interesting side of the action of royal jelly is now being studied in detail. It is assumed that anticancer effect royal jelly is due to its radioactive properties.

It has been established that royal jelly has a beneficial effect on certain mental illness accompanied by phenomena of oppression. Good effect noted when royal jelly is prescribed to women with mental disorders during the period of suppression of the activity of the gonads (menopause).

Most researchers note the beneficial effect of royal jelly on older people. Under the influence of royal jelly, they will experience general vitality, the amount of cholesterol in the blood decreases, memory and vision improve, metabolism increases, etc. The mechanism of action of royal jelly in this case is obviously associated with tonic effect of royal jelly on the glands internal secretion , including the gonads. Considering the tonic effect of royal jelly on the sex glands, it can be assumed that it will find application in the treatment of certain types of infertility. Work in this direction is already underway.

It is noteworthy that the majority of healthy people (60% of those examined) do not react at all to royal jelly (doses of 15-20 mg); 40% of subjects experience a state of excitement (euphoria), and sometimes insomnia.

Royal jelly has the most permanent effect on fatigue, leading to increased physical and mental performance.

According to some authors (O. S. Radobil, A. P. Kalinina), royal jelly contains small quantity bee venom(up to 3%), which gave reason to test it in the treatment of patients with rheumatism, stomach ulcers, etc. Encouraging results were obtained.

Therapeutic effect royal jelly is based on its nonspecific action. Due to the rich content of a wide variety of substances in royal jelly (protein substances, microelements, as well as a whole complex of vitamins, especially the B complex), it has a general tonic effect on the body, increases metabolism, improves hematopoiesis, digestion, activity of the heart, endocrine glands, etc. .

Research by Czech scientists has established that royal jelly has tonic effect on some centers of the hypothalamus, as a result of which the production of arenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) increases in the pituitary gland. Under the influence of ACTH, the adrenal glands synthesize more hormones of the glucocorticoid group, which have a versatile effect on the human body.

Abroad, royal jelly is widely used in the perfume industry for the production of so-called “anti-aging” creams, elixirs, emulsions and ointments.

In the USSR, a cream containing 0.6% royal jelly was produced at the Institute of Medical Cosmetics. Testing the cream on people with increased oily facial skin, loose and dull skin, etc. showed that most of them as a result of using royal jelly cream The elasticity of the skin increased, oiliness decreased and fine wrinkles disappeared. At the same time, it was discovered that some people cannot tolerate royal jelly - this was expressed in the appearance of long-lasting red spots on the skin.

The domestic perfume industry currently produces a number of face creams with royal jelly. For example, Nectar cream, which is recommended as the best skin tonic. It must be remembered that effect of cosmetic creams depends largely on their correct use. Before applying the cream to the skin, it is better to make a hot compress. To do this, moisten a clean napkin in hot water, squeeze and apply to face for 2-3 minutes. Hot compress dilates the blood vessels and pores of the skin, which promotes better absorption and, consequently, the effect of the cream.

Royal jelly how remedy currently used in the following form:

1. Native (fresh) royal jelly 10-100 ml under the tongue or orally on an empty stomach for 30 minutes. or an hour before meals.

2. Native royal jelly with honey syrup: for 250 mg of royal jelly, 100-120 g of honey syrup, 1 teaspoon is prescribed on an empty stomach 30 minutes before meals.

3. Native royal jelly with 40% alcohol (vodka) in a ratio of 1:2 is prescribed 5-10 drops 3-4 times a day 1.5 hours before meals,

4. Mixture: 0.5 g of glucose, 1-2 drops of honey and 20 mg of fresh royal jelly in the form of soft tablets 2-3 times a day under the tongue.

5. Ready domestic drug uterine milk-apilak(in the form of tablets for lozenges under the tongue and powder for making suppositories). The drug is stored in a dry place, protected from light, in jars with ground stoppers, at a temperature not exceeding 8°.

The following are issued abroad royal jelly preparations: 1) apiserum (bee serum) -< ампульный препарат, содержащий в каждой ампуле по 5 мл раствора маточного молочка; 2) апифортиль - препарат маточного молочка в капсулах по 200 мг; 3) апинтовил; 4) апиоик.

Manufactured in some countries medicinal preparations, containing not only royal jelly, but also other honey bee products. For example, in Yugoslavia the following preparations are produced: vitamel (500 g of honey and 1 g of royal jelly), royalvit (suspension of 0.4% royal jelly with the addition of 4% pollen and honey).

In the listed combinations of royal jelly with other substances, a mutually reinforcing effect of their action is observed, which gives grounds to expand the indications for their use.

It should be noted that the question of medicinal use royal jelly has not been completely resolved. Existing materials are not yet sufficient for its widespread use.

When prescribing royal jelly preparations, it should be taken into account that it cannot be used for diseases of the adrenal glands and acute infectious diseases.

Among the patients there are persons with hypersensitivity to royal jelly. Such people experience sleep disturbance when taking royal jelly, which requires immediate discontinuation of the drug.

All of the above once again indicates that the prescription of royal jelly requires a preliminary thorough examination of the patient by a doctor and in no case can be done by the patient on their own.

Further Study chemical composition and the biological effect of royal jelly promises interesting prospects in the field of its use as a medicinal agent.

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Description

Recently, one product produced by the honey bee has begun to attract the attention of scientists - beebread, which bees prepare from pollen.

Pollen flowering plants consists of many pollen grains (Fig. 7).

Rice. 7. Pollen grains of various plants (enlarged): 1 - zucchini; 2 - rhododendron; 3 - daisies; 4 - dandelion; 5 - mallows; 6 -- pine trees; 7 - lilies; 8-nasturtium

The size of pollen grains varies in different plants from 0.01 to 0.25 mm. The grain has a double shell of fiber and contains protoplasm and two nuclei inside. Each plant's pollen grains have their own color, shape and size. By looking at the pollen in the honeycombs, you can determine which plants the bees collected nectar from. The surface of pollen grains is uneven and often sticky, so pollen easily sticks to the bee's body.

Bees collect pollen using mouthparts, legs and hairs covering the bee's body. Collecting pollen, bees moisten it with nectar, mix it with saliva and transfer it to the hive in special recesses of their hind legs (baskets), place it in honeycomb cells and compact it. The chemical composition of pollen from different plants is different. The pollen of many plants contains water (5-35%), silicon, sulfur, copper, cobalt, sodium, iron, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, barium, silver, zinc, chromium, strontium, etc. Pollen contains various proteins and free amino acids, many vitamins, especially A, B1, B2, C, B6, nicotinic acid, folic acid, biotin, pantothenic acid, etc.

Bees collect pollen mostly in the morning, when dust particles burst in flowers and therefore pollen collection is easier. At one time, a bee transfers up to 20 mg of pollen to the hive. The bees fill each cell with pollen about 2/3, and pour honey on top. Deprived of access to air, pollen undergoes fermentation due to enzymes in the saliva of bees and honey and turns into the so-called bee bread - pergu (“bread”). During fermentation, the amount of proteins and fats in bee bread decreases, but the amount of lactic acid and carbohydrates increases. The changes occurring in beebread are similar to the silage of plant feed. The resulting lactic acid and a large amount of sugar prevent the development of bacteria and mold fungi in the bee bread, as a result of which it can remain unchanged in the hive for a long time. Thus, although bees prepare bee bread from pollen, their qualitative and quantitative composition is not uniform, the main difference between bee bread and pollen is that the constituent parts of bee bread are more easily absorbed by living organisms (for example, bees). The comparative chemical composition of pollen and beebread is given in Table. 5.

The richness of nutrients, vitamins and microelements in bee bread and pollen prompted researchers to test bee bread and pollen as medicinal agents.

Pollen (1-2 tablespoons) in pure form or mixed with beebread and honey was given to anemic children. At the same time, they very quickly noted increase in red blood cell count, hemoglobin, general condition improved. A positive effect has been obtained from taking pollen and beebread by patients recovering from severe infectious diseases. In such patients, appetite and weight were restored more quickly, and blood returned to normal.

When taken orally, bee bread mixed with honey (1:1 ratio) improves intestinal function and the general condition of the body.

Produced in Yugoslavia Vitaflor drug, which is a suspension of flower pollen in honey. The drug is recommended as a rich source of various vitamins.

There are attempts to treat patients with the initial stages of hypertension with a combination of pollen and honey, taken in a ratio of 1: 1 or 1: 2.

Under experimental conditions it was found that alcohol extract of bee bread has a pronounced bactericidal effect against a wide variety of microorganisms. The latter gave rise to work to study the possible use of ointments containing bee bread in the treatment of various wounds. Such work is carried out, for example, at the 2nd Moscow Medical Institute.

Currently, effective methods have been developed for collecting pollen from flowering plants, as well as a method for collecting pollen from bees. From one bee colony you can get per day 100 g flower pollen.

Royal jelly

Worker bees produce special highly nutritious substances with their pharyngeal glands, which they feed the larva of the future queen (Fig. 8).

Rice. 8. Diagram of the location of glands in the head and chest of a worker bee: 1 - pharyngeal gland; 2- mandibular gland; 3 - maxillary gland; 4 - pharynx; 5 - esophagus; 6 - proboscis

This substance and called royal jelly. Royal jelly of bees is prepared from bee bread.

Bees place an egg intended for breeding a queen in a special wax cell of an acorn shape - queen cell, which is filled with royal jelly (Fig. 9).

Rice. 9. General view of the queen cell

The milk with which the larvae of worker bees are fed is somewhat different in chemical composition from the milk of queen bees. That's why worker bee jelly sometimes called simply bee jelly, and milk intended for feeding the uterus is called royal jelly.

The amount of royal jelly depends on the abundant nutrition of the bees protein food, i.e. pollen and beebread, as well as the number of young nurse bees. Professor T.V. Vinogradova recommends that in order to increase the amount of royal jelly in the queen cells, a month before receiving royal jelly, start feeding the bees with sugar syrup with baker's yeast (5%), which is rich in protein and vitamins.

The Adler Fruit and Vegetable State Farm has developed a method for raising queen bees in artificial queen cells. In 1962, the state farm collected more than 10 kg of royal jelly.

Collecting royal jelly with a special spoon into clean test tubes, doused inside with molten wax (Fig. 10).

Rice. 10. Collector and spoon for collecting royal jelly from queen cells

At the end of collection, the tubes are hermetically sealed with wax, since when large amounts of air are exposed, milk relatively quickly loses its valuable properties.

Chemical composition of royal jelly

The chemical composition of royal jelly is very complex.. It contains 65% water, 14-18% proteins, 9-19% carbohydrates (sugars), 1.7-5.7% fats, growth factors, sex hormones, mineral salts, trace elements, many vitamins (B1, B2 , B6, B12, B3, C, H, PP, folic acid). Of the microelements in royal jelly, the most interesting are iron, manganese, zinc and cobalt, since these substances are necessary for normal hematopoiesis. The presence of zinc in royal jelly determines its stimulating effect on the reproductive glands of queen bees.

Found in royal jelly a number of biologically active substances, for example, acetylcholine and the enzyme that destroys it is cholinesterase.

In terms of nutritional value, royal jelly of bees significantly superior to cow's milk. Royal jelly of bees is 5 times more than cow's milk, contains proteins, 4-6 times more carbohydrates, 2-3 times more fat. Royal jelly also contains significantly more vitamins than cow's milk.

Comparative data on the composition of royal jelly and cow's milk are given in table. 6.

For normal growth and development of the human body and animals, so-called essential amino acids are needed, i.e. those that the body cannot synthesize itself and must be obtained in finished form. It has been found that royal jelly contains all essential amino acids(arginine, histidine, valine, methionine, tryptophan, etc.). Royal jelly also contains proteins such as globulins (68%) and albumins (40%), which are extremely important normal components of blood. Royal jelly proteins are considered to be highly digestible. Thus, meat proteins are absorbed by the human body only by 69-74%, and royal jelly by 81%,

The quantitative content of vitamins in royal jelly, according to various authors, is given in table. 7.

The enrichment of royal jelly with vitamins in comparison with the original product - bee bread, obviously occurs due to the pharyngeal glands of worker bees.

Some authors explain high biological activity Royal jelly, compared to bees, has a higher content of vitamins, especially pantothenic acid, and the presence of essential amino acids. There is 1.3 more pantothenic acid in royal jelly than in bee jelly. According to some reports, royal jelly has radioactive properties.

Royal jelly has bacteriostatic and bactericidal effects, i.e. the ability to stop the reproduction and growth of many bacteria and even kill them. The strength of the antimicrobial effect of royal jelly can be demonstrated by the following example: when diluted tenfold, royal jelly has a stronger effect on microbes than carbolic acid. The antimicrobial effect of royal jelly extends to staphylococci, streptococci, tubercle bacilli, etc. The effect of royal jelly on microbes depends on its concentration: in a dilution of 1:1000, royal jelly inhibits the growth of many bacteria, and in a dilution of 1:10,000, on the contrary, it accelerates the growth of microorganisms.

It has been established that the antimicrobial effect of royal jelly is due to the presence in it decahydroxy-?2-decenoic acid, which enters the royal jelly with the juice of the maxillary glands of worker bees.

Due to its antimicrobial properties, royal jelly withstands long-term storage, without being subjected to putrefactive and fermentation processes.

Recently, royal jelly has been found to contain nucleic acids: ribonucleic acid (RNA) and deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). RNA is contained in relatively large quantities not only in fresh royal jelly, but is also preserved in it during long-term storage. DNA is found only in native royal jelly. Enzymes that take part in the metabolism of nucleic acids have also been isolated from royal jelly. The authors (A. N. Melnichenko, Yu. D. Vavilov, 1969) believe that RNA and DNA of royal jelly play a major role in the mechanisms of various morphogenesis when feeding bees with royal jelly.

Pollen grains, pieces of wax, scraps of larval skin, etc. can be found as impurities in royal jelly. The presence of these impurities indicates on the naturalness of royal jelly.

The truth of royal jelly can also be determined in the following way: place 32 mg of fresh royal jelly in a 25 ml beaker, add 10 ml of cooled boiled water and stir with a glass rod for 5-7 minutes. Pipette 2 ml of the resulting aqueous solution of royal jelly, pour it into a test tube and add 1 ml of 20% sulfuric acid. Mix the contents of the test tube and add one drop of 1/10 normal solution of potassium permanganate, which has a pink color, to the mixture. If the milk is natural, then after 2-4 seconds. discoloration of potassium permanganate will occur due to decahydroxy-?2-decenoic acid.

From this it was concluded that the increased fertility of the queen bee, its rapid development and long life expectancy associated with royal jelly, which the future uterus intensively feeds.

The effect of royal jelly on the body and its use for medicinal purposes

The amazing properties of royal jelly have attracted the attention of many researchers, including medical professionals. The thought arose whether it would be possible to use stimulating effect of royal jelly bees on the metabolism of other animals and humans.

The medicinal properties of royal jelly were first noticed by the French agronomist Kailash. In 1953, he published the book “Bees - the source of youth and life.” It contains the author’s own observations, who writes that the use of royal jelly creates feeling of youth and vigor.

From this time on, experimental and clinical work began to elucidate the mechanism of action of royal jelly on the body of animals and humans and to use it as a medicinal drug.

Since 1955, testing of royal jelly for medicinal purposes on humans began in France and Italy. Milk was prescribed in dried form (20-100 mg) in lozenges under the tongue or as intramuscular injections of 5-20 mg per injection.

Good results were obtained by Dr. Z.I. Lebedeva (2nd Moscow Medical Institute) when prescribing royal jelly to children with low nutrition (hypotrophy). These children differed from normal children in their small height and weight, poor appetite, pale skin, poor sleep, lethargy, and apathy. Royal jelly literally transformed children in a few days. They became cheerful, mobile, appetite appeared, and weight increased. The blood returned to normal and the skin acquired normal elasticity. Similar results were obtained in the clinics of the Ryazan Medical Institute and others. Currently, the experience of these clinics has become very widespread.

Royal jelly normalizes blood pressure, therefore, can be used in some cases to increase or, conversely, decrease blood pressure in adults.

Soviet doctors observed good healing effect of royal jelly with angina pectoris (angina pectoris) and after a heart attack. Patients received 1 tablet (10-15 mg of royal jelly) 2-4 times a day for 2-4 weeks. Under the influence of royal jelly in patients, attacks not only decreased, but sometimes disappeared, their general condition improved, and interruptions in heart activity disappeared. Treatment results were generally durable.

Currently, there is evidence that royal jelly causes an improvement in the condition of patients with malignant tumors (for example, cancer). This very interesting side of the action of royal jelly is now being studied in detail. It is assumed that anticancer effect royal jelly is due to its radioactive properties.

It has been established that royal jelly has a beneficial effect on certain mental illness accompanied by phenomena of oppression. A good effect is observed when royal jelly is prescribed to women with mental disorders during the period of suppression of the activity of the gonads (menopause).

Most researchers note the beneficial effect of royal jelly on older people. Under the influence of royal jelly, they will experience general vitality, the amount of cholesterol in the blood decreases, memory and vision improve, metabolism increases, etc. The mechanism of action of royal jelly in this case is obviously associated with tonic effect of royal jelly on the endocrine glands, including the gonads. Considering the tonic effect of royal jelly on the sex glands, it can be assumed that it will find application in the treatment of certain types of infertility. Work in this direction is already underway.

Royal jelly has the most permanent effect on fatigue, leading to increased physical and mental performance.

According to some authors (O. S. Radobil, A. P. Kalinina), royal jelly contains a small amount bee venom(up to 3%), which gave reason to test it in the treatment of patients with rheumatism, stomach ulcers, etc. Encouraging results were obtained.

Abroad, royal jelly is widely used in the perfume industry for the production of so-called “anti-aging” creams, elixirs, emulsions and ointments.

The domestic perfume industry currently produces a number of face creams with royal jelly. For example, Nectar cream, which is recommended as the best skin tonic. It must be remembered that effect of cosmetic creams depends largely on their correct use. Before applying the cream to the skin, it is better to make a hot compress. To do this, moisten a clean napkin in hot water, wring it out and apply it to your face for 2-3 minutes. A hot compress expands the blood vessels and pores of the skin, which promotes better absorption and, consequently, the effect of the cream.

Royal jelly as a remedy is currently used in the following form:

1. Native (fresh) royal jelly 10-100 ml under the tongue or orally on an empty stomach for 30 minutes. or an hour before meals.

2. Native royal jelly with honey syrup: for 250 mg of royal jelly, 100-120 g of honey syrup, 1 teaspoon is prescribed on an empty stomach 30 minutes before meals.

3. Native royal jelly with 40% alcohol (vodka) in a ratio of 1:2 is prescribed 5-10 drops 3-4 times a day 1.5 hours before meals,

4. Mixture: 0.5 g of glucose, 1-2 drops of honey and 20 mg of fresh royal jelly in the form of soft tablets 2-3 times a day under the tongue.

5. A ready-made domestic preparation of royal jelly - apilak (in the form of tablets for lozenges under the tongue and powder for making suppositories). The drug is stored in a dry place, protected from light, in jars with ground stoppers, at a temperature not exceeding 8°.

In some countries, medicinal preparations are produced containing not only royal jelly, but also other honey bee products. For example, in Yugoslavia the following preparations are produced: vitamel (500 g of honey and 1 g of royal jelly), royalvit (suspension of 0.4% royal jelly with the addition of 4% pollen and honey).

In the listed combinations of royal jelly with other substances, a mutually reinforcing effect of their action is observed, which gives grounds to expand the indications for their use.

It should be noted that the issue of the medicinal use of royal jelly has not been completely resolved. Existing materials are not yet sufficient for its widespread use.

When prescribing royal jelly preparations, it should be taken into account that it cannot be used for diseases of the adrenal glands and acute infectious diseases.

Among the patients there are persons with hypersensitivity to royal jelly. Such people experience sleep disturbance when taking royal jelly, which requires immediate discontinuation of the drug.

Further study of the chemical composition and biological effects of royal jelly promises interesting prospects in the field of its use as a medicinal agent.

Flower pollen- not a bee product, these are “embryos” of future flowering plants. Pollen contains all the substances necessary for the normal growth and development of a living organism, including hormones and enzymes.

Bees, collecting pollen, moisten it with nectar, form it into lumps and place it in baskets on their hind legs. This is the so-called “obnozhka”.

Externally, pollen collected by bees should have the appearance of a crumbly granular mass - lumps similar to millet grain, of a solid consistency, flattened when pressed. The pollen has a specific smell, honey-floral, spicy. The taste is spicy, sweetish. Color - from yellow to black (yellow, orange, sand, green, violet with shades, black). Pollen should be stored in an airtight container, preferably in the refrigerator, for no more than a year. After a year of storage, it loses 75% of its properties. Pollen from certain plants often causes allergic conditions (hay fever, allergic runny nose etc.), while pollen collected by bees is completely safe. The fact is that bees add a little nectar from saliva to the pollen, which destroys allergens.

Adviсe

It is useful to use pollen and honey together, since pollen is richer in vitamins than honey.
Pollen is useful not only for the sick, but also for the healthy. It is enough to take pollen for 1 month several times a year, especially at the beginning of each season, 1 teaspoon per day, preferably on an empty stomach, mixing it with honey and drinking warm or cool water, and the pollen should be fresh. It is not recommended to take pollen at night or late in the evening.
Pollen contributes long-term preservation performance. The effectiveness of pollen use is especially high in recovery period, after hiking, as well as in situations requiring high neuro-emotional stress, with prolonged exposure to extreme factors.

Monofloral pollen is most often offered for sale, that is, pollen containing about 40% of the pollen grains of a plant. This allows for targeted treatment.

The effect of pollen from various plants on the human body

The plant from which the pollen is taken	Action of pollen
	Calming
	Stimulates the digestive system
Hawthorn	Antipyretic, strengthens the heart muscle, calms the nervous system, helps with circulatory disorders
Cornflower blue	Diuretic, helps with rheumatism and gout

	Diuretic
	Strengthens the walls of capillaries, prevents hemorrhage, slows the heart rate, so it is recommended for arrhythmia and bleeding
	Increases the overall tone of the body, effective against intestinal dysfunction
	Calming, tonic, has diaphoretic properties, inhibits sexual arousal
Horse chestnut	Has a regulating effect on venous circulation, recommended for thrombophlebitis and stagnation in the liver, strengthens capillaries
	Works the same as willow pollen
	Used for coughs, bronchitis, sore throats, recommended for nervous people suffering from insomnia
Dandelion	Has a beneficial effect on the kidneys, bladder, liver
	Has valuable dietary and nutritional properties
Citrus trees (orange, lemon, tangerine)	It has tonic properties, stimulates appetite, promotes digestion, has an anthelmintic effect, and has a regulating effect on the nervous system.
	Gives a tonic and antiseptic effect, has a positive effect on sexual function, improves blood circulation, helps with coughs
	Diuretic and diaphoretic, normalizes menstruation
Rose hip
Eucalyptus	Has tonic, antipyretic and antimicrobial properties, stimulates the activity of the stomach
	Improves general condition and strengthens the heart muscle

Knowing these characteristics of plants, you can select the right mixture of pollen for more effective treatment of a particular disease.

Attention: people with allergic reaction inhalation of pollen, intolerance or high sensitivity to food and bee products, which manifests itself in the form of sneezing, rash, runny nose, attacks of suffocation; it is contraindicated to use or even harvest pollen.

Perga

Perga (so-called bee bread)- this is flower pollen collected by bees from pollen-bearing plants, moistened with their saliva, mixed with honey, subjected to special processing, placed in honeycomb cells and sealed with wax cups. Thanks to processing, pollen is transformed into high-quality new product. Bee bread should be consumed immediately (no later than three months from the date of collection). Storing bee bread at sub-zero temperatures leads to the loss of biologically valuable properties.

To prepare peeled bee bread, first of all you need to cut off the cells with bee bread to the base of the honeycomb. Next, pour the bee bread along with the wax walls of the cells with water in a glass jar and stir. When the wax floats to the surface and the beebread remains at the bottom, the water must be drained. Then the bee bread is dried and filled with honey. In this form it is stored for one year. A mixture of beebread and honey in a 1:1 ratio lasts for two years.

Rich in vitamins and nutrients pollen and beebread are used in complex therapy cardiovascular, nervous and mental illness, in the prevention of atherosclerosis, inflammation meninges and violations endocrine system. Used in the treatment of a number of other diseases

Royal jelly

Royal jelly- this is a product of processing beebread and honey by the pharyngeal glands of worker bees - a special food that is fed to the larva of the future queen. The queen larva increases its weight 3000 times in six days. Royal jelly is a thick yellow-white creamy mass that has a specific smell and a pungent sourish (burning) taste.

In ancient times, Indian healers from the Incas tribe drew attention to the beneficial general strengthening and healing properties of royal jelly, who used it to treat the sick, prolong life and considered it a sure remedy for diseases of “body and soul.” Royal jelly has the greatest biological activity up to two hours after extraction from the queen cells.

The queen cell is a special acorn-shaped wax cell in which an egg is laid, intended to hatch the future queen of the bee colony.

Collect royal jelly with a special spoon into clean test tubes, doused with molten wax from the inside. At the end of collection, the tubes are hermetically sealed with wax, since when air is exposed, the milk relatively quickly loses its valuable properties, turns yellow and dries out.

In a hermetically sealed container, dark glass jars, in the refrigerator at a temperature of 0 ° C to 4 ° C, milk, especially with honey, remains active from several months to one year. It has been established that royal jelly has a general tonic effect on the body, stimulates metabolism, restores the functions of the endocrine glands, has a beneficial effect on the nervous system, improves hematopoiesis, heart function and digestion. Fresh product acts on the basic and deep metabolic processes in the body: actively absorbs oxygen, influencing oxidative processes; normalizes tissue respiration and metabolism in brain cells. Royal jelly has strong antiseptic properties.

In European countries, royal jelly is widely used in the perfume industry for the production of so-called anti-aging creams, elixirs, emulsions and ointments. Royal jelly is very popular in Japan. It is considered natural, nutritious, preventive and medicinal product. Its annual consumption is 200 tons.

Royal jelly is a means of prolonging life and restoring health. It is used not only during illness, but also to maintain vital functions, as it stops the aging process. Royal jelly helps remove poisons, lead compounds and other harmful substances from the body. Its effect appears a few days after the start of administration. There is no addiction to this product. IN folk medicine In China, royal jelly is prescribed to improve digestion and blood formation, as a sedative and sleeping pills, to increase resistance to diseases and as a general tonic for those recovering. Royal jelly deserves wide application during treatment peptic ulcer complicated by gastritis, duodenitis and colitis. It has been established that it is one of the means to prevent weakening of hearing, vision and memory.

There is information that royal jelly improves the condition of patients with malignant tumors (cancer).

Contraindications: acute infectious diseases (except influenza), damage to the adrenal glands, as well as increased sensitivity to this substance.

Taking it in the evening is undesirable, as it can excite the nervous system and impair sleep. Doses vary: for children - from 5 to 10 mg, for adults - from 20 to 100 mg per day. Use large quantities Royal jelly is permissible only as prescribed by a doctor and under his supervision.

Attention: an overdose can cause increased excitability, insomnia, hypertension, tachycardia, or a slowdown in the heart until it stops.