Mountain Altai honey has a lot of useful properties. This is due to the special climate that has developed in the mentioned region of our country, as well as to the ancient traditions of wrestling.
About what features are typical for the product under consideration and how to use mountain honey for medicinal purposes, we will tell in this article.
Description
Altai mountain honey is a thick and transparent sweet product that can have not only light amber, but also a greenish tint. He crystallizes very slowly, due to which he received a huge number of fans. It should be noted that after complete crystallization the bee product acquires a white color, as well as a fine-grained structure and an average density level.
Mountain honey from Altai has a unique aroma, pleasant, delicate and delicate taste. Beekeeping specialists also pay special attention to its aftertaste. As you know, it persists in the mouth for a long time after consuming treats.
Varieties
The nature of Altai is particularly diverse. In beekeeping, it is customary to distinguish four zones that have favorable conditions for the extraction of honey. These include steppe, piedmont forest-steppe, forest-steppe subtaiga and mountain-forest.
Thus, honey has many different varieties, each of which has its own advantages, disadvantages and properties. The main types of this product include the following:
- Field - is the most common. It is created from nectar of plants that grow in the forest-steppe and steppe zones.
- Lugovoi - it is obtained from the nectar of plants (wild) growing on the lowland of Altai.
- Taiga is the richest honey. It has a unique aroma and a large number of healing properties. To create it, bees go for nectar to the high mountain meadows of Altai.
You should also talk about mountain honey separately. It is highly regarded by all consumers and costs more than all other varieties. Mountain honey relieves nervousness and relieves depression.
Beneficial features
What is remarkable about mountain honey? The beneficial properties of this product are known to many consumers. It is saturated with enzymes, amino acids, vitamins, as well as other active substances.
Why is this sweet product so popular? The fact is that mountain honey from Altai exhibits the following properties:
- antibacterial and antimicrobial;
- wound healing and anti-inflammatory;
- general strengthening and antitumor;
- painkillers.
Product Features
What other beneficial properties of mountain honey are known to specialists? They claim that this beekeeping product is capable of:
- normalize metabolism and strengthen immunity;
- beneficial effect on the work of the intestine and regulate the activity of secretion of the digestive tract;
- increase the body's resistance to various toxins and improve the digestibility of food;
- normalize the liver and kidneys;
- prevent the development of memory problems, including sclerosis;
- increase appetite and improve the functioning of the National Assembly and the CCC;
- improve skin condition, tone the body and increase working capacity.
Product application
This treat contains a large number of unique components that allow you to once and for all get rid of a number of diseases. The main healing component of this product is lysozine. It is an antibacterial agent that destroys the cell walls of bacteria.
For the treatment of various diseases, adults need to use 150 g of mountain honey per day, and children 50 g.
Thus, using this product you can get rid of:
- neurasthenia, radiculitis and insomnia;
- sclerosis, rheumatism and hypertension;
- female diseases and colds.
Also, from Altai honey, ointments can be made that should be used to heal gangrene ulcers and other wounds. This product is an effective and effective antidote for poisoning by animals, mineral and plant poisons.
Altai honey is also often used as a powerful anti-inflammatory agent. It is actively used for ENT diseases, diseases of the oral cavity and gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, skin and liver.
Specialists attribute this product to soft sleeping pills that do not have side effects. It is advised to use with severe irritability, depression and frequent headaches.
You can use nectar in its usual form, as well as dilute it with water, combine it with medicines and other bee products (for example, with pollen, royal jelly, pollen, propolis, etc.).
The efficacy of this treat was also proven in the treatment of infected cut and gunshot wounds, burns and cracked skin. Mountain honey is an important component in the treatment of atherosclerosis and myocardial dystrophy.
This product is effective in tracheitis, laryngitis, runny nose, tonsillitis, conjunctivitis, increased thyroid activity, dizziness, shortness of breath and purulent sinusitis. Honey is also an excellent sugar substitute.
Contraindications
Fresh and crystallized white mountain honey is a powerful tool that can maintain human health and make up for the deficiency of vitamins and minerals in his body. But in view of the fact that this product contains natural plant components, it is not recommended for allergy sufferers, as well as small children.
In addition, it is undesirable to carry out inhalation based on honey water in the presence of diseases such as tuberculosis, valvular heart disease, bronchial or cardiac asthma, pulmonary emphysema.
With special care, this delicacy is allowed for babies with scrofula and exudative diathesis.
How to store?
According to GOST standards, Altai mountain honey should be stored for one year. However, many beekeepers claim that, subject to all the required rules for the maintenance of this product, its shelf life increases significantly. This fact is explained by the fact that mountain honey contains special preservative components that retain its beneficial properties and unique taste over a long period of time.
According to some beekeepers, properly stored honey from Altai only gets better over time.
Where can I buy?
High-quality and good mountain honey is sold in apiaries. Beekeepers also sell this product through private networks, so it can be purchased even in ordinary stores. The cost of honey from Altai starts from 350-400 rubles per kilogram.