Honey isn't for nothing recognized one of the most curative products. Manganese, copper, iron, chlorine, potassium, sodium, calcium and other minerals are a part of honey. The structure of this unique product completely satisfies to requirements of a human body. However not all honey identical. Its various grades differ on the characteristics depending on where and in what time it was picked.
The most useful, of course, natural honey for which production the bees collect nectar from natural plants is considered. However quite often in the market it is possible to meet so-called "express" honey. It is received from artificial nectar – 50% of solution of the cane or beet-root sugar fed through special feeding troughs to bees. They process such nectar and lay syrup in cells.
Under the influence of bee enzymes, sugar turns into glucose, fructose, but about 10% of sucrose aren't processed. In the express way from kilogram of sugar it is possible to receive kilogram of honey. Such product has weak aroma, and its vitamin and mineral composition is identical to sugar. Content of the enzymes which got to honey from a bee when processing is three times lower, than in natural honey.
Sometimes the evaporated juice of fruit and vegetables is added to honey. This product isn't harmful, but also is useless for health. Also "dead", or grety, medical is also useless. Assuming that the candied honey frightens off the look buyers, sellers warm up it. And it kills useful properties of honey and does it useless. Crystallization – the natural process characteristic of bee honey and occurring in the winter. Refuse purchase of honey if outside winter, and through it the bottom banks is visible. From natural grades of bee honey the white, flower (meadow), buckwheat, May, raznotravny honey is widely known. Flower honey has yellowy-brown or golden-yellow color, it is fragrant, nice to the taste and long doesn't crystallize. The polyfleur honey is used as the all-strengthening means, possesses antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, soothing action. It well influences work of a liver, digestive tract, a cardiovascular system. The expressed bactericidal properties of meadow honey allow to use it at treatment of various skin diseases. White honey belongs to the best grades, having very high curative and gustatory qualities. It is rich with essential oils, mineral salts, vitamins, biological active agents, contains фарнезол. This product possesses expressed by the antiseptic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, febrifugal and all-strengthening action. It is used at treatment of catarrhal, heart, gynecologic diseases, diseases of a gall bladder, kidneys, digestive tract. Also it is shown at treatment of burns and purulent wounds, at mastitis, eczema, an ureteritis, pyelonephritis, cystitis, and in combination with goat milk – at tuberculosis. May honey gathers in the first - the second decade of June or the middle of May. Fresh honey is very transparent, has a yellowish shade, it is fragrant and has no slightest bitterness. The most valuable medical qualities of honey do it useful at treatment of catarrhal diseases, a headache, cough, overfatigue. Honey possesses antibacterial, styptic, soothing and anti-inflammatory action. The buckwheat honey has a pleasant odor and a peculiar sharp taste. When tasting it slightly tickles a throat. This honey has dark red or dark brown color. In comparison with light grades it is richer with minerals, vitamins, iron and active enzymes. It is applied at treatment of heart troubles (it is especially useful at an anemia), at rheumatism, a hypertension, a cerebral hemorrhage, radiation injury, scarlet fever, measles.