Our ideas about beeswax are superficial and are limited, perhaps, to the information that it is good for health. But did you know that it has been stored for tens and hundreds of years? At the same time, the useful properties, although partially lost, still the product as a whole remain useful. It was found in the ancient Egyptian pyramids during excavations.
And modern scientists with all their scientific and technical base have not yet learned how to recreate it in an artificial environment.
In this article we will look at what bee zabrus is, talk about the use of beeswax in cosmetology and traditional medicine, as well as learn how to drown beeswax.
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The composition and therapeutic properties of honey beeswax
The wax is secreted by the bees' glands, which they use to build honeycombs and seal cells with honey.. It consists of about three hundred compounds, of which more than two thirds are esters.
In addition, there are alcohols and acids, other compounds. The composition is directly dependent on the nutrition of bees. It is not soluble in water, and even acid does not take it. However, fat can dissolve it. The color also depends on what kind of pollen was used to make honey. Wax is a solid substance having a granular structure. Like any other waste product of bees, it is very useful. It is used in medicine, cosmetology.
How to be treated with natural wax in traditional medicine
It is used in folk medicine since ancient times. Another world-famous Persian scientist and healer Avicenna prescribed it to men, women and children of different ages in certain diseases, in order to increase immunity.
Due to its chemical composition, as well as physical properties (elasticity, elasticity, softness), it has found its application.
For adults
For older people, if cracks have formed on the heels, they are removed, causing a mask of the following composition on the previously steamed skin for 20 minutes:
- 100 g of wax;
- 40 g of licorice root, bringing it to a powdery consistency;
- 20 ml of sea buckthorn oil.
Smokers benefit from taking a warm mixture of wax, vodka and onions in moderation.
Wax helps with inflammation of the gums. To do this, he is chewed three times a day for 15 minutes. If at the same time you accidentally swallow a piece of the product - do not worry. It is even useful. In this case, it serves as an adsorbent.Since it practically does not dissolve in the stomach, after a while it is brought out.
With polyarthritis (chronic joint disease), a mask is prepared with the following composition:
- Heated wax (100 g);
- A teaspoon of honey.
This mixture is placed on a gauze, and then - to the sore joint. Next, cover with cellophane and wrapped in a warm scarf for half an hour. This procedure is sufficient once a day for two weeks.
For kids
With pertussis in children it is recommended to use the following heated mixture:
- 50 g of wax;
- 50 g of goose fat;
- 2 drops of fennel.
Keep 12-17 minutes in the form of a compress, putting it on the sternum of the child.
To combat juvenile acne, use the following composition as a cleansing cream:
- 20 g of wax;
- 2 tablespoons celandine in powder form;
- 1 tablespoon of glycerin.
Maternity and nursing
With a lack of milk and, accordingly, to increase its lactation nursing mothers are recommended to put wax on the chest, preheated in a water bath, with the addition of pharmacy plantain juice. The ratio of these ingredients should be five to one.
The quantity is taken on the basis of individual characteristics. Keep this mixture can be up to 20 minutes immediately before feeding. This will warm the body and ensure the flow of milk.
With the help of wax, epilation is performed for pregnant women.
Slimming
For weight loss is better to use honey. This is because the latter is not soluble in water. It can not be used as a solution in a mixture with other components. For this purpose It is recommended to chew wax at night for 20 minutes.
In addition to removing inflammation in the mouth, an additional gastric juice is produced, which contributes to the rapid digestion of dinner, especially if it is abundant. The product of beekeeping is also used for weight loss in folk magic rituals, which is associated with its physical properties.
For intestines
Since wax is rich in sorbents, it is useful to eat in limited quantities. It stimulates the glands and the contraction of the intestinal walls to move food (peristalsis).Its use has a positive effect on the intestinal microflora, which helps to protect against gastric diseases. Due to its unique composition, it has antibacterial properties.
When a rectal fissure is injected into the rectum, the following composition: beeswax (three parts), finely chopped calendula flowers (two parts), honey (one part). This is done after emptying the intestines. Enough mix in the amount of a teaspoon. After the injection, lie down for half an hour with the lower part of the body elevated (legs, pelvis).
Application in cosmetology
Beeswax is an integral part of a significant number of all kinds of cosmetics, due to its chemical composition. In addition, it is an excellent preservative.
If desired, you can make a lot of useful cosmetic masks.
So, to prevent wrinkles, it is mixed with honey and onion. Used in the following proportions: wax - 30 g, honey - 40 g, juice of half a lemon. Apply before bed for 20 minutes.
To remove black spots on the face it is used in its pure form, causing it to be thinly coated after heating in a water bath.
In addition, you will be interested to know:
- How to make an ointment of propolis at home.
- About the use of royal jelly you can read this article.
- About the secrets of treatment with tincture of moths read the link:https://myfarm.desigusxpro.com/en/pchelu/pchelovodstvo/productu/voskovaya-mol.html
For aging skin, use a mixture:
- Wax, lanolin, sour cream, olive oil, carrot juice and potatoes - all in a teaspoon;
- lemon juice.
This mixture perfectly nourishes and moisturizes the skin.
Creams are also used in folk cosmetology:
- Mixed wax with lemon juice is applied to the skin to supplement it;
- You can whiten the skin by applying wax with lemon juice and blue clay.
Benefit and harm
The benefits have been much discussed above. You can add that it also contains minerals and vitamins, hydrocarbons. Its composition is not constant. It depends on the honey plants, from which the bees take pollen. It softens the skin, relieves and heals wounds.
There are practically no contraindications, except in rare cases of allergies.. This is due to the presence of honey in its composition. Before applying a mask or cream on the skin, you can make sure that the body tolerates the product normally. To do this, melted in a water bath, wax is applied to the back of the hand.
Beeswax selection and quality determination
It is always better to use fresh wax. When choosing the buyer we recommend to pay attention to the smell. Natural wax has the taste and smell of honey.
Fresh has a pink or white color. If it is brown, then surely such a wax for several years. If the wax cut has a glossy, rather than a matte surface, then paraffin is mixed into its composition.
How to melt at home
To use the wax for its intended purpose, it is cleaned from coarse impurities, and, if necessary (if it is used for chewing or ingestion), it is cleaned two or three times. There are specially made in the factory wax tanks.
But they are not always on sale. Yes, and waxing furnaces are not cheap, since they are made using either aluminum or stainless steel.
Stoke in a water bath
Our ancestors had never heard of the factory-made apparatus for wax heating. They successfully used the water bath method. It is easy to melt wax on it. By the way, it is still very popular because of the availability and cheapness. To do this, take two tanks of the same volume of 20-30 liters.. It can be enameled or aluminum pans, basins, troughs.
In one container we collect crushed wax, having previously washed it and cleared from a large fraction of garbage. Then we bind the top container with gauze. Fill another container with water by 40% with water and set on fire. After the water boils, turn over the container of wax onto a boiling pot (tank) with water.
The handles of two containers are tied to each other, the water continues to boil over low heat for two to three hours.. The upper tank can be warmed with something. In this state, leave the wax until the next day. After all the contents have cooled, remove a yellow piece of wax from the container. It takes the form of the capacity in which it was.
To melt in solar waxes
Solar unit do it yourself.It is installed in an apiary or at home. This wax is valued higher, because the process is exposed to direct sunlight.
It is advisable to melt raw materials precisely in them. WITHSolar waxing is a box (wooden or steel), covered with a frame with double glass. Inside such a structure, a stainless steel baking tray is installed at an angle of 40 degrees and a tin trough.
Some water is poured into this trough so that later it can be easily removed from the tank. Finely chopped product is pre-cleaned. Then placed on a baking sheet under the glass. The sun heats the glass, the space inside the structure, under the influence of rays, the wax begins to melt. For this, 70 degrees is enough. Through the grate on the baking sheet, it flows into the trough. As you can see, to melt the wax in this method is not difficult.
Useful properties and application of a beekeeping product - zabrus
Now we will consider what zabrus is in beekeeping, how it is useful and how to treat them. Zabrus is another useful and no less unique product of beekeeping.. It is a mixture of wax, salivary glands of bees, pollen, propolis.The bees seal the filled honeycombs with this substance.
In composition, it is different from wax, because there are more components in its composition.. In this sense, he is richer. Thus, the effect of its use is higher. But if you use wax and zabrus in the mixture - the therapeutic effect will be even stronger. Zabrus is also very effective in bacterial and viral diseases. This substance can be simply chewed.
As a result, intensive salivation occurs, the secretory function of the stomach increases. Food is digested faster. Non-traditional and traditional medicine recommends chewing it 3-4 times a day for 10 minutes. And with a strong rhinitis or sinus it is chewed more often.
In addition,abrus is not discarded after this procedure. Small pieces swallow. Nothing wrong with that. On the contrary, inside the stomach it stimulates its work.
There are no contraindications to its use. Naturally it should be consumed within reasonable limits, especially for people suffering from diabetes. When applying masks or cream on the face and other parts of the body, zabrus, along with other components, nourishes the composition of the skin and has a beneficial effect on the body. The external use of its harm will not bring.
In the beneficial effects of wax, there is no doubt neither traditional medicine nor official medicine. By the way, the latter did not deny this fact. The dynamics of the development of the cosmetic industry shows that the use of the product as a component of a cream, mask and other means is only increasing.
The fact that even today it is beyond the power to reproduce it in research institutes using modern technology suggests that natural sources of longevity surpass advanced technologies. They only need to take care and rational use.
And finally a small video on how to melt beeswax.
There was inflammation of the palate - thoroughly stripped the mucous with pistachios. I suffered a couple of days, saved only a painkiller and some olive oil on a napkin and press it. Then they advised to chew wax. Found on the market, chewed - at first nasty, and then becomes like a chewing gum, only a little stratified. After a couple of hours, the pain receded, and a day later the wounds healed.
Tip: cold wax with such wounds do not need to chew, otherwise sick. It is better to heat a little, at least in the hands, and then use it.