Editor’s note: This is an email that’s been floating
around the Internet. I couldn’t confirm how true all of this is, but since
these are two of my favorite flavors, I decided it wouldn’t hurt to try some of
these remedies. For those who live in the Lake Chapala
area, they have raw organic honey (that has not been boiled so is not liquid)
in the organic market on Tuesday mornings and every day at the stands on the hi-way in front of Ixtlahuacan de los Membrillos. Most commercial honey is boiled to make
liquid. The organic market is now located at Centro de Laguna, the new
shopping center across from Walmart.
My go-to site for debunking urban legends, snopes.com,
says "honey and cinnamon (individually and together) have long been touted
in folklore and traditional medicine as possessing significant nutritional and
health benefits. The Encyclopedia of Healing Foods notes about cinnamon, for
example, ‘Cinnamon has a long history of use in both Eastern and Western
cultures as a medicine. Some of its reported uses are in cases of arthritis,
asthma, cancer, diarrhea, fever, heart problems, insomnia, menstrual problems,
etc. There are scientific studies to support some of these uses.’
“The same work also says of honey, ‘Referred to in
ancient Sumerian, Vedic, Egyptian and biblical writings, honey has been
employed since ancient times for both nutrition and healing medicine.
“The health benefits of a particular honey depend on its
processing as well as the quality of the flowers the bees utilize when
collecting the pollen. Raw honey is honey that has not been pasteurized, clarified,
or filtered, and this form typically retains more of the healthful
phytochemicals lost to the standard processing of honey."
And, if you read my article about my trip to the
Curandera,
you may remember that she wrapped my bad knee in a honey poultice when she was
through with the treatment. That’s good enough for me. Can’t wait to start trying
some combinations. See what you think.
Honey is the only food on the planet that will not spoil or rot.
It will do what some call turning to sugar.
In reality honey is always honey. However, when left in a cool
dark place for a long time, it will do what I rather call "crystallizing."
When this happens I loosen the lid, boil some water, and set the honey
container in the hot water, turn off the heat and let it liquefy. It
is then as good as it ever was. Never boil honey or put it in a microwave. To
do so will kill the enzymes in the honey.
Cinnamon and Honey
Bet the drug companies won't like this one getting around. Facts on Honey and
Cinnamon: It is found that a mixture of honey and cinnamon cures most diseases.
Honey is produced in most of the countries of the world. Scientists of today
also accept honey as a 'very effective' medicine for all kinds of diseases.
Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases.
Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right
dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients. Weekly World News, a
magazine in Canada , in its issue dated 17 January,1995 has given the following
list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as researched by
western scientists:
HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly and
jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast. It reduces the cholesterol in the
arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also, those who have already
had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles away from the
next attack. Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and
strengthens the heart beat. In America
and Canada,
various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as
you age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey
and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and veins.
ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning and night, one cup of hot water with
two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If taken
regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted
at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their
patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon Cinnamon
powder before breakfast, they found that within a week, out of the 200 people
so treated, practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain, and within a
month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of
arthritis started walking without pain.
BLADDER INFECTIONS: 
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of
lukewarm water and drink it. It destroys the germs in the bladder.
CHOLESTEROL:
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16
ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the
level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours As mentioned
for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic cholesterol is
cured. According to information received in the said Journal, pure honey taken
with food daily relieves complaints of cholesterol.
COLDS:
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon lukewarm
honey with 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This process will
cure most chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.
UPSET STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach
ulcers from the root.
GAS:
According to the studies done in India
and Japan
, it is revealed that if Honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is
relieved of gas.
IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and
protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks. Scientists have found that
honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts. Constant use of Honey
strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacterial and viral diseases.
INDIGESTION:
Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food
relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.
INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain
has proved that honey contains a natural ' Ingredient' which kills the
influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.
LONGEVITY: 
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the
ravages of old age. Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder,
and three cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, three to four
times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. Life spans
also increase.
PIMPLES:
Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply
this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm
water. If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.
SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts cures
eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.
WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach, and at
night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup of
water. If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most obese person.
Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in
the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.
CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and
Australia
has revealed that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured
successfully. Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take
one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month
three times a day.
FATIGUE: 
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful
rather than being detrimental to the strength of the body. Senior citizens, who
take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more alert and flexible. Dr.
Milton, who has done research, says that a half tablespoon of honey taken in a
glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing
and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M. when the vitality of the body starts to
decrease, increases the vitality of the body within a week.
BAD BREATH:
People of South America , first thing in the
morning, gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot
water, so their breath stays fresh throughout the day.
HEARING LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts
restores hearing. Remember when we were kids? We had toast with real butter and
cinnamon sprinkled on it!
Sources:
www.angelfire.com
www.benefits-of-honey.com
www.sciencepunk.com/2008/04/cinnamon-and-honey-can-cure-anything
snopes.com
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