Honey bees usually mix resin and wax to form a substance called propolis.Its used to seal and sterilize their hives.Propolis is anti-microbial, anti-fungal, strong anti-oxidant, non-allergenic. It can also be used to improve our immune system. Scientists from Bradford’s centre for pharmaceuticals and engineering science have found new method to purify propolis in such a way that its’ medicinal properties remain unchanged, but it is made to dissolve in water and its pungent smell is excluded.

This new technique helps it to be used as a mouth ulcer gel. It can also be used for various pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications. The newly made propolis mouth ulcer gel has improved anesthetic, anti-microbial and anti-fungal properties when compared with that of existing gels. This gel proves to be safe to children and can also be used by people of any age. Professor Anant Paradkar and his colleagues found that propolis based mouth ulcer gel can strongly stick to skin membrane inside mouth, even in its water soluble form. Therefore it’s more effective in treating mouth ulcers. Honey has many medicinal values. Consuming two teaspoons of mixture of honey and carrot juice may improve eyesight even if you are forced to work on a computer for long hours of time.Consuption of honey juice can also avoid cough or cold. Drinking two teaspoons of honey mixed with ginger juice can be used to clear an infected chest.Consuption of two teaspoons of mixture of honey and garlic juice can be helpful in controlling blood pressure.

A research paper shows that drinking a mixture of fresh honey and lemon juice with warm water added to it, in daily morning helps to control obesity and hyperacidity. Consumption of a mixture of honey, black pepper and ginger juice thrice a day can be used to keep asthma at bay.Eventhough honey has such positive aspects, it’s warned that honey should never be heated or mixed with spicy food, fermented beverages (whisky, rum, brandy etc….) before consumption.