{"id":765877,"date":"2022-01-25T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2022-01-25T16:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/9-unexpected-uses-of-honey\/"},"modified":"2022-01-25T16:04:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-25T16:04:16","slug":"9-unexpected-uses-of-honey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/25\/9-unexpected-uses-of-honey\/","title":{"rendered":"9 Unexpected Uses of Honey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/1b9edbdf7e9648ed990e33a8467221ae\" alt=\"See the source image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>1. Burns<\/p>\n<p>Honey has been used as a salve to heal burns and prevent infections for thousands of years, according to the Mayo Clinic. Results also show that honey may reduce burn healing time.<\/p>\n<p>2. Memory<\/p>\n<p> Raw honey can improve both short- and long-term memory.<\/p>\n<p>3. Herpes<\/p>\n<p>Research conducted in Dubai shows that honey is an effective topical treatment for both oral and genital herpes.<\/p>\n<p>4. Diabetes<\/p>\n<p>Honey has a lower glycemic index than sugar, which means it won\u2019t spike your blood sugar levels the way sugar will.<\/p>\n<p>5. Cancer<\/p>\n<p>Honey is celebrated for its antioxidant properties, which can prevent or treat cancer. Honey is effective in stopping cancer cells from multiplying.<\/p>\n<p>6. Hemorrhoids<\/p>\n<p>Haemorrhoids cause itching and pain in the anus, as well as blood in the stool. They are never fun. Honey significantly reduced pain and itching, as well as bleeding.<\/p>\n<p>7. Wounds and ulcers<\/p>\n<p>Honey has been used to dress wounds for centuries. The Mayo Clinic says that honey can sterilize wounds promote healing, and also reduce pain, odour, and wound size. It can also treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria and long-term ulcers and wounds after surgery and from burns.<\/p>\n<p>8. Fertility<\/p>\n<p>Honey has been lauded for its potential to boost fertility in both men and women. Honey increases the sperm count of men and the egg quality of women.<\/p>\n<p>9. Psoriasis<\/p>\n<p>Psoriasis is a common skin condition that causes redness, blisters, itching, and even lesions. Honey is very effective in treating this condition<\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: mCjill (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">Opera News is a free to use platform and the views and opinions expressed herein are solely those of the author and do not represent, reflect or express the views of Opera News. Any\/all written content and images displayed are provided by the blogger\/author, appear herein as submitted by the blogger\/author and are unedited by Opera News. 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Herpes Research conducted in Dubai shows that honey is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":765878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[72],"tags":[3124,3125],"class_list":["post-765877","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-honey","tag-unexpected"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=765877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/765877\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=765877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=765877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=765877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}