Health benefits of propolis

- Therapeutic value of propolis

                            Propolis is a product of the apiary that can transfer to humans active 

                                                      ingredients made by  certain plants,

    

   It is used in perfumery in the composition of certain cosmetics, but it is especially in therapeutics, its healing and cicatrizing qualities of wounds, suppurations, abscesses and boils. It has been used in the same way as honey for wounds.

           Its antiseptic and antibacterial properties (bactericidal and bacteriostatic) and even antimycotic and anesthetic.It has been successfully tested in various fields: trauma, surgery, stomatology, otolaryngology, dermatology, pneumology, anesthesia and gynecology. The effectiveness of propolis against lung tuberculosis, tonsillitis, the flu virus as well as in the healing of burns. Treating chronic subatropic and atropic pharyngitis.

        The effectiveness of propolis in the treatment of trichomoniasis of the vagina and cervix; in vitro, Trichomonas vaginalis disappears in 24 hours at concentrations of 3 to 9 milligrams of propolis per milliliter.), bronchial asthma would be very much improved, if not cured, by the administration of propolis internally.

          Internal administration of 7 to 8 doses per day for 8 days would eliminate asthma for two years. One dose equals 250 milligrams of total dry extract. However, in some people allergic to propolis, there is the opposite effect: a dermatosis or a hay fever or a sore throat. Finally, propolis extract is an excellent cure for mastitis in cows. Some fractions of propolis contain a substance capable of inhibiting the growth of Bacillus tuberculosi in vitro. The antimicrobial properties of propolis can be attributed mainly to the flavonoids it contains, such as pinocembrin, galangin, pinobanksin, acetate-3-pinobanksin, and also to a mixture of benzyl ether of p-acid. coumeric and caffeic acid ether.

There are now various propolis-based drugs for the treatment of burns and wounds, dermatitis, pharyngitis, rhinitis and tracheitis, gingivitis, prostatitis, urinary tract infections and ulcers. reducing the level of cholesterol in the blood, by the fact that they reduce the absorption of fats at the intestinal level.

                                                                  Composition:

                                   55% of resins and balms, 25 of wax, 10% of essential oils, 

                                         5% of pollen, 5% of organic and mineral materials.