CATDOLL : CATDOLL: Simple way to identify honey

Introduction: In this season of revival, we not only see the weather warming up, flowers blooming, and pleasant scenery, but also the sweet honey. In such a season, everyone will definitely want to buy honey for their own consumption or as a gift to relatives and friends. Nowadays, the honey in the market is seriously adulterated and counterfeited, which requires everyone to develop a pair of discerning eyes to choose real honey. Let's follow me to see how to distinguish real and fake honey.

A simple way to distinguish honey is to look at its transparency. Good honey is relatively transparent, while bad (fake) honey will have impurities.

Second, look at the crystallization of honey. Honey is easy to crystallize. Good honey can be easily melted by twisting it with your hands. Adulterated honey has larger particles and is not easy to twist.

Third, smell it. Good honey will have a light floral scent, which is pleasant. Fake honey will have a chemical smell, which is not so pleasant.

Fourth, taste it. Good honey has a mellow taste and will irritate your throat. Fake honey tastes like sugar water and will not irritate your throat.

Special reminder: The cost of honey is relatively high. If the price of honey on the market is particularly low, lower than that of white sugar, it must be fake. Don't be greedy for small profits and be sure to buy it in regular places.

The benefits of various honeys 01. Multi-flower honey

It is collected from a hundred flowers, and it gathers the essence of a hundred flowers. It is fragrant, sweet, nutritious, and has the effects of clearing heat, replenishing the middle, detoxifying, moisturizing, and astringing. It is a traditional honey variety. Multi-flower honey: It has a deep color and is a mixture of various nectars. It tastes sweet and has the aroma of natural honey. The pollen composition is complex, and generally there are more than 5 to 6 types of pollen.

02. Osmanthus honey

This honey is clear and transparent, fragrant, sweet and delicious, and is known as the "king of honey". It can clear away heat and detoxify, add vinegar to lose weight, and mix with milk to moisturize the skin.

03. Motherwort Honey

A good medicine for gynecology, it is collected by bees from motherwort flowers. It contains a variety of vitamins, amino acids, natural grapes and natural fructose. Drinking it regularly can promote blood circulation and nourish the skin. It can be taken directly for sore throat and hoarseness. It is best to take it twice a day. It can be mixed with warm or ice water, or added to other beverages. It does not need to be refrigerated. Store at room temperature and in a cool and dry place. (It can also be eaten if it is condensed)

04. Ginkgo Honey

Ginkgo, also known as ginkgo, is a rare plant in my country and is known as a living fossil. Ginkgo honey is made from natural honey as the main raw material, supplemented with ginkgo extract. The honey contains ginkgo ketones, ginkgolides and other unique ginkgo medicinal ingredients. Ginkgo ketones are vasodilators that can treat cardiovascular diseases, coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction and cerebral ischemia; ginkgolides are antagonists of platelet activating factor, which can anti-coagulate blood and prevent thrombosis. The honey tastes slightly bitter and has a cool and sweet aftertaste. It is a good product for nutrition and fitness for middle-aged and elderly people. It can relieve cough and asthma, moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements.

05. Coptis honey

In the deep mountains and old forests of Western Sichuan, there is a wild plant called "Yalian", commonly known as "triangular leaf" and "three needles". The honey is crystal clear, fragrant and bitter, and the aftertaste is sweet and not greasy. It is suitable for both young and old. It was a tribute to the royal family in ancient times, and now it is a folk delicacy. The medical book records: Coptis chinensis is bitter and cold in nature, clears away heat and dampness, refreshes the heart and relieves restlessness, and purges fire and detoxifies. Its honey has the same effect as it, and is effective in treating dysentery and poisonous sores, suitable for both young and old.

06. Wild Chrysanthemum Honey

This honey can quench thirst, promote salivation, clear away heat and reduce fire, dispel wind and detoxify, soothe the liver and improve eyesight. It is especially effective for scabies, acne, etc. It is a good drink for preventing heatstroke and cooling down.

07. Wolfberry Honey

The honey is deep amber in color, with a rich fragrance. It contains the essence of wolfberry and has the effects of replenishing qi, nourishing the kidneys, moistening the lungs, and strengthening yang.

08. Codonopsis honey

Light amber in color, thick and sticky, this is the best honey. It has the effect of nourishing the spleen and stomach, and replenishing qi and blood. It is used for nourishment by the elderly and for strengthening the body by the middle-aged.

09. Longan Honey

It has a fine texture, rich aroma, and a strong flavor of longan flesh. It has the highest protein content in my country's single flower honey, reaching 1.699%. It has the effects of strengthening the spleen and blood, clearing the mind and improving intelligence.

10. Loquat Honey

Mainly produced in the Jiangnan area, it is a rare honey species, rich in nutrition, fragrant and sweet, and has been highly praised since ancient times. It has the effects of resolving phlegm and relieving cough, clearing the lungs and relieving heat, and diuresis and precipitation.

11. Scrophulariaceae Honey

It contains volatile alkaloids, sterols, fatty acids, linolenic acid, stearic acid and other organic acids. It is clinically used to treat sore throat, dry mouth, red eyes, swollen ears, intestinal pain, etc.

12. Hawthorn Honey

It contains hawthorn acid, tannins, and lactones, and is mainly used to treat indigestion, fullness, and abdominal pain.

13. Buckwheat honey

The honey is dark in color and has a strong, pungent smell. It is high in protein and iron and contains rutin, which can soften blood vessels. It is a specific medicine for preventing and treating anemia and kidney disease.

14. Schisandra Honey

Schisandra honey is a wonderful product. Keeping it at home can definitely help you. The honey contains schisandra, malic acid, citric acid, vitamins A and C, so it can treat neurosis, dry eyes and oral diseases, and can clear liver fire and replenish the qi of the five internal organs.

15. Snow Lotus Honey

Snow lotus grows in the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau. When it blooms, all other flowers wither, but it is the only one that is fragrant. It absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon, and is bathed in the rain and dew of the four seasons. Therefore, its honey is crystal clear, cool and bright, and its crystals are as fine as fat, which makes people salivate at the sight of it. This product has long been favored by young women of ethnic minorities. It can be taken, applied, or rubbed together with royal jelly and pollen, and it is better for beauty. It has the effect of beautifying the skin and nourishing the face.

16. Wild Rose Honey

Wild roses have a gorgeous flower shape, and their honey is deeply embedded inside, so people only admire the beauty of their flowers but have no chance to taste the fragrance of their honey. Wild rose honey has a fragrant aroma, which is unique among aromatic honeys. Its taste is light and mellow. If you taste it carefully, you can call it the "noble lady of honey". It has the effect of refreshing the mind and regulating endocrine.

17. Neem honey

Around the beginning of autumn, the weather is clear and crisp. Bees fly among the thorn flowers, collecting flower nectar to make thorn flower honey. It is light amber in color, fragrant and has an endless aftertaste. It is called "first-class honey" because of its high quality. It is mostly collected in North China and is rarely found in the south. It has the effects of clearing away heat and dryness, detoxifying and relieving pain.

18. Platycodon honey

Platycodon grandiflorum, also known as bellflower, blooms in summer and is blue-purple. It is produced in the Changbai Mountain area in Northeast China. Beekeepers carry bee colonies through hardships and trek to the deep mountains and old forests to release bees and collect honey. Platycodon grandiflorum honey has a strong aroma, sweet but not greasy taste, light yellow color, crystal clear, and is the best honey. It has the effects of moistening the lungs and regulating qi, strengthening the stomach and removing wind.

19. Lychee Honey

It has the effect of refreshing the mind and eyes, quenching thirst and promoting salivation.

20. Red Date Honey

It is rich in vitamin C, which helps improve system function.

21. Sophora japonica honey

It has the effects of clearing away heat, detoxifying, nourishing the skin and replenishing energy.

22. Clover Honey

Astragalus sinensis, also known as safflower grass, has a light amber honey with a fragrant smell, fresh and light, sweet but not greasy, and is considered the best honey in the country. It has the effects of clearing heat, promoting diuresis, clearing the liver and improving eyesight.

23. Dandelion honey

Dandelion belongs to the Asteraceae family and was originally called dandelion. The New Compendium of Materia Medica says: "The leaves are like chicory, the flowers are yellow, and there is white juice when they are broken. People eat it." Its honey is fragrant, delicious, fresh and refreshing, with an endless aftertaste.

24. Gastrodia elata honey

This Qingshen honey is made by extracting effective active ingredients from Gastrodia elata and adding them to high-quality honey. It strengthens the nutritional and fitness effects of honey and is a rare health food for middle-aged and elderly people. It has the effects of nourishing blood and qi, and strengthening the body.

25. Winter Honey

It comes from the Chinese medicinal tree Schefflera acuminata (Eupatorium octyldophyllum, Schefflera arboricola), and is a winter honey species unique to Lingnan. Therefore, it is commonly known as "winter honey". It is light amber in color, easy to crystallize, of excellent texture, sweet and slightly bitter. In addition to the effects of honey such as clearing heat, tonifying the middle, detoxifying, and moisturizing, it also has the effects of sweating and relieving the symptoms, and removing dampness. It has a good auxiliary effect on colds, fever, sore throats, and rheumatic joint pain. It is a honey variety with Chinese medicinal characteristics and is deeply loved by people in Southeast Asia. Crystallized honey, this kind of honey is mostly called spring honey or winter honey. It has poor transparency, and there are many crystal precipitations after being placed for a long time. The crystals are mostly paste-like, with complex pollen composition, different flavors, and sweet taste.

26. Basswood Honey

Honey mainly made from Tilia branensis flowers and Tilia amurensis flowers. Tilia branensis (also known as large-leafed Tilia, Liao Tilia) and Tilia amurensis (also known as small-leafed Tilia, Amur Tilia) are mainly distributed in the Xing'anling forest area in Heilongjiang and Jilin. Tilia honey has a fragrant smell, excellent honey quality, transparent color, viscosity, oily luster, low water content, fine crystals, sweet and palatable, and rich nutrition. It contains 32.8% glucose, 39.9% fructose, as well as sucrose, crude protein, inorganic salts and multiple vitamins. It is a nourishing nutrient and medical auxiliary product, and is also a traditional export commodity. It is used as medicine to replenish qi, relieve cough, moisten the intestines, detoxify, and aid digestion. In addition, Tilia honey itself has a special antiseptic effect and is the main raw material for making Chinese patent medicine pills.

27. Patchouli Honey

This honey is brewed from the nectar of a rare wild Chinese medicinal herb, Patchouli. The honey is amber in color and is the best quality honey. It has the aroma of Chinese medicinal herbs and has good auxiliary therapeutic effects of relieving heat and dampness, regulating the stomach and intestines, clearing away heat and detoxifying. It is an ideal food therapy for people with poor gastrointestinal function, nausea and vomiting, indigestion, and weak constitution.

28. Orange Blossom Honey

Orange blossom honey is collected from the nectar of mandarin oranges. It is light amber in color, has a strong orange blossom aroma, tastes sweet and slightly sour, and is fresh and refreshing. This product has the effects of promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, sobering up and promoting diuresis. It can relieve gas, relieve heat and toxins in the stomach and intestines, and eliminate restlessness and sobering up. It also has the effects of nourishing the skin, resolving phlegm, eliminating stagnation, replenishing the middle, and moisturizing dryness. Astragalus honey is a rare honey species. It is light amber in color, sweet and not greasy, with a fragrant smell and is not easy to crystallize. The main production areas are Shanxi, Gansu, and Inner Mongolia. Regular consumption of this honey can enhance the body's specific and non-specific immune functions, improve physical fitness, and has auxiliary therapeutic effects on cardiovascular system diseases, such as strengthening the heart and improving blood circulation. It has the effects of draining pus, removing toxins, relieving pain and replenishing deficiency. Salvia miltiorrhiza honey

Danshen honey is pure natural honey brewed by bees from the flowers of the Chinese medicinal herb Danshen. In addition to the natural health benefits of honey, it also has the functions of Danshen "generating new blood and removing bad blood"... In addition, Danshen honey can also "cool blood and reduce swelling, clear the heart and relieve troubles."