Question:
What is a safe, natural way to cure or at least
relieve ashma or other breathing problems?
My brother has ashma and has to take medication.
I have breathing problems in allergy season
and so does another problem.
What are good alternative remedies without side effects?
Answer:
When I was a beekeeper, the beekeeping magazines and books
frequently referred to local comb honey as being a therapy
for asthma and allergies. The theory is that eating local
pollen somehow immunizes you to inhaled pollen. Liquid
honey always contains some pollen, but the actual honey-
comb contains much more. It also has much more flavor,
because honey still in the intact cell has not been
heated to prevent crystallization. Heating drives off
important fragrance and flavor molecules. Even non-
heated honeys lose much of these molecules, because
they begin evaporating as soon as you decap the comb.
The fragrance that comes out of the centrifugal extractor
right after you whirl some combs is Awesome
Comb honey is produced in special square wood frames,
instead of the long rectangular frames used for liquid
honey. Unlike the reusable rectangular frames, the little
square frames are only used once. They are usually wrapped
in transparent plastic wrap and sold in that form to the
consumer.
Eating comb honey is sort of like chewing gum. You get
a bunch of fresh honey in your mouth, but after some
point you spit out the wax. Comb honey has more pollen in
it because the bees store both pollen and honey in the
cells of the comb.
However, I think the idea that eating local comb honey
immunizes you against allergies to local pollen is
bunk. But I don't have any scientific references to cite
to disprove it. I'd encourage anyone with supporting
or refuting information to post it.
