Honey, Our Allergy Hero!

The evil King Ragweed.

Allergies are miserable, and Ragweed is King Antecedent of them all. His seasonal rule begins every year on, or around August 15th and ends late September or early October. Don’t discount His Heinous' power! His pollen can travel over a hundred miles and stays afloat in the air well into October and early November. You may not see Ragwood lurking around, but the minions “Leaf Mold” and “Mold Spore” do his  evil bidding and perform their dastardly damage through the end of November!

Knight Honey. (*wish*)

Luckily, we can call on Nature’s Knight of the Realm, Honey! 

Relief from our allergies can come from local honey. 

How, pray tell, does this work? 

I’m glad you asked!

Honey acts like an immunization. Your hay fever allergies are caused by pollen in your local area. Bees collect pollen from local plants, and small amounts of it are transferred to their honey. As you ingest local honey, you receive local pollen in small amounts. This, in turn, works like a series of allergy shots; slowly building up your tolerance to the allergen, and decreasing your allergy symptoms.

Raw honey vs. Pasteurized is the question! Many farmers gently warm harvested honey in order to get it easily into jars. Temperatures below 115F do not affect honey’s natural enzymes and beneficial attributes.  We can destroy the very things we need from honey by adding it to hot drinks! The most effective way to take honey is by ingesting 2-3 teaspoons daily for a few months before and through pollen season.

So, Knight Honey destroyed the evil King Ragweed and his evil minions “Leaf Mold” and “Mold Spore.”  And, everyone lived happily ever after…

Note: Raw honey should not be feed to children under the age of one. Honey normally cannot support bacteria, but one bacterium that can survive and is usually benign, C. botulinum, can be dangerous to infants. By the age of one, the immune system of most infants is developed enough to resist the bacteria.