Honey & Cinnamon

Ayurvedic as well as Yunani medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries. Scientists of today also accept honey is an extremely effective medicine for all kinds of diseases. Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients also. There have been scores of magazines that mention a list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by western scientists.

Arthritis
Most people would never believe that an illness like Arthritis can be cured by a simple concoction of cinnamon and honey. You could mix one part honey to two parts of lukewarm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the itching part of the body slowly. It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two. Or arthritis patients may daily, morning and night take one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If drunk regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. In a recent research conducted it was found that the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast.

They found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month. Mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

Hair Loss
Normally, a dirty scalp, heredity, stress and other such reasons including lack of sleep and improper intake of protein can be held responsible for hair loss. It is interesting to note that those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 minutes and then wash hair. It was found very effective even if kept for 5 minutes as well.

Bladder Infections
For people with infections of the bladder, it's quite embarrassing to explain the depth of the problem, it is the same combination of honey and cinnamon that can be used to cure this. Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of lukewarm water and drink it. This helps in the destruction of the germs of the bladder.

Toothache
Toothache is the most insinuating pain that one could experience, perhaps more than the bill that one has to foot for his/ her dentist. You could make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth. This may be done 3 times a day daily till such time that the tooth has stopped aching.

Cholesterol
You would never imagine that cholesterol could also be controlled with the same combination. You could mix two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of cinnamon powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient, it reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. Pure honey taken with food daily relieves complains of cholesterol. And if you already have a sweet tooth, what more could you ask for?