Characteristics of loquat honey:
Loquat honey is made by bees collecting and fermenting loquat nectar, which is then brewed by bees. Sweet and easy to drink, it can be called a premium honey. It is mainly produced in southern provinces such as Fujian and Zhejiang, and is a rare honey species. Loquat has the medicinal effect of treating lung heat, asthma, cough, stomach heat, and thirst. It has health benefits such as clearing the lungs, relieving heat, resolving phlegm, and relieving cough and asthma. It is an ideal choice for people with colds, cough, and phlegm. It is sweet and cool in nature, with nourishing yin and moistening lungs, diuretic and precipitation effects, can quench thirst, cough and lower qi, and is used as an auxiliary treatment for respiratory diseases, chronic bronchitis caused by cough, phlegm accumulation, coughing up blood and hemoptysis.


Benefits of loquat honey:
① Moisturize the intestines and promote bowel movements. Used for the prevention and treatment of constipation. Rapeseed honey, camellia honey, and loquat honey are the best.
② Moisturize the lungs and relieve cough. Consuming honey is effective for coughing caused by lung deficiency.
③ Detoxification, healing of sores, and pain relief. Applying honey directly to the skin or wound has anti-inflammatory, analgesic, hemostatic, edema reducing, and wound healing benefits
effect. Eating can alleviate food poisoning, treat gastrointestinal ulcers and abdominal pain. If you drink too much alcohol, drinking a tablespoon of honey before bedtime can relieve your hangover and headache.
④ Boosting Qi among the crowd. Used for auxiliary treatment, recovery of health, and healthcare of the elderly, especially for those with weak spleen and stomach.
⑤ Harmonize various medicines to enhance their medicinal properties. Honey has a mild nature and a sweet taste, often used as a medicinal herb.


Honey preservation method:
Honey should be stored in a low temperature and dark place. Due to honey being a weakly acidic liquid, it can undergo chemical reactions with metals such as lead, zinc, and iron during storage. Therefore, non-metallic containers such as ceramics, glass bottles, non-toxic plastic buckets, etc. should be used to store honey. Honey should also be stored to prevent cross flavors, moisture, fermentation, contamination, etc. To avoid cross contamination and contamination, it is not allowed to store with odorous items (such as gasoline, alcohol, garlic, etc.), corrosive items (such as fertilizers, pesticides, lime, alkali, nitrate, etc.), or unhygienic items (such as waste and livestock products). The current national standard for the shelf life of bottled honey is 24 months.
 
Honey consumption method:
1. Honey "partner"
There are many ways to eat honey, it can be taken with warm water and consumed, or it can be paired with various foods. For example, honey can be eaten with bread, milk, juice, Congee, soup and other breakfast foods.
The most nutritious breakfast - honey+milk
Honey contains a large amount of monosaccharides that can be directly absorbed by the human body and has a high calorie content: milk has high nutritional value but low calorie content. The combination of the two can achieve the best effect of supplementing energy and nutrition.
2. Honey should not be heated above 60 degrees Celsius
When the temperature exceeds 60 degrees, the bioactive enzymes in honey are destroyed and the nutritional value decreases. Therefore, honey should not be heated at high temperatures.
3. Honey should be stored in glassware.
4. Not suitable for patients with diabetes.