Characteristics of jujube honey:
Jujube flower honey, also known as jujube tree honey, is light amber, amber or dark in color, with iron red being the best. It has a thick texture, a sweet and greasy taste, a heavy aftertaste, and a herbal aroma. It is not easy to crystallize and appears as coarse granules after crystallization.


The efficacy of jujube honey:
1. Used for the elderly, weak individuals, and postpartum constipation caused by intestinal dryness. Take orally or make honey into a plug and insert it into the anus. It can also be used in combination with other laxatives.
2. Used for yin deficiency, lung dryness, prolonged cough, and sore throat. Used alone or in combination with lung moistening cough suppressants. In addition, when using expectorants and cough suppressants such as loquat leaves, winter flowers, and chrysanthemums to treat dry cough and chronic cough, this product is often mixed and stir fried (i.e. honey fried).
3. Used for chronic debilitating diseases. Can be used as an adjuvant medication. Pills, ointments, and other tonics are often used as nourishing and shaping medicines. Tonifying medicines are often processed with honey to enhance their nourishing effects. It has certain therapeutic effects on ulcer disease and chronic hepatitis.
In addition, it is used to apply to sores, burns, and has detoxifying and protective effects on the wound surface; It can also be used to alleviate the toxicity of drugs such as Aconitum and Aconitum, and can be used as a medicinal guide with liver protective effects.


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.