RAW honey is the only sure bet to crush stomach ulcers and
avoid the risk of cancer. Since ancient times, raw honey has been used to
cure ulcer as part of folk medicine. Though modern man or woman especially
educated ones may take anecdote from folk medicine with a pinch of salt, there
is avalanche of science-validated evidence about honey’s potent antibacterial,
stress-busting, anti-inflammatory and cholesterol-lowering effects.
Raw honey’s anti-bacterial powers inhibit helicobacter
pylori, which makes ulcer festers and incurable. While many strains of bacteria
can resist synthetic antibiotics, no bacteria can resist antimicrobial powers
of raw honey. Researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem in Israel proved
that raw honey wipes out the toughest-to-treat ulcers. Also, a publication
Honey the Gourmet Medicine says, “A man suffering from severe possibly terminal
stomach ulcers hated doctors, so he stayed at home and suffered. A friend told
him about a Russian study showing that raw honey cured ulcers. The man used
honey and was miraculously cured”.
Stomach ulcer is also characterised by high acidity, which
triggers pain especially when acidic foods and drinks are consumed. But raw
honey contains potassium and sodium, two powerful acid-neutralising agents.
Beyond its antibacterial powers, raw honey can also be used
to redress other conditions that may trigger ulcers or warrant taking
medications that can trigger ulcers. For instance, doctors often prescribe
anti-inflammatory drugs for asthma and arthritis patients even when these drugs
are known to cause ulceration in the bowel sometimes leading to bleeding
problem. But both asthma and arthritis can be redressed with anti-inflammatory
powers of raw honey.
In other words, with honey as part of their treatment
protocols, asthma and arthritis patients need not take synthetic
anti-inflammatory drugs that could cause ulcer and also aggravate their initial
disease conditions.
More often than not, people suffering from hypertension also
take aspirin or other cholesterol- lowering drugs to prevent stroke, but these
medications make them susceptible to ulcers. Life can be awful with fatal side
effects of anti-hypertensive drugs, but gastric ulceration causing pain and
bleeding can bring additional agony when aspirin is added. But with right
use of honey, there may not be need for drugs with fatal side effects to lower
high blood pressure and bad (LDL) cholesterol. Honey improves blood
circulation through the coronary artery by causing the veins to expand, thus
lowering high blood pressure. Honey also contains calcium and potassium, two
minerals that are critical to having normal blood pressure and sound sleep.
Honey also fights high cholesterol, which undermines the
normal workings of the heart and prepares the ground for heart attack or
stroke. A study done by Dr. Nicki Engeseth, an assistant professor of food
chemistry at the University of Illinois, Chicago, USA confirmed that honey
contains high level of plaque-fighting antioxidants to protect the heart
against disease.
Stress is another cause of ulcers but a study at the
University of Waikato in New Zealand found that diet sweetened with honey
reduced stress. The use of honey for the treatment of ulcer gives tonic effect,
improves gastric acidity and blood composition plus a tranquilizing effect on
the nervous system
However, the efficacy of raw honey for cure ulcers is based
on certain protocol and dosage, otherwise, honey can increase acidity, slows
down digestion of the contents of the stomach and irritates the intestines
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