HONEY

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Skanda Puran

Book I: Maheshvarakhaada, 
Section II: Kaumarikakhaada, Chapter 40, Verse 182

In Sat-Yuga*, trees had leaves shaped like cups, filled by bees with excellent honey of sweet taste and fine colour that sustained civilization.


Honey known as madhu in ayurvedic scriptures is one of the most important medicines used in ayurveda. In ayurveda, honey is used for both internal and external applications. It is mainly used for the treatment of eye diseases, cough, thirst, phlegm, hiccups, blood in vomit, leprosy, diabetes, obesity, worm infestation, vomiting, asthma, diarrhoea and healing wounds.



 It is also used as a natural preservative and sweetener in many  ayurvedic preparations. It is also used as a vehicle along with some medicines to improve its efficacy or to mitigate the side effects of the other medicines it is mixed with. It is also known to mitigate the increased kapha dosha. (Kapha dosha is the ayurvedic category for body constitutions- those with kapha dosha are of larger proportions with robust frame.) It should also be kept in mind that fresh honey helps to increase body mass while old honey produces constipation and decreases body mass. Honey should not be heated or consumed warm as it causes toxic effect. Cold honey should always be preferred.



As far as Ayurveda is concerned our acharyas who made this system of medicine utilized Indian honey and tested the wild honey, hence any ayurvedic physician will prefer the Indian honey wild honey.



According to ayurveda, there are eight different types of honey:

1.Makshikam: Used in the treatment of eye diseases, hepatitis, piles, asthma, cough and tuberculosis
2.Bhraamaram: Used in the treatment when blood is vomited 
3.Kshoudram: Used in the treatment of diabetes
4.Pauthikam: Used in the treatment of diabetes and urinary infection
5.Chathram: Used in the treatment of worm infestation, when blood is vomited and diabetes
6.Aardhyam: Effective for eye diseases, cough and anaemia
7.Ouddalakam: Increases taste and swarasudhi.Used in the treatment of leprosy and poisoning cases
8.Daalam: It increases digestion and helps in the treatment of cough, vomiting and diabetes

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