Sleepy Lavender™ honey

Benefits

• Its sedative and sleep-inducing effects are particularly noteworthy.
• Ideal against insomnia as this blend slows the heart rate and relaxes the body.
• Used in the treatment of headaches, migraine, dizziness, meteoropathic aches, increased tension, stress and anxiety, exhaustion, mental and physical overload, and irritability.
• Cures indigestion; intestinal issues; liver and kidney disorders.
• Reduces hysteria and nymphomania, and treats a wide range of vegetative nervous system problems that develop from a breakdown – such as stomach complaints, heart issues, cardiac neurosis, respiratory complaints and asthma.
• Calming nervous complaints and anxiety.
• Stomach and intestinal complaints of a nervous origin.
• Calms high blood pressure and stress headaches caused by tension.
• Calms the central nervous system.
• Digestive complaints and spasms.
• Tunes into positive thinking, also effective for mood swings and depression. Mild anti-depressant effect.
• Stimulates and increases bile production and has a choleretic effect.
• Excellent against renal colic.
• Can be used for wind cramps, diarrhoea, loss of appetite and intestinal infection.
• Effective antispasmodic for smooth muscle spams.
• Weak sedative and nerve tonic.
• Menopausal complaints.

External

• Effective cleanser for wounds, ulcers and eczema.
• An excellent bath additive for children and adults alike, soothing and moisturising the skin.

This Sleepy Lavender™ honey has an Acacia honey base with additional benefits:

• Soothes aching muscles after exertion in sport or gardening, etc.
• Internally, acacia honey is as good as manuka.
• Helps treat asthma.
• Excellent against bacteria as it releases Hydrogen Peroxide very slowly. Hydrogen Peroxide is an excellent, natural antiseptic and disinfectant.
• As an expectorant to relieve sore throats and sinus infections.
• Low Glycaemic Index (GI) of 35, so it can be consumed in small amounts by diabetics. Some apitherapists recommend a small amount of this honey for sufferers of type 2 diabetes – refer to your doctor before using honey.
• Helps combat heart disease and even some forms of cancer.
• A good immune system booster.