Honey is a sweet treat that can also heal you on the inside and out. This natural sweetener has both antibacterial and anti-fungal properties and is full of antioxidants and anti-inflammatories.
You can ingest honey to improve your health, but you can also use this powerful healer topically on things like sunburn.
Here are 30 ways to use honey that you probably never heard of before:
1.) As a topical ointment to heal skin ulcers
2.) As a disinfectant to soothe skin wounds
3.) Prevent a bandage from sticking to your scabs
4.) As a natural burn cream
5.) As an immunity booster
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6.) To stop the hiccups
7.) Increase metabolism and weight loss
8.) Improve digestion
9.) Stop nausea
10.) Soothe sunburn
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11.) Reduce fever
12.) Ward off the chills during a cold
13.) Soothe eczema
14.) Bring moisture and shine to your hair
15.) Prevent split ends
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16.) Get rid of acne
17.) Moisten dry skin
18.) Increase hair growth
19.) End chronic dandruff
20.) Heal itchy scalp and scalp lesions
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21.) Fatten up your eyelashes
22.) Ward off your allergies
23.) Immunity toward hay fever
24.) Soothe asthma
25.) Treat a nighttime cough and improve sleep during a cold
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26.) Get a melatonin boost and a good night’s sleep
27.) Treat a sore throat
28.) End a hangover
29.) Cure athlete’s foot
30.) Ease a headache
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