Honey - Raw honey contains beneficial enzymes, small amounts of propolis, pollen and beeswax, which all help to boost your immune system.  Honey has been shown to help the body fight infection by stimulating the immune system.  Along with the immune boosting properties, raw honey can be healing and soothing for sore throats and coughs.  Another lesser known benefit of honey is digestive.  Honey is filled with probiotics which assist in digestion and can improve immune function.  These probiotics found in honey can also help increase the good bacteria naturally found in your stomach.  Since honey has so many beneficial properties that promote healing, it’s no surprise that it works well on cuts.  One of the main reasons for this is that honey has antibacterial properties that come from hydrogen peroxide, which is produced while bees turn nectar into honey.  (Honey should not be given to children under 12 months of age).

Garlic (Allium sativum) - Many scientific studies have found that garlic reduces inflammation, fights bacteria, fungi and parasites.  It also helps keep the cardiovascular system healthy.  Many of garlics’ therapeutic benefits come from a sulfur compound called allicin.  It is allicin that gives garlic its antimicrobial properties.  Since bacteria can’t overcome the complicated barrier produced by allicin, they can’t develop resistance to it.

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