It is believed that honey loses its nutrients when heated, but according to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM), heated honey still provides benefits.
Raw or ‘Cooked’ Honey: Which Is Better?
Modern science has found that honey is a natural antioxidant rich in polyphenols and other antioxidant components. It exhibits a wide range of therapeutic properties, such as having anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-psoriasis, antitumor, and immunity-boosting effects, and it can also expedite wound healings.
The edible and medicinal value of honey has been known since ancient times, and it is still used in natural remedies today. It is recorded in the ancient Chinese medical book “Compendium of Materia Medica” that honey has the effects of clearing heat, invigorating the spleen, detoxifying the body, moistening dryness, and relieving pain. In addition, traditional Chinese medicine believes that honey can enter various meridians such as those of the lungs, spleen, and large intestine, so it is particularly beneficial to these viscera. It can nourish the lungs and relieve coughs, regulate the spleen and stomach, as well as loosen the bowels, and relieve constipation….