Honey is a sweet liquid produced by bees from the nectar of flowers. For centuries honey has been used as an antiseptic for external and internal conditions, and as a tonic for overall good health. 
Honey is an excellent moisturizer, and can be rubbed into the skin as a revitalizing mask. Honey water can be used as an eye lotion, particularly good for conjunctivitis and other infectious conditions. Each region has a distinctive type of honey, dependent on the local flowers upon which the bees feed. All honeys are complex mixtures of the sugar fructose and glucose with water, organic acids, and mineral and vitamin traces, as well as some plant pigments. Eating a little local honey will sensitize you to the pollen in the area-acting as a natural remedy for hey fever and all its symptoms.
