Apitherapy What Is It and Does it Work?

By: Karen Graham VTCT GCP

Apitherapy is another ancient alternative to allopathic medicine. That is showing to have positive results in helping to cure tennis elbow.

Apitherapy is the therapeutic use of honey bee products and is a practice that goes all the way back to the ancient Egyptian and Greek societies. Royal jelly was revered for maintaining vigour and preserving youthful skin.

Aristotle was one of the first to write about royal jelly and the ancient Greeks used it in one of their most famous elixirs; 'Ambrosia' which was said to bestow immortality upon the gods.

Man has been consuming bee products throughout the centuries and in the 1600's Swammerdam, a Dutch scholar was the first to study a live hive under a magnifying glass. He noticed what an important part royal jelly played in the hive as the queen bee was fed on it.

Royal jelly is made up of honey and bee pollen mixed with enzymes and this, as modern scientific research is discovering provides it with greater health benefits than just increased vigor and younger looking skin as can be seen from just some of its chemical composition.

Saccharides - Glucids: fructose and glucose in equal amounts.

Lipids: including hydroxytransdecenoic acid, which possesses antibacterial, anti-fungal, and anti-germinative properties.

Minerals: including amongst others iron, calcium and potassium.

Vitamins: All B vitamins. Royal jelly is found to have the richest natural source of vitamin B5 (pantothenic acid). vitamin C and small amounts of liposoluble vitamins (ADEK).

Acetylcholine: found in large amounts in royal jelly gives it its vaodilation properties that are useful in treating circulatory disorders that are common among the elderly and because acetycholine is a a natural neurotransmitter, used by the brain to calm the body, royal jelly also helps the nervous system to relax.

Other elements: include gamma-globulin that assists he immune system in disease resistance.

Royal jelly is not the only bee product that has great health benefits. Other therapies such as honey bee venom therapy is proving to be a beneficial therapy again because of its anti-inflammatory and neurotransmitter properties.

The effectiveness of bee venom therapy is thought to be even more effective by combining the stings with working acupressure/acupuncture points, nerve meridians, and scared areas. This therapy is now used to combat the effects of a number of diseases.

Georgetown University in the USA is doing a clinical controlled study related to MS whist "The Journal of the American Apitherapy Society" reports on studies around the world using apitherapy to treat illnesses and injuries.

In addition to royal jelly and bee venom, honey, propolis, pollen and "bee bread" have also been used as effective treatments for illness and wounds. The results of these trials are showing the effectiveness of apitherapy in treating many conditions including helping to cure tennis elbow.

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