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Why Bee-Wellness?

Health

Life is not living, but living in health. – Martial, Roman poet

Health has been defined in dictionaries as a general condition of the body; the condition of being sound in mind, body and spirit; freedom from physical diseases and pain; the condition of the body and the degree to which it is free from illness.

When life starts overpowering us and we run around trying to make more money; to grow a business; to sustain a lifestyle we believe we deserve, health is usually the one thing we take for granted. Health is what we generally believe we have until a setback occurs which reminds us that health is not something we have automatically been given for life. Those of us, who have been fortunate enough to be given the gift of health at birth, can make it our obligation to look after our health and nourish it to make it really last a life time.

Wellness

You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result. – Mahatma Gandhi

Wellness, in my opinion, implies and suggests action – to actively search for the goal – the goal of maintaining health. Wellness implies that the goal we are striving towards is not just a blind date with destiny, but active search for knowledge and information about health in mind, body and spirit. Wellness also implies educated choices based on research, information and available resources. Wellness puts us in control – and instead of just being consumers – we become educated, willing individuals in pursuit of what is generally considered to be the base of a successful life – a good and long lasting heath.

Apitherapy Principles

Since ancient times people have used the nutritive and curative properties of bee products.

The ancient Greeks, Romans, Chinese and Egyptians used honey to heal wounds and cure diseases of the gut (Zumla and Lulat, 1989).
Propolis was used not only to conserve the mummies (ancient Egypt ) but also to prevent or treat many diseases.
Holy Bible, Veda and Holy Qu’ran contain many sentences related to the healing properties of bee products. Hippocrates, Celsus, Galen, Pliny and many others frequently mention bee products, referring to their beneficial effects.

Until recently there was little scientific evidence to support therapeutic use of bee products. Fortunately, after the Second World War, many countries have understood the huge importance of bee products as high quality nutrients and in relieving human and animal ailments. Thousands of researchers, from all continents, have studied with perseverance the characteristics, composition, pharmacological properties, indications, counter-indications, limits and administration of all known bee hive products.

There is also an increased interest towards natural, “organic” foods and drugs.
As a result, the number of Natural, Alternative Medicine oriented specialists is larger day by day.
Thousands of laboratories and companies are processing, producing or selling much more than 10, 000 tons of bee products per year!
Unfortunately the quality of these products or their use by different persons is not always satisfactory…
In order to obtain better effects, we consider that each apitherapist should apply in his/her activity certain rules, guidelines or principles.
After a tenacious study of a couple thousand apitherapy related pages, and after a sizeable clinical experience (over 7, 000 patients treated) we found 24 such guidelines.

Here they are:

The diagnostic should be a ” holistic ” one: classical (allopathic) but also energetic (as in Acupuncture), structural (Ayurveda), informational (Homeopathy) etc
Before starting apitherapy, one must “clean” the body with different “detoxifying” methods: special diets, fasting, colon cleansing if necessary.
The fresh , ” organic ” bee products have usually better effects than the “industrial” processed ones; over-heat, excessive filtration and refining are detrimental.
Select attentively the bee products according with their origin , composition and pharmacological properties .
The quality and methods of storage are most important for good efficiency.
Apply with flexibility the producer’s (manufacturer’s) recommendations.
Always test for allergies before you start the treatment.
Gradually increase the doses of bee products.
Use several ” vehicles ” in order to better reach the affected area: liquids (tea, water, juices); creams/ointments; inhalations; suppositories, injections etc.
Several methods of administration are better than only one.
The dose of each bee product must be established with accuracy according to the age, weight, general/local condition of each patient, time of application etc.
” SIMILLIA SIMILLIBUM CURANTUR “: small doses can be used to treat bee product allergies (as in pollen, bee venom, honey allergies).
The time of treatments should be in harmony with different (bio)rhythms; these rhythms vary with the patient, the disease, the season, the hour of the day etc.
Apitherapy is not a “panacea” and should be applied in harmony with other natural healing methods like Phytotherapy , Aromatherapy , Acupuncture , Organic diet, Ayurveda etc.
” PRIMUM NON NOCERE “! Do not experiment on your patient! Use only safe methods and high quality products!
It is very important to improve the blood flow through other methods like Massage, Acupressure, Gymnastics, Taiji Quan, Qigong, Hatha Yoga etc.
Good sleep and relaxation enhances the effect of bee products.
Good environment (clean, ordered, non-polluted) and a “positive-thinking” family/friends group are also beneficial.
INDIVIDUALISE your treatment! Each patient is Unique and must receive a Unique treatment!
Because of their composition, ALL bee products have more or less beneficial effects, on ALL patients.
Apitherapy is not a “blitz” method! Perseverance and patience is necessary, especially in chronic diseases.
Educate your patients before, during and after treatments; make them true bee lovers and protectors! Each patient must become, in time, his own apitherapist.
A good apitherapist must know the bee colony’s life in detail; he must be also at least a good “amateur” beekeeper.
Continuous study , good exchange of information with other specialists from several “Apitherapy related countries”, regular use of Internet can help in finding the best medical strategy for each person.