What kind of honey should I eat for healing according to TCM

Condition analysis:
Traditional Chinese medicine teaches that certain foods have medicinal properties, whether taken orally or used topically. These foods carry a healing essence that innately support a certain organ function. Understanding the properties of these foods can be very beneficial in your path toward healing.

So how do we choose the best foods for us? Healing foods give us the best messages. These foods have energy and consciousness. They are digestible at deeper levels-energy, information, and consciousness levels.

Honey is one of those incredible foods that carry messages of warmth throughout the body. It does not need to be processed. We can take it raw-directly from the beehive-and use it to enhance our foods and support our bodies. Think about the process bees go through to make honey. Worker bees collect nectar from flowers, filling a sac in their stomachs with the nectar until they have gathered enough to bring back to the hive. A second worker bee then ingests the nectar collected, using enzymes in its body to break down the sugars. The digested nectar is then deposited into the segments of the honeycomb, which the bees make from digested wax. Bees then flap their wings in the warm hive to evaporate the water in the nectar, forming the thick, sticky honey that we know and love.

Instructions:
So are all types of honey equal? Choosing raw, local, organic honey is best. This means that chemicals were not added to the honeycomb during the honey-making process. It also ensures that the flowers bees visited were wild and untreated with harmful pesticides. Choosing local honey exposes you to the essence of flowers in your area, and helps boost your immunity. It also helps align your body with Nature’s energies, which is very useful for people with seasonal allergies.