Mead for health and beauty
 All we read and listen to fairy tales. Here Pushkin wrote: "I myself was there, honey and beer drinking, his mustache dripping, in the mouth is not horrible, my heart was drunk and satisfying! ". What is it?

And that honey in Russia was once part of a cult and ritual ceremonies. In general, honey was one of the main products at the time. Honey drinks have been in every home, but the most-the poorest.

And the honeymoon went to those times - "When the wedding ceremony Young received as a gift a barrel of honey 5-10 kg, which is supposed to eat for a month."

And even cooked especially for young low-alcohol mead, which concluded the marriage not only drank at the wedding feast, and 30 days thereafter.

Research confirmed that the mead and honey contributes to male power, supplying the necessary minerals in the blood. Especially valuable zinc contained in the mead. That excess of zinc in the body contributes to male fertility boys.

but honey and mead are useful not only for men but also for women .

- Pregnant women are advised to drink a glass of non-alcoholic mead mixed with fruit juice. This drink reinforces the power and activity of the fetus, quickly soaked into the walls of the stomach and giving all women a useful mother and child. Useful any honey, but the dark, such as buckwheat, contains large amounts of iron, copper, manganese.

- Mead has healing properties - antipyretic, analgesic, diuretic, it was treated with a sore throat, bronchitis, pneumonia.

 Mead for health and beauty
   And, of course, honey is always used in cosmetics. Arrange and afford a honeymoon?

- Mask, tightens pores
1 dessert spoon of honey mixed with light 2st. spoons of yogurt and 1 dessert spoon of ground in the coffee grinder rolled oats. Stir until smooth and apply on face for 15 minutes. Rinse with water at room temperature.

- Nourishing Mask
2st. spoons of honey diluted with a little boiled water and apply on clean and lubricate the skin with olive oil 100g of honey and 2 tablespoons of water and mix, apply on clean and oiled skin for 15 minutes. Rinse with warm water.

- Mask for skin elasticity and wrinkles
1st Class spoon of fresh honey mixed with liquid 1st. oatmeal spoon, stir well and add 1 beaten chicken protein. Apply on face for 15 minutes, rinse with water at room temperature.

- The mask for aging skin
2st. spoon of honey mixed with 2st. tablespoons chopped on a coffee grinder oatmeal flakes and 1 tbsp. spoon brewing strong black tea. If thick, then add a little boiled water, mix, apply on face for 20 minutes, rinse with tea brewing. Wash with cool water.

- Hydrating Mask
1 dessert boat liquid honey mixed with a 1st. spoonful of soft cottage cheese and 1 tbsp. spoonful of cream, mix well, apply on the skin for 20 minutes, rinse with water at room temperature. After course of such masks skin will be soft and velvety.

 Mead for health and beauty
 Make home mead
If you want to rejuvenate and improve health from the inside, it can be home mead. You will need:
- 5 liters of water;
- 750g. honey;
- 5g. hop cones;
- 1, 5 gr. yeast

Cooking method:
Water to boil, add honey, boil for 5 more minutes, removing the foam after the foam ceases to stand out, add hops and close the lid. The yeast dissolve in water, sweetened, give up, pour in vskipyachёnnuyu water with honey and put to ferment in a warm place for 5 days. Then hop removed, filtered and drink bottle. Put in the fridge, in a week you can drink. Open carefully.

In the preparation of mead using hops, which can be used to strengthen the hair.
- For hair
1st. a spoonful of chopped tablespoons of hops, pour a glass of boiling water and infuse it in a thermos for 4 hours. Strain, rub into the roots of the hair after shampooing and rinsing the hair, adding boiled water.
Author: Natalia Alexeeva