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 Folk medicine has always been demanded and reputed and throws back to
the old times. The nature is the first pharmacist to open a natural drug store
for all who want to be healthy. This medicine proved by many generations, with
all the techniques and approaches served for the needs and purposes of nations
healing various diseases. Among the techniques is the treatment of diseases
with the help of apiculture products. Apitherapy the complex of treatment
techniques that apply apiculture products, namely apitoxin. The treatment with
apitoxin is performed when bees sting you directly onto your body, with the
help of medications based on apian dead bees and processed apitoxin as special
ointments. All this procedures are good to rehabilitate the health and do with various
human body impairments.
When a bee stings you, a dose of apitoxin comes into your organism that
has biologically active substances causing various changes in the organism.
Apitoxin and the structure
The apitoxin is the white liquid with the sharp smell similar to honey aroma and bitter taste. The scientists have not studied its structure
fully though it is known to consist various biliologically active substances,
including proteins, amino acids, peptides (which are the compounds of protein),
neuromediator (like histamine, acetylcholine), the substances that stimulate
the data communication from cell to cell, fats, carbohydrates, minerals (copper,
magnesium, calcium, phosphor and so forth), non-organic acids (like formic acid,
phosphor acid) and other substances.
The protein complex of the apitoxin is differentiated into three basic
fractions, namely zero, first and second fractions. Proteins of zero fraction
are not biologically active.
The protein complex of the first fraction has an active toxic effect.
The peptide melittin prevails in the protein complex which possesses anti-inflammatory,
bactericidal (killing pathogenic bacteria) effect. On the top of it, it widens
the blood vessels, invokes the breakup of erythrocytes in blood, stimulates the
nervous system (in concert with the other peptide apamine) and stimulates the
tissue in the puncture point which causes the local inflammatory response and
activation of the human immune system. Peptide adolapine causes strong analgetic
action, while cardiopeptide balances the function of the cardiovascular system.
The second fraction consists of mainly amino acids and has not that
intensive toxic effect. Though, it has two active enzymes which may bring to
disorder interacting with the organism cells (thus, evoking break up of
erythrocytes, that is haemolysis) and increase the vascular permeability which
results in the elated adsorption of toxins. The enzymes of this fraction evoke
the reduction in coagulation which can lead to bleeding.
Affect of the apitoxin to the organism
The effect of the apitoxin to the human organism depends on the number
of stings, place of sting and individual reaction of the organism. The reaction
the organism shows to the toxin may be local and general.
The local reaction is showed as the blushing, edema and burning that go
away in several days by themselves.
The sensitiveness to the apitoxin is different from person to person,
and thus, the general reaction is different. The reaction may be seen as the
slight malady, high temperature, and headache. Nettle rash may appear, and in
some cases followed by short breath, elevation of the pulse, drop of the
arterial pressure, vomiting and diarrhea. Some severe cases can cause loss of
consciousness, convulsions, hemolytic anemia (agglutination and breakdown of
erythrocytes). With the increased sensitiveness to the apitoxin, the severe
health condition may be caused by the sting.
Talking about the beneficial effect of the apitoxin onto the human
organism, we may consider the widening of the blood vessels, strengthening of
vessel walls, reduction of cholesterol in blood, increase in the tonus of the nervous,
muscular and cardio-vascular system, improvement of the sleep, control of the
endocrine gland functions, relief of arthrous and muscular aches and increased
allergic background.
Indications
for Apitherapy
Apitherapy is good to use in treatment of diseases of the central
nervous system (postinsult conditions, Parkinson's disease, infantile cerebral
paralysis and migraine) since the apitoxin rehabilitates the physical and
psychical functions.
Apitherapy relieves the pain and inflammatory processes in joints and
in muscles with neuralgia, osteochondrosis of the spine column, including the radiculitis,
lumbago and so forth.
Apitherapy is actively applied in treatment of chronic dermatological
diseases (psoriasis, neurodermatitis, eczema, etc.), with slowly indolent
ulcers and wounds, with trombophlebitis, obliterating endarteritis (strong
narrowing of vessels) and a number of other diseases.
Apitherapy is good with particular allergic diseases, as bronchial
asthma.
Contraindications
to the apitherapy
The
contraindications to the apitherapy are as follow:
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individual intolerance to the
apitoxin;
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any tumors;
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severe infections;
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severe liver diseases and
kidney diseases with function impairment;
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anemia;
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essential hypertension;
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diabetes
mellitus;
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infancy;
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pregnancy and lactation;
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mental disorders.
Apitherapy procedure
You'd
better do the test for the tolerance to the apitoxin prior to the procedure.
The skin is cleansed with the warm soapy water before the procedure,
then take a bee to the back with a pincers and put to the skin with the belly,
wait until it stings and leave the sting in the skin for a few minutes, then
remove it and the wound is treated with the boracic vaseline. Duration of the therapy
lasts for 2 to 3 weeks.
Apitherapy
is the perfect technique of treatment, but only if performed by the specially
trained health worker who knows all the indications and contraindications and
complications of this treatment technique.
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