Local honey good for hayfever sufferers

snails's_pace

hello!
my first post on this board, just been into my village shop who are selling honey produced in the village and they told me it is good for you if you suffer from hayfever,
apparently it helps you build up a resistance

just wondered if anyone else has heard of this

snails x

scope

I have heard this, but unable to source any locally produced honey, so couldnt tell you whether it works or not.

Butternut

Yes, I have definately heard this but have never tried it, which is silly really, as I use honey, and I suffer dreadfully with hayfever.
I think I might give it a try this year.
My S-I-L has tried it too, I think it helped her.
The thinking behind it is similar tot hat of vaccinations I believe - the pollen in the honey gives you some kind of resistance to the pollen that gives you hayfever. I'm no scientist, so maybe someone else can describe it better than me

jeannieblue

I've heard that it is said to be good too - but too, have not tried it yet - thank you for reminding me tho!!

Tiby

I have had terrible hayfever for ages, my mum told me about the local honey thing. I didnt even try to look for it but one day found local organic honey in a local garden centre. It is the only thing which helped me regarding my hayfever. Had a teaspoon of it in a warm cup of water every morning on empty stomach and started noticing improvement after a couple of weeks.

noonesperfect

My OH tried this last summer and it certainly seemed to help relieve the symptoms.

Just make sure the honey is produced within 25 miles of where you live. The pollen the bees have collected has to be local.

I could buy "local" honey produced in, say Scarboro, available at a farmers market not far away, but it wouldn't work because Scarboro is 40+ miles away from where we live - if you see what I mean.

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MrsWoolfe

I've heard this too- at school we had an agricultural science dept and we kept bees and collected honey- so I always had local honey- I used to use it most days as it's said to be good for your voice and I sang a lot in those days. I never suffered from hayfever until I moved away from my home town....now I wonder whether getting some local honey might help...hmmm something to try at least!

MrsWoolfe

chunkychocky

This is correct, but it is only local, unpasteurised honey that can help. The pasteurisation process also kills the botulism that the bees carry so those with a weakened immune system or are very old, very young or pregnant should not have unpasteurised honey.