Propolis, or bee glue, is a substance that bees produce to disinfect honeycombs, repair the hive, and isolate objects inside their house. In the spring, bees collect a special glue from the buds of poplar, birch, and alder, as well as flower pollen, and supplement it with their enzymes – this is how propolis is made.
Depending on the characteristics of insects and their habitat, propolis can include up to 50 different components, but the amount of vitamins, mineral complexes and other useful ingredients remains at a consistently high level. It contains vitamins from B, C, and E groups, vitamin A, organic acids (coumaric, caffeic, cinnamic), zinc, magnesium, calcium and many other useful substances. It is thanks to such a balanced natural composition that propolis has unique medicinal properties: it is used as an immunomodulatory, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and antiviral agent, helps to cope with vitamin deficiency and loss of strength.
The benefits of propolis:
- Quickly cleanses the body of toxins;
- Restores microflora;
- Helps with stomach ulcers;
- Suppresses allergy symptoms (as an antihistamine).