The bee family, except for the well-known honey, brings a lot of useful products. One of them is propolis. This healing substance is useful both in its raw form and in the form of tinctures, which will help to get rid of all kinds of diseases with ease.
The benefits of tincture
Propolis is the glue produced by the worker bees, it serves for the entire bee swarm as a substance for closing the cracks in the hive or as a kind of "lid" on the honeycomb.
Propolis is also a means to maintain cleanliness in the bee house, and therefore, has a huge amount of useful substances, like other bee products. 
Propolis is a unique substance that retains its beneficial properties even after heat treatment. This is his opportunity and allows you to cook various tinctures from bee glue.
Also valuable are: beeswax, pollen, royal jelly and drone milk, bee venom, primor, zabrus, perga and honey with perga.
The beneficial properties of propolis tincture are not yet fully understood, but there are a number of problems that this tool can easily cope with:
- harmful bacteria (antibacterial properties);
- toxins;
- inflammations;
- reduced immunity;
- other problems both inside the body and outside.
How to make tincture on alcohol at home
It is quite easy to prepare a medicinal drug from bee glue, it will take a minimum of food and time. First you need to get high-quality propolis, as well as prepare a dark bottle for storing funds.
Important! Tincture of propolis and water will not give the desired result, because water can not completely dissolve the bee product. For a full tool, you will definitely need alcohol, which is an excellent solvent.
What you need
For the preparation of a 10 percent curative we will need:
- 400 ml of medical pure alcohol (96 °);
- 200 ml of purified water;
- 60 g of crushed fresh or dry propolis;
- liter glass jar;
- cap;
- machine for rolling canning.
Water can be any: purified from the filter or purchased in the store (clean, without gas), well, but in no case can not use tap water, because it contains a large amount of harmful impurities. 
Cooking recipe with photo and video
In order to prepare high-quality propolis tincture, it is necessary to strictly follow all the steps below:
- We take a liter glass jar and pour 200 ml of pure water into it.
- Add 400 ml of alcohol to the water and get a 63-65-degree alcohol solution (when adding alcohol, a colorless chemical reaction occurs with the release of heat).
- Pour 60 g of crushed propolis into the finished alcohol solution, roll the lid and shake well.
- Leave the resulting solution in a dark place and shake the contents at least 5 times a day.
- After 10-14 days, the drug is fully prepared. Pour the contents into another glass jar (preferably opaque), discard the precipitate, and store the tincture in a cool dark place.
Video: how to make propolis tincture on alcohol
Important! Mixing alcohol with water is necessary only in this order: alcohol is added to water, and in no way case, vice versa.
How to use tincture: scheme
Tincture, prepared at home, has an impressive amount of useful and healing properties, such a substance should be in every home: both for the treatment of diseases and for prevention.
Pharmaceuticals from propolis give the same effect as home remedies, the only difference being that it is more expensive. 
In diseases of the gastrointestinal tract
If you have problems with the gastrointestinal tract, the use of bee glue is what you need. With abdominal pain - it is necessary to dissolve 2 ml of tincture in 1 cup of hot water and add a spoonful of honey. Drink before bedtime in small sips.
When gastritis - 1/3 cup of warm milk or water, you must take 20 drops of tincture. Stir and drink one hour before each meal.
We recommend you to find out how useful milk with propolis and honey with propolis, as well as learn how to apply homeopathic ointment based on propolis.
With cold and flu
For colds or flu - 30 ml of bee drug is dissolved in 100 ml of warm water. The resulting tool is necessary to gargle or take a few drops on the inside, dripping them on a piece of sugar (dissolve).
If you have problems with pressure
To combat hypertension, you must use a mixture of tincture of bee substance and hawthorn (1: 1). It is necessary to take the mixed solution three times a day, 25-30 drops on an empty stomach for 10-14 days.
Did you know? The bee is able to recognize the smell of a flower, which is distant from it by more than a kilometer.
Pancreatitis
When pancreatitis is necessary to dissolve in half a glass of warm water 10 drops of propolis tincture, mix well. This medicine must be drunk 3 times a day for an hour before meals. The course of treatment is 2 weeks.
Otitis
For the treatment of ear inflammation, a 30% propolis tincture is needed, which can be purchased at a pharmacy or by yourself, having correctly calculated the proportions of alcohol, water, and bee glue itself. 
It is applied as follows: a cotton swab is moistened in the tincture and inserted into the ear once a day for 30-60 minutes. The course of treatment is 7-14 days. Every day you need to insert a fresh swab.
If you have dental problems
For the treatment of toothache with propolis, it is customary to apply rinsing. It is necessary to mix 20 drops of tincture with 150 g of warm water. The resulting mixture should thoroughly rinse your mouth. Repeat the procedure no more than 3 times a day.
Important! We should also note that in the absence of problems with teeth, you can rinse your mouth once a week with a diluted tincture of bee material to prevent the appearance of tartar.
For the treatment of periodontal disease it is necessary to take small pieces of gauze, soak them in bee medicine and attach to the sick gums for 5 minutes. Apply every 3 days.
For skin diseases
For the treatment of skin diseases, it is necessary to moisten a cotton swab or gauze in the tincture and gently treat the damaged skin in the morning and evening. Carry out the procedure until complete healing.
For the treatment of acne and acne, you can prepare a mask:
- To do this, you can take the usual cosmetic mask or make a homemade (based on sour cream, kefir, etc.).
- Add a teaspoon of bee agent to it. Mix well and apply on face for 20 minutes.
- Wash off with warm water. You will be amazed by the quick results.
We recommend to learn recipes for making tinctures from: golden mustache, Rhodiola rosea, blackfruit, cherry, cranberry, black currant, plum, pine nuts, lilacs, apples and bison.
Contraindications to the use
Despite the huge number of advantages, there are categories of people who are not recommended to use propolis tincture:
- allergies (and with allergies not only to propolis, but also to other products produced by bees);
- pregnant women and nursing mothers;
- children under 3 years old;
- people who are contraindicated alcohol.
Did you know? Propolis retains all its healing properties even during the boiling process. True, only for an hour.
So, bee glue is a pure substance, because it consists of only natural components collected by bees.
This product is an excellent tool to combat the resulting irregularities in the body, it has anti-inflammatory properties, is used for the overall improvement of the human condition and is used both for the treatment of internal organs and to improve the skin.
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