Propolis mixed with honey, has been prooven can heal wounds faster than Silver Sulfadiazine (SS). Even In Brazil Propolis has been used to treat AIDS because it's proved to inhibit the replication of HIV virus. Research at the State Medical University of Ukraine also prove all of the patients exposed to Herpes Simplex Infection successfully treated by Propolis.
There are five reasons why Propolis can be a cure:
• More than 180 phytochemicals was there in Propolis, such as flavonids, various derivatives orbanic acids, phytosterols, terpenoids etc.. These substances, has been proved to have various anti-inflamatory properties, antimicrobial, antihistimanine, antimutagenic and anti-allergenic.
• Flavonids that exist in Propolis has antioxidant character that prevents infection, also grow the tissue. Propolis pimia content that enhance the growth of these tissue, is as a result of the tissue strengthening and regenerative effect of quercetin, kaemferol, epigenin and luteolin.
• antibiotic activity of phytochemicals that exist in the Propolis, among others, caused by various derivatives of organic acids such as cinnamic, ferrulic, benzoic, caffeic, coumaric, terpenes, and derivatives-next tuirunn such as limonene, p-cymene, eugenol, galangin, and quercetin.
• antifungal properties in Propolis produced by phytochemicals such as flavonoids pinocembrin, quercetin, sakauranetin etc.
• Nature antivius from Propolis-derived organic acid derivatives such as caffeic Acid Phenethyl Ester (CAPE).
Propolis is available at the market in a form that is ditabletkan, capsule or liquid form. The use of Propolis as a food supplement is one or two tablets / capsules per day, equivalent to 250 mg - 500 mg. Propolis is another way of effective consumption (especially in the form of liquids) is to mix it into honey. The use of a drug can be two to three times the above doses.