ACHIEVING ORAL HEALTH THE NATURAL WAY: PART IV-HONEY
VINEET NAIR *
Department of Periodontology, North Bengal Dental College and Hospital, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
NEHA PAL
Department of Periodontology, Goa Dental College and Hospital, India
AKANKSHA JAIN
Department of Periodontology, Goa Dental College and Hospital, India
SIDDHARTHA DAS
Department of Conservative Dentistry, North Bengal Dental College and Hospital, Darjeeling, West Bengal, India
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Honey is a sweet natural gift of nature. Honey either alone or as a mixture with any of the following-lemon, clover, milk, cinnamon or water is normally used in our daily life for treatment of fatigue, weight loss, indigestion, hearing loss, halitosis, pimples, influenza, heart diseases, toothache, hair loss, bladder infections, infertility etc. Commercially honey is used as moisturizer, hair conditioner, laxative, aphrodisiac, rooting hormone and as cleansers. This review article has been framed after going through several search engines and PUBMED indexed journals over the last ten years to explore the role of honey in oral health.
Keywords: Anti-bacterial, antioxidant, ayurveda, honey, ulcer