Bee+Therapy

Bee Therapy Irati Perez 10/03/2016 2nd period - Science


 * // Does bee therapy really work? //**

The use of this products is back to ancient Egypt, Greece and China, and we also know that the Greek physician Hippocrates (father of medicine) used bee's animals venom to cure arthritis and other problems. In 1888, the Austrian physician Phillip Terc wrote an article talking about this new therapy for the era. It become really famous, that much that today, there's still a lot of medical professionals that still use this apitherapy for their patients.
 * __ Introduction - History: __**

This are some of the problems that the bee therapy should cure and it also depends in the type of product you want to use:
 * __ Claims: __**

3. **__ Pollen: __**
 * 1. ** **__ Venom: __**
 * Alleviate chronic pain.
 * Reduce inflammation.
 * Nerve issues.
 * Relief for symptoms that have previously treated with drugs.
 * Headaches.
 * Low back pain.
 * Tendonitis.
 * 2. ** **__ Honey: __**
 * Anti - oxidant.
 * Natural sugar (beneficial for the human body).
 * Protection from __free radicals__ and cancer causing agents.
 * Used in teas, foods, skin treatments.
 * Taken for energy.
 * High in protein.
 * Reduce or eliminate local allergies from plants and trees.

*There's also "**__Wax",__** that is use to make __beauty products, candles and dental molds.__

As we can read in many web pages, for example, Wikipedia, the claims are not supported by any medical evidence, which means that we don't really know if it works or not. After a while looking for information to support my conclusion, I didn't find anything about the efficiency.
 * __ The evidence: __**

The price depends on the product, for example:
 * __ The cost: __**

*There's also some apitherapy sessions in which the price can change depending in the place (of your body)/local/country you do it.
 * **__ Venom: __** The cream can go from $875.23 to $5.99.
 * **__ Honey: __** From $79.95 to $2.99.
 * **__ Pollen: __** From $115.00 to $15.75.


 * __ References: __**


 * Wikipedia: [|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apitherapy#Health_claims]
 * Verywell.com: []
 * Beetherapy.org: []