Honey, pollen and propolis in therapeutic treatments for COVID-19

Telly Yarita Macías Zambrano; Johanna Melissa Aguayo Joza; Gladys Varinia Salazar Cobeña; Shirley Elizabeth Pizarro Anchundia; Yesenia Dioselina Macías Zambrano

doi:10.53730/ijhs.v6n1.3766

Authors

Telly Yarita Macías Zambrano
frantonio36@hotmail.com
Asociación Fuerza Apícola Montuvia, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Johanna Melissa Aguayo Joza Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Gladys Varinia Salazar Cobeña Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Shirley Elizabeth Pizarro Anchundia Universidad Técnica de Manabí, Portoviejo, Ecuador
Yesenia Dioselina Macías Zambrano Dispensario Médico Popular, Portoviejo, Ecuador

Keywords:

apitherapy, comprehensive health, COVID-19, guarantee health, healthy tissue, integral wellness

Abstract

The study aimed to characterize the therapeutic benefits of honey and other beehive products to determine the feasibility of rural beekeeping production; The research was carried out in 30 apiaries of peasant communities in 7 cantons of the province of Manabí, namely: Portoviejo, Rocafuerte, Bolívar, Santa Ana, Montecristi, Chone and Pichincha; an intentional sampling was applied, the qualitative-quantitative approach, a non-experimental descriptive design; For data collection, the survey technique was applied to beekeepers, the analytical method to perform the analysis of the results of the applied survey. As a result of the bibliographic review, multiple therapeutic benefits of honey, pollen, propolis, apitoxin, royal jelly were obtained, among which their immunomodulatory, antiviral, antimicrobial, antitumor, anti-inflammatory, healing properties, among others specific to each product, stand out. The feasibility of the rural beekeeping activity was determined through the cost-benefit analysis whose indicator of 1.95 showed that it is profitable. It was concluded that honey and other products from the hive contribute to preventing, strengthening, and improving the ability to respond to various diseases that afflict human beings, and as a productive activity, it is feasible to implement it to generate income for families.

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