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Apitherapy (lat. apis “bee”) is a common name for methods of treating with bee products which make recovery processes of the organism more effective. The main products of Apitherapy are honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, bee bread, wax, dead bees, bee venom and drone homogenate. The variety of treatments (creams, ointments, tinctures, tablets, etc.) is produced on the basis of healing products made by bees. Apiproducts are used in therapy along with bee stinging.
Apitherapy is a universal trend of medicine allowing to deal with the huge number of diseases. Today, the effectiveness and safety of this method is undoubtable. Considering there is a centuries-long history of apitherapy, many know it as a relatively new trend in medicine. However, bee venom therapy dates back to ancient times and has always been a traditional treatment for many diseases. The first scientific description of this method in official medicine was written in 1894, when Professor M. I. Lukomsky of the St. Petersburg Forestry Academy suggested bee venom for treating rheumatism and gout.
In particular, the first half of the last century in Russia was a period of intensive development of the scientific basis for using bee venom therapy: in 1941 Professor N. M. Artemov conducted the research on using bee venom; in 1959 the legal base was prepared – the Scientific Council of Ministry of Health Care of the USSR approved the «Instruction for using apitherapy through bee stinging».
The Soviet scientific school was the source of a great number of innovative ideas. Scientific research, conducted by a member of Academy Sh. M. Omarov, was started in 1965 and laid the foundation for the principles of using bee venom as an anticoagulant. The development of the pharmaceutical form of Apiphor became the first remedy for electrophoresis with bee venom and, unusually for this medicine, in the form of tablets.
The works of E. A. Ludyansky represent an example of outstanding research. In 1972 he opened an apitherapy ward in the neurological department of Vologda’s hospital. A scientist and practitioner, he was one of the first doctors who proved by numerous examples that apitherapy can be used for treating various diseases and can be successfully combined with conventional medicine. It is important to say that today apitherapy has a much wider spectrum. It is not only bee stinging, but also the application of other products. There are various research results and practical experience in using royal jelly, propolis and honey by V. Y. Lyusov, R. D. Seifulla, E. M. Alesker, G. P. Zaitzev.
The new round of apitherapy development started at the end of the 1980s – beginning of the 1990s. To a large extent this can be explained by the rapid development of health market and by the search for new environmentally clean products. Around the world several companies appeared to produce products based on bee venom, royal jelly, honey and propolis, which were in great demand. That fact has inspired investment into the research of the properties of beekeeping products, their quality as well as into the development of new treatment methods and forms. More and more often, medical practitioners and scientists are paying attention to products that are not conventional medical practice. They work on the production of new products, such as chitosan and wax moth larvae extract.
One of the specific features of apitherapy is the involvement of scientists of natural science in health market. Today, active work is being conducted in different areas of apitherapy, alongside clinical approbations of new methods in many clinics and scientific centres. All this speaks volumes for the high potential of this trend in complementary medicine.
Apitherapy is used successfully to treat many diseases. The benefits of bee products give the opportunity to use Apitherapy in various fields of medicine, both as an independent method and as a part of combined therapy. There are four basic methods of Apitherapy:
Apitherapy – the use of all bee gifts
Apitherapy (lat. apis “bee”) is a common name for methods of treating with bee products which make recovery processes of the organism more effective. The main products of Apitherapy are honey, pollen, propolis, royal jelly, bee bread, wax, dead bees, bee venom and drone homogenate. The variety of treatments (creams, ointments, tinctures, tablets, etc.) is produced on the basis of healing products made by bees. Apiproducts are used in therapy along with bee stinging.
Apitherapy is a universal trend of medicine allowing to deal with the huge number of diseases. Today, the effectiveness and safety of this method is undoubtable. Considering there is a centuries-long history of apitherapy, many know it as a relatively new trend in medicine. However, bee venom therapy dates back to ancient times and has always been a traditional treatment for many diseases. The first scientific description of this method in official medicine was written in 1894, when Professor M. I. Lukomsky of the St. Petersburg Forestry Academy suggested bee venom for treating rheumatism and gout.
In particular, the first half of the last century in Russia was a period of intensive development of the scientific basis for using bee venom therapy: in 1941 Professor N. M. Artemov conducted the research on using bee venom; in 1959 the legal base was prepared – the Scientific Council of Ministry of Health Care of the USSR approved the «Instruction for using apitherapy through bee stinging».
The Soviet scientific school was the source of a great number of innovative ideas. Scientific research, conducted by a member of Academy Sh. M. Omarov, was started in 1965 and laid the foundation for the principles of using bee venom as an anticoagulant. The development of the pharmaceutical form of Apiphor became the first remedy for electrophoresis with bee venom and, unusually for this medicine, in the form of tablets.
The works of E. A. Ludyansky represent an example of outstanding research. In 1972 he opened an apitherapy ward in the neurological department of Vologda’s hospital. A scientist and practitioner, he was one of the first doctors who proved by numerous examples that apitherapy can be used for treating various diseases and can be successfully combined with conventional medicine. It is important to say that today apitherapy has a much wider spectrum. It is not only bee stinging, but also the application of other products. There are various research results and practical experience in using royal jelly, propolis and honey by V. Y. Lyusov, R. D. Seifulla, E. M. Alesker, G. P. Zaitzev.
The new round of apitherapy development started at the end of the 1980s – beginning of the 1990s. To a large extent this can be explained by the rapid development of health market and by the search for new environmentally clean products. Around the world several companies appeared to produce products based on bee venom, royal jelly, honey and propolis, which were in great demand. That fact has inspired investment into the research of the properties of beekeeping products, their quality as well as into the development of new treatment methods and forms. More and more often, medical practitioners and scientists are paying attention to products that are not conventional medical practice. They work on the production of new products, such as chitosan and wax moth larvae extract.
One of the specific features of apitherapy is the involvement of scientists of natural science in health market. Today, active work is being conducted in different areas of apitherapy, alongside clinical approbations of new methods in many clinics and scientific centres. All this speaks volumes for the high potential of this trend in complementary medicine.
Apitherapy is used successfully to treat many diseases. The benefits of bee products give the opportunity to use Apitherapy in various fields of medicine, both as an independent method and as a part of combined therapy. There are four basic methods of Apitherapy:
- Intake of bee products.
- Application to the body as a component of creams, ointments, solutions.
- In the form of bee stinging on active points of the body.
- Тogether with physical procedures (electrophoresis, inhalations, mud).
