Can propolis cure skin diseases?

Propolis is a food with relatively good nutritional effects. It is a natural broad-spectrum antibiotic with excellent anti-inflammatory, bactericidal and detoxifying effects. It can promote skin regeneration and has no toxic side effects. Therefore, eating some propolis properly on a regular basis can achieve the effect of treating skin diseases. It has certain therapeutic effects on acne, pityriasis rosea, or hidradenitis.

What are the effects of propolis?

The popular science book "100 Questions About Propolis" describes it this way: Propolis is a good medicine for auxiliary treatment of athlete's foot, eczema, and dermatitis. This is due to the anesthetic, anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects of propolis, which can play a good role in treating skin itching. A general hospital in the former Soviet Union once treated 170 patients with eczema with propolis ointment containing zinc oxide oil, with a cure rate of up to 90%, and without any other toxicity or adverse reactions.

Can propolis cure skin diseases?

1. Use 30% propolis with capping honey, and apply it to burns and scalds in a ratio of 1:3. It can relieve pain quickly, heal quickly, save medicine costs, and has good results. Use 30% propolis to treat herpes zoster. Apply it to the affected area twice a day and it will be cured within 3 to 7 days. 2. Using 10-30% propolis to treat skin diseases caused by fungi is very effective. It has a strong antibacterial effect on Trichophyton, Floccosus, Microsporum ferrugoides, Microsporum gypseum, Microsporum ovis, Trichophyton, Trichophyton tonsurans, and Trichophyton rubrum. Generally, the symptoms disappear after 10-15 days of continuous medication. 3. Use fresh, high-quality propolis without impurities, pinch it into small cakes slightly larger than the affected area, stick it close to the affected area, and fix it with adhesive tape. Change the medicine every 5 to 7 days. Avoid soaking in water after applying the medicine. Use this method to treat corns, calluses, plantar warts and common warts. Repeat the treatment 2 to 3 times and recovery is expected. 4. Use propolis ethanol extract to make a 50% cream ointment to treat wart-type and invasive tumor-like skin tuberculosis. Generally, the treatment is continued for 1 to 2 months until the wart-like hyperplasia is completely destroyed, the purulent secretions disappear, and the infiltration dissipates. Propolis therapy is superior to other treatments in terms of the painlessness of destroying tuberculosis lesions, the speed of ulcer healing and the cosmetic effects of scar formation. It is more suitable for patients who are contraindicated to taking anti-tuberculosis drugs.