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    The FAO Codex Alimentarius Commission defines honey as ‘the natural sweet substance produced by honeybees from the nectar of flowers or from secretions coming from living organisms feeding on plants, that bees gather, transform and combine with specific ingredients, store and leave to
    According to USFDA, a combination product is one composed of any combination of a drug and device; biological product and device; drug and biological product
    ripen in the combs of the hive.’

    In Ayurveda honey is called as "Madhu". Its qualities are explained as follows.

    “Vaatalam guru sheetam cha raktapittakaphapaham | Sandhatru cchedanam ruksham kashayam madhuram madhu ||”

    “It has sweetness (madhura rasa) with added astringent as end
    ; or drug, device, and biological product and fixed dose combination would include two or more combinations of drug.

    Examples of combination products may in
    taste (Kashaya anu rasa). It is heavy (guru guna), dry (ruksha) and cold (sheeta). Its effect on doshas is as follows It aggravates vata, scrapes kapha and normalizes pitta and rakta. It promotes healing process.”

    The contents of Honey are
    1. Sugars like fructose, glucose, sucro
    lude drug-coated devices, drugs packaged with delivery devices in medical kits, and drugs and devices packaged separately but intended to be used together.

    se, maltose, lactose and other disaccharides and trisaccharides.
    2. Proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, enzymes and amino acids,
    3. Volatile aromatic substances.
    4. Ashes and water etc.

    Various ingredients of honey have helped it to become not only a sweet liquid but a
    here is enormous increase in the number of combination products entering the market in the recent years. Combination products have proven advantages but fixe
    so a natural product with high nutritional and medicinal value.

    The medicinal quality, taste, texture, color, aroma of honey differs according to the geographical area and the species of plants from which it has been collected.

    Types of Honey:

    Eight types of honey are described in
    d dose combinations are still in the process of convincing regulatory authority on their advantages over the single ingredient formulations.

    Combination pro
    yurveda depending on the type of bee which collects it. They are Pouttika ,Bhramara .Kshoudra, Makshika , Chatra , Arghya ,Oudalaka ,Dala .

    Pouttika - This honey is collected by very large bees from the nectar of poisonous flowers. It increases vata, causes gout and burning sensati
    ucts have become life saving products for the pharmaceutical companies who doesn’t have many innovative molecules in their product pipeline and have been inc
    on in chest.It is also sedative and reduces fat.

    Bhramara - This honey is collected by large bees and Sticky in nature.

    Kshoudra - (Honey collected by medium sized honey bees ) light and cold in nature. Dissolves Kapha.

    Makshika - (Honey collected by small honey bees) very light a
    easingly used in the product life cycle management. Even the companies having product patents are trying to extend their product life cycle through the combi
    d dry natured. Usefull in VataKapha diseases and kapha diseases

    Chatra - Heavy and cold in nature usefull in gout, Leucoderma (Shwitra),

    Arghya - Good for eyes but causes arthritis .

    Oudalaka - Useful in skin diseases, and helps in modulation of voice.

    Dala - Dry and reduces vom
    nation products and maximize the revenues. But the companies involved in this practice are overlooking that they are burdening the patients both economically
    ting.

    Amongst all the above "Makshika" is considered as the best type with immense medicinal properties.

    Therapeutic uses of Honey:

    1. As it contains sugars which are quickly absorbed by our digestive system and converted into energy, this can be used as instant energizer.
    2.
    and physically. They need to rightly judge the benefits of the combination products and they have to even look at the risks involved when combining the produ
    As it is hygroscopic it speeds up healing, growth of healing tissue and dries it up.
    3. Honey acts as a sedative and is very usefull in bed wetting disorders.
    4. Honey is very good antioxident which restores the damaged skin and gives soft, young looks.
    5. Honey has ant
    ts. Some of the combination products were well accepted by physicians while others suffered. Companies involved in development of combination products are fi
    bacterial properties due to its acidic nature and enzymically produced hydrogen peroxide.
    6. Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

    In Ashtanga Hridaya the great classic of ayurveda, the therapeutic uses of honey are ex
    ding difficulty in defining their combination products and facing various challenges from selecting a combination to marketing it.

    Following aspects would a
    lained as follows.

    “Chakshushayam Chedi tritshleshmavishahidmaasrapittanut | Mehakushtakrimicchardishwaasakaasaatisaarajit || Vranashodhana sandhaanaropanam vaatalam madhu ||”

    • Honey is very good for eyes and eye sight.
    • It quenches thirst.
    • Dissolves kapha.
    • R
    dd to the challenges in developing combination products:

    Which markets to tap where the combination products can do fairly well?
    Which combination prod
    educes effects of poison.
    • Stops hiccups.
    • It is very useful in urinary tract disorders, worm infestations, bronchial asthma, cough, diarrhea and nausea -vomiting.
    • Cleanse the wounds.
    • It heals wounds.
    • Helps in quick healing of deep wounds.
    • Initi
    cts are meaningful and rational?
    Which therapeutic categories to select?
    Which Combinations can address unmet needs of the patients?
    Do combin
    tes growth of healthy granulation tissue.
    • Honey which is newly collected from bee hive increases body weight and is a mild laxative.
    • Honey which is stored and is old helps in metabolism of fat and scrapes Kapha.

    Ayurveda explains another special quality of honey. Honey
    tions increase the patient compliance?
    What would be the developing cost?
    How to tackle the risks encountered during combination product developmen
    s called as “Yogavahi” . The substance which has a quality of penetrating the deepest tissue is called as Yogavahi. When honey is used with other herbal preparations it enhances the medicinal qualities of those preparations and also helps them to reach the deeper tissues.

    Precaution
    t?

    As combination products don't fit into the traditional categories of drugs, medical devices, or biological products, the USFDA is in the process of devel
    s to be taken before using honey:

    • Honey should not be mixed with hot foods.
    • Honey should not be heated.
    • Honey should not be consumed when you are working in hot environment where you are exposed to more heat
    . • Honey should never be mixed with rain water, hot an
    ping new procedures for reviewing their safety, efficacy and quality.

    Professional from academic institutions, pharmaceutical industries, health care indust
    spicy foods, and Fermented beverages like whisky, rum, brandy etc, Ghee and mustard.
    • Honey includes nectar of various flowers of which some may be poisonous. Poison has hot or Ushna qualities. When honey is mixed with hot and spicy foods the poisonous properties get enhanced a
    y and representatives from various regulatory agencies are working out to design the regulatory requirements for manufacture and sale of combination products
    d cause imbalance of doshas.

    Few Home remedies with Honey • Mix 2 tea spoon of honey with carrot juice and consume regularly. This helps to improve eyesight and is very helpful for those who sit before computer for long hours.
    • In cold, cough and congested chest mix 2 tea spoo
    .

    As there is an increasing trend of the combination products companies manufacturing such products should be able to tackle the problems involved in the de
    ns of honey with equal quantity of ginger juice and should be consumed frequently.
    • A mixture of black pepper powder, honey and ginger juice in equal quantities, when consumed thrice daily help to relieve the symptoms of asthma.
    • Regular use of one tea spoon of garlic juic
    elopment. They need to be wiser in analyzing the market trends and the regulatory requirements.

    Companies that provide selfless information through particip
    mixed with two tea spoons of honey help to control blood pressure.
    • One glass of warm water taken with two tea spoons of honey and 1 tea spoon of lemon juice in early morning reduces fat and purifies blood.

    Consuming one spoon of honey daily help us to lead a healthy long life


    tion in industry events and feedback to regulatory authorities would be able to face the challenges and will be successful in developing combination products

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