As a beekeeper and Vice President of the American Apitherapy Society ( www.apitherapy.org ) I recommend and use propolis for many of my patients. Propolis is a product made by bees as they use beeswax and saliva to construct and maintain their hives. I scrap the propolis from the hive in the beginning of June and start to tincture it. I do not scrap propolis after August as the bees need the propolis to secure their hive from the upcoming winter.
Propolis has exhibited antimicrobial, wound healing, cardioprotective, and neuroprotective properties. The mechanism by which it promotes health reportedly is related to its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities
A study was published in The HerbalClip of the American Botanical Council The author identified 63 eligible articles reporting on extraction techniques and cell-based and human interventions. Most papers reported on cell-based assays that used increasing dosages of propolis constituents. The human studies were generally controlled trials with study populations ranging from 10 to 70. Of the 63 studies, 12 were conducted in Europe, seven in South Asia, 30 in China, four in Brazil, six in Japan, two in Korea, one in Africa, and one in Malaysia. The six human trials included 118 healthy participants and 32 participants with diabetes. Included in the 27 animal studies were 790 rats and 420 mice. Twenty-four studies were purely cell-based assays; two studies were cell and animal studies and included 24 mice. The remaining four studies identified propolis compounds
After reading the study I feel there is no adverse effect to using Propolis. Everyone should use propolis or a bee product from the hive
The study conclused that propolis was effective