Health and wellness expert Andreas Moritz explains the benefits of 100% Beeswax and names Sunshine Bay Natural Products a reliable source for beeswax candles.
Beeswax – for Asthma, Allergies and Sinus Problems
Copyright© By Andreas Moritz
Excerpt from the book, “Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation.”
Hundreds of years ago, most candles were made of beeswax. But over the past few centuries, beeswax candles were gradually replaced by tallow candles (made from animal fat), and in the last century by paraffin candles. Paraffin is made from the sludge that sits at the bottom of barrels of crude oil. The sludge is then bleached with benzene and treated with other chemical solvents. When you burn paraffin candles, they put out soot and smoke, along with toxins and carcinogens, including very harmful chemicals dispersed by the commonly used lead-core wicks (as studied and reported by the University of Michigan). You would probably never burn paraffin candles unless the bad smell they produce (comparable to diesel fumes) were not covered up by synthetic fragrances, many of which are irritants or toxins themselves. And if you had known that the soot, smoke and chemical residue from these candles can stick to the walls, ceilings, and ventilation ducts and get circulated whenever you turn on your healing/cooling system, you would probably never have lit them. Now you know. Pure beeswax candles don’t cause any of those problems. Quite to the contrary, they actually exert amazing healing effects on the respiratory system.
Just by lighting a beeswax candle, people suffering from asthma, allergies and sinus problems have reported significant improvements in their symptoms. Their breathing became much easier and their sleep less disturbed after burning pure beeswax candles in their bedrooms for a few hours before bedtime. Some asthmatics claim that their symptoms vanished completely after burning beeswax candles all day long several days or weeks.
Apparently, burning beeswax produces negative ions. Negative ions are nature’s vacuum cleaners. They clean the air of dust, mold, viruses, bacteria and other pollutants responsible for numerous chemical sensitivities. For candles to have this air-purifying effect, though, they must consist of 100 percent beeswax. Many beeswax candles contain only 51 percent beeswax which is enough to allow producers to label them as beeswax candles. When you burn a beeswax candle it has a refreshing smell and hardly produces any smoke. Although beeswax candles are more expensive than regular paraffin-based candles, they last a lot longer and, of course, improve your health rather than weaken it. Beeswax is recommended by the American Lung Association as a therapeutic product.
*reprinted with permission from the author*
Ener-chi Wellness Press
From the book: Timeless Secrets of Health and Rejuvenation – breakthrough medicine for the 21st century. 1997-2007 fourth edition