Prevent Bedwetting with Honey, Eliminate Slugs with Wood Ash, Control Garden Insects with Garlic, and More Country Lore

By The Mother Earth News Editors
Published on April 1, 1992
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PHOTO: FOTOLIA/GEORGI NACHEV
The many health benefits of honey include one surprise: a spoonful before bedtime may help children keep from wetting the bed.

Honey Helps Prevent Bedwetting

I am currently the caretaker of my grandfather’s land and household. Among the other joys of being in the country, I had the opportunity to learn about my grandfather’s passion–beekeeping–and the many health benefits that honey offers. I discovered one of the most surprising uses for honey when my young children were having problems with bedwetting.

Honey, being hydroscopic, is able to absorb and condense moisture. It acts in two ways: first, as a sedative to the nervous system (and nervousness is nearly always present in children who wet the bed at night), and second, to attract and hold fluid during the sleeping hours. The regular dosage should be approximately one tablespoon, but very young children will do fine with a teaspoon.
— Bonnie Roycewicz, Fort Anne, New York

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