Honey is a by-product of flower nectar and the upper aero-digestive tract of the honey bee, which is concentrated through a dehydration process inside the bee hive. Honey has a very complex chemical composition that varies depending on the botanical source. It has been used both as food and medicine since ancient times. Human use of honey is traced to some 8000 years ago as depicted by Stone ...

Alopecia, which is defined as the loss of hair from the body, encompasses a wide range of hair loss disorders, including alopecia areata and androgenetic alopecia. There is a growing use of botanical sources in dermatology. Accordingly the interest in the use of botanical and natural products for the treatment of alopecia is growing. Here we present a systematic review of natural and botanical ...