Propolis with control of "Candida albicans" and immunomodulatory effects. Propolis is used by some string instrument makers (violin, viola, cello and bass) as a varnish ingredient. Some workers use it to seal the surface of newly made bridges. Propolis was purportedly used by Antonio Stradivari in the varnish of his instruments. Propolis is used by some chewing gum manufacturers to make propolis gum. Propolis is used to bring about a chemical reaction to convert fats and oils into automobile wax during application. Propolis Propolis or bee glue is a resinous mixture that honey bees produce by mixing saliva and beeswax with
Animal glue Tang Dynasty. Records indicate that one of the essential components of lampblack ink was proteinaceous glue. Ox glue and stag-horn glues bound particles of pigments together, acting as a preservative by forming a film over the surface as the ink dried. The Chinese, such as Kao Gong Ji, also researched glue for medicinal purposes. The use of animal glue, as well as some other types of glues, largely vanished in Europe after the decline of the Western Roman Empire until the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries, when wooden furniture started to surge as a major craft. During the medieval ages, fish