Monday, November 12, 2012

HONEY: HEALING FOR HUMANKIND

The bee assimilates juices of various kinds of flowers and fruit and forms honey within its body, which it stores in its cells of wax. Only a couple of centuries ago humans came to know that honey comes from the belly of the bee. But this fact was mentioned in the Qur'an 1,400 years ago in the following verse: 

"There issues from within their bodies a drink of varying colours, wherein is healing for men."
[Al-Qur'an 16:69]

We are only now aware that honey has healing properties and is also a mild antiseptic. The Russians would use honey to cover their wounds in World War II. The wound would retain moisture
and would leave very little scar tissue. Due to the density of honey, no fungus or bacteria could grow in the wound. Dramatic improvements were visible in 22 incurable chest and Alzheimer's disease patients at nursing Homes in England who were treated by Sister Carole, a nun, with propolis, a substance which bees produce to seal hives against bacteria.1


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Mr. RK. Ahmadh Riffai Kariapper
Faculty of Applied Sciences
Sabaragamuwa University of Sri Lanka
+94718080883

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