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10. MEDICINE<br />
HONEY: HEALING FOR HUMANKIND<br />
The bee assimilates juices of various kinds of<br />
flowers <strong>and</strong> fruit <strong>and</strong> f<strong>or</strong>ms honey within its body,<br />
which it st<strong>or</strong>es in its cells of wax. Only a couple of<br />
centuries ago humans came to know that honey<br />
comes from the belly of the bee. But this fact was<br />
mentioned in the Qur’an 1,400 years ago in the<br />
following verse:<br />
“There issues from<br />
within their bodies<br />
a drink of varying colours,<br />
wherein is healing f<strong>or</strong> men.”<br />
[Al-Qur’an 16:69]<br />
We are only now aware that honey has healing<br />
properties <strong>and</strong> is also a mild antiseptic. The<br />
Russians would use honey to cover their wounds in<br />
W<strong>or</strong>ld War II. The wound would retain moisture<br />
<strong>and</strong> would leave very little scar tissue. Due to the<br />
density of honey, no fungus <strong>or</strong> bacteria could grow<br />
in the wound.<br />
Dramatic improvements were visible in 22<br />
incurable chest <strong>and</strong> Alzheimer's disease patients at<br />
nursing Homes in Engl<strong>and</strong> who were treated by<br />
Sister Carole, a nun, with propolis, a substance<br />
which bees produce to seal hives against bacteria. 1<br />
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The reference f<strong>or</strong> this statment is the video tape titled ‘This is the<br />
Truth’. F<strong>or</strong> a copy of this video tape contact the Islamic Research<br />
Foundation.
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