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Post by scoutmum on Dec 2, 2014 20:56:03 GMT 10
Has anyone else seen the latest issue of Creation magazine? (Vol. 37 No. 1 2015)
The cover story was on bees: specifically, the healing properties of honey.
I can't find the article online, and it's quite long, but here's a bit from the article:
Throughout the ages, people with open wounds have run the risk of serious infection spreading into their body, and even death. The ancients often used honey-based treatments to cure and heal wounds and other infections. Modern insights into honey's amazing properties are revealing. Raw honey contains five compounds which provide honey with an amazing antibacterial 'clout'. These are:
Glucose oxidase and bleach (hydrogen peroxide)...
Methylglyoxal...
Apidaecin...
Bee defensin-1...
...In the last few years, clinical trials have been undertaken in major hospitals using medical grade forms of un-heat-treated honey in healing wounds, especially in patients whose immune system is compromised. Initial results are promising...
I already wanted to give bee-keeping a go, but this gives me another reason!
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Post by Gaz on Dec 3, 2014 16:19:46 GMT 10
Great post SM..
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Post by krull68 on Dec 4, 2014 10:08:11 GMT 10
My next door neighbour just happens to be a commercial bee keeper. I intend to get him to teach me, plus when the wife and I get our farm we intend to keep bees as well.
Little history factoid: When king tut's tomb was opened, there was one item in there still edible, and that was honey. Naturally it had crystallised, but once heated and made to be runny again, they used it all up. Now if memory serves correctly, that means the honey lasted approx. 3,000 years give or take a century. Now that is a long term preppers item in my books.
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