The Mahdi Times The Mahdi Times, Issue #28, March 2015 | Page 29

Don’t want to go to the doctor; here
are some various and safe uses for
your home.
You can use a dollop of honey on
minor burns as its antioxidants
promote fast healing.
A couple drops used in herbal tea is
known to soothe sore throats as well
as help with coughs.
You can use it for the skin and hair in
a milk and honey bath oil or a honey
and oil conditioner.
For non Muslims, honey is a source of
highly concentrated fructose and
eating a little in the morning, after a
night of drinking, helps your body to
flush out any remaining alcohol.
These are more for the “spiritual”
aspect of honey.
In the introduction, I listed its
symbolic meanings and these things
tie into them:
It is thought that dishes of honey
summon angels and other beneficial
spirits.
The first official mention recognizing
the importance of honey dates from
the first dynasty, when the title of
"Sealer of the Honey" is given; the
oldest pictures of bee-keepers in
action are from the Old Kingdom: in
Niuserre's sun temple bee-keepers

are shown blowing smoke into hives
as they are removing the honeycombs. After extracting the honey
from the combs it was strained and
poured into earthen jars which were
then sealed. Honey treated in this
manner could be kept years. From
the New Kingdom on mentions of
honey become more frequent, but
only four depictions of honey
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