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What Quran says about honey in Chapter: 16
Surat ‘An-Nahl’ meaning ‘The Honey Bees’
…Fi’hi Shifaa’un’Naas… (16: 68–69)
Translation: “wherein is healing for men” Verily, in this is indeed a sign for a people who think (The Holy Quran Chapter 16: Verses 68-69).
Magical effects of honey and cinnamon
وَأَوْحَىٰ رَبُّكَ إِلَى النَّحْلِ أَنِ اتَّخِذِي مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا وَمِنَ الشَّجَرِ وَمِمَّا يَعْرِشُونَ
Translation: Surah 16. An-Nahl, Verse 68: And your Lord revealed to the bee saying: Make hives in the mountains and in the trees and in what they build:
ثُمَّ كُلِي مِن كُلِّ الثَّمَرَاتِ فَاسْلُكِي سُبُلَ رَبِّكِ ذُلُلًا يَخْرُجُ مِن بُطُونِهَا شَرَابٌ مُّخْتَلِفٌ أَلْوَانُهُ فِيهِ شِفَاءٌ لِّلنَّاسِ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً لِّقَوْمٍ يَتَفَكَّرُونَ
Translation: Surah 16. An-Nahl, Verse 69: Then eat of all the fruits and walk in the ways of your Lord submissively. There comes forth from within it a beverage of many colors, in which there is healing for men; most surely there is a sign in this for a people who reflect.
Honey and Cinnamon even if they have a completely separate use of its healing powers, mixture of honey and cinnamon has elements of health elixir of immortality. It has always been soul food, the bliss of the spirit and the heavenly gift.
Here's what Scientists say: People used to be believed that honey and cinnamon can be used as a mixture to restore sight to the blind, or even revive the dead. If it does not, it certainly preserves the health, gives vigor, youth and fertility. For Eastern nations honey and cinnamon are considered like the most beneficial gift of nature and the elixir for centuries used to treat almost all diseases and mental conditions. There is a belief that a man, who takes honey at least several times a month, cannot be sick.
Scientific studies show that honey and cinnamon combined have tremendous healing powers, such as regeneration of the body, increasing the body's resistance and beauty. Certainly it has been established that honey and cinnamon have a beneficial effect on the whole body, making it more vital and powerful, and the latest statistics confirm that essentially extends human life.
Honey
The use of honey as an internal and external remedial agent may be much older than the history of medicine itself; it is, beyond doubt, the oldest health remedy. Hippocrates was a great believer in honey. He used it with great effect as an expectorant and he was always praising the virtues of honey. He used it as a remedy for many ailments including cleaning sores, burns, wounds, for mouth ulcers and carbuncles. Aristotle believed that honey prolonged life and Dioscorides, the ancient Greek physician (circa 40-90 AD), also acknowledged that honey was an excellent medicine and his Materia Medica is one of the oldest sources of medical knowledge.
Honey contains vitamins, minerals, and amino acids. It is a wonderful beauty aid that nourishes the skin and the hair. Honey also acts as an antibacterial and antifungal agent and helps disinfect and speed the healing process in wounds, scrapes and burns. Scientific research from the University of California, Davis has revealed that the consumption of honey raises our protective antioxidant levels and plays a big role in the prevention of cancer as well as heart disease.
Honey is easily digested because the sugar molecules in honey can be converted into other sugars like fructose to glucose. Honey is perfect for the most sensitive stomachs, despite its high acid content. It helps kidneys and intestines to function better.
Another quality of honey is its low calorie content in comparison to sugar; it gives 40% less/fewer calories for the same amount used, giving you a great amount of energy without all the extra calories.
Honey’s sugar molecules are rapidly diffused through the blood stream so when it is accompanied by water, it diffuses into the bloodstream in just seven minutes. Its free sugar molecules make the brain function better since the brain is the largest consumer of sugar, hence reducing fatigue.
Honey provides an important part of the energy needed by the body for blood formation and helps in cleansing the blood. It has some positive effects in regulating and facilitating blood circulation. It also functions as a protection against capillary problems and arteriosclerosis.
The bactericide (bacteria-killing) property of honey is named “the inhibition effect”. Experiments conducted on honey show that its bactericide properties increase twofold when it is diluted with water. It is very interesting to note that newly born bees in the colony are nourished with diluted honey by the bees responsible for their supervision. It is almost as though the bees know about this function of honey.
So the best thing you can do is utilise honey and cinnamon in your everyday diet for health and wellbeing.
What is Cinnamon?
Cinnamon, from the bark of cinnamon trees (Cinammomum zeylanicum), grows in Asia, and it’s used as a spice. Chinese Pharmacopoeia couldn’t conceive without these medicinal plants. Cinnamon bark is used for the treatment of colds, coughs, stomach cramps, problems with wellbeing, mental health problems and toning the body, and the essential oils from the leaves of this plant are used for the treatment of rheumatism and poor circulation, cellulite, stomach problems, infections, colitis and it prevents gluing platelets.
Below are the recipes for the most beneficial treatment with honey and cinnamon, published by prominent Canadian scientific magazine Weekly World News.
Immune System - To boost immunity: Daily consumption of honey and cinnamon can strengthen the immune system and protect against bacteria and viruses. Constant use of these two magical products enhances your immune system and gives strength to help fight and war off illness.
For long life: Hunza tribe enjoys the daily use of tea of cinnamon and honey, they experience the ripe old age and at the same time, remain vigorous and vital, and this is the combination – scientists say that slowing the aging process, extending the life span and the skin makes this connection.
The recipe: one tablespoon of cinnamon and four tablespoons of honey boil in one cup of water. Divide into four parts and drink during the day (four times daily).
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Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder can slow down the ageing process. Add four tablespoons of honey, one tablespoon of cinnamon powder and three cups of boiling water, just as you would make tea. Drinking one cup each time, 3-4 times a day will keep your skin smooth and make your look younger!
Infertility: For Thousands of years Yunani and Ayurvedice medicines have been using honey to strengthen the semen of men and to treat impotence. Through the regular dosage of two tablespoons of honey before bed, impotence can be greatly reduced. In China, Japan and other far-Eastern countries, women who are unable to conceive and need to strengthen the uterus, have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries. They mix a pinch of cinnamon powder with half a teaspoon of honey and apply it to their gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the bloodstream.
There is a story of couple from Maryland, USA who could not conceive children after 14 years of marriage and had lost hope of having a child of their own. When told about the honey cinnamon mixture both the husband and wife started ingesting the mixture and the wife conceived after a few months, giving birth to healthy twins.
Obesity – Weight Loss: This is a huge problem in today’s society and it causes so many other health issues including, but not limited to heart disease, strokes, high blood pressure, all sorts of cancers, kidney disease, diabetes, stress, and depression, just to name a few. Well all need to be able to help ourselves and there has been some research saying that honey and cinnamon can aid in weight loss. Dissolve half a teaspoon of cinnamon powder in a cup of boiling water, stir and cover for half an hour. Add a teaspoon of honey and drink this on an empty stomach. It goes without saying that, along with this weight loss aid, you need to exercise more and cut out as many bad fats as possible.
Sore Stomach – indigestion: Research done in Japan and India confirms that honey and cinnamon can help relieve stomach ulcers, reduce stomach pains and discomfort and also help relieve wind. Use of honey strengthens the white blood granules in fight against brother grief a combination of cinnamon with honey promotes the digestion. To help with the digestion of food and to relieve acidity, take two tablespoons of honey mixed with cinnamon powder before meals.
Bone Cancer/tumours, and stomach: There have been a few studies conduction in Japan and Australia confirmed that have shown some interesting results with a mixture of honey and cinnamon successfully treat bone cancer and tumours, and stomach. There may be some merit in consuming two spoons of honey with one of cinnamon powder three times a day in some warm water for at least one month.
Fatigue: Recent studies have shown that the sugar content in honey is of more help than harm to the human body. Extensive research has been done by on this subject, and it seems that whenever you feel your energy level is down, you can drink a glass of water with honey and a small amount of cinnamon powder to bring your energy levels back. ½ tablespoon of honey and a quarter teaspoon cinnamon whisk in 2 ml of water. Drink on an empty stomach in the morning and in the afternoon around 3pm during the week. During this time it will restore the body strength and vitality.
Pimples-Skin infections: Take three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply this paste on the pimples before going to bed and wash it off next morning with warm water. Do this for every night two weeks to clear your skin. Apply 3 spoons of honey and cinnamon in equal portions to eczema, psoriasis, ringworm and other skin infections will help relieve the itchiness and pain of any rash and will help to cure infection.
Bad Breath: The South Americans have a daily habit of gargling with hot water mixed with a teaspoon of honey and cinnamon and they say that their breath remains fresh throughout the day. So, if you suffer from bad breath, this should be on your list to do first thing in the morning.
Arthritis (Research result at the Copenhagen University in Denmark): Morning and evening, take one cup of hot water and put one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and two tablespoons of honey. Long-term therapy may lead to cure even chronic arthritis!
Anti-baldness – Hair Loss: In hot olive oil, put one tablespoon of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon. This mixture / paste rub into the roots of hair and leave it for fifteen minutes. In a few days it will strengthen the hair root and hair will stop falling!
Cholesterol: Mix three teaspoons of cinnamon and two tablespoons of honey in 4 dl of tea (preferably green tea). Drink three times a day. Two hours after first taking, blood cholesterol will reduce and after long term use it’s possible for total healing!
Colds: Regular use of honey and cinnamon reduces the possibility of colds and bladder infections. In one tablespoon warm honey mix a quarter cinnamon teaspoons. Taken three times a day for three days, cold will disappear. This way, it can even successfully clear sinuses and leaflets chronic cough.
Bladder infection: Mix two tablespoons of cinnamon and a teaspoon of honey in 2 ml of warm water and drink it. This mixture will clean the bladder and destroy bacteria.
Heart, nervousness, and stomachache: Honey and cinnamon for breakfast - If you regularly eat for breakfast bread/chapatti smeared with a mixture of equal parts of cinnamon and honey will have a beneficial effect on the nervous system, stomach aches, stomach ulcers and gas. The mixture of honey and cinnamon may aid in the reduction of cholesterol in your arteries, which in turn could lower the possibility of a experiencing a heart attack. Patients who have already suffered attacks are also advised to ingest the honey and cinnamon mixture as it may reduce the chance of further attacks.
Antiblocking acne by mixing the three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon Apply to the affected parts every evening before sleep.
Stench/Stink/for disgusting odor from your mouth: Implicated one tablespoon of cinnamon and one tablespoon of honey in warm water and gargle every morning
Toothache: Make a paste of a tablespoon of cinnamon and five teaspoons of honey and used the paste to apply to the tooth that is aching. You can apply this three times a day or until the pain has gone.
Hearing correction: To fix hearing, every morning and evening, take a mixture of equal parts of honey and cinnamon.
