The Shocking Differences Between Raw Honey and Processed Golden Honey

There are well over 30 commercial producers of honey that have no traces of pollen and lack beneficial vitamins and enzymes among a host of other natural constituents which are removed due to pasteurization and processing. Most golden honey you see at your local grocery is dead and far from the health promoting powerhouse of its raw unpasteurized counterpart. Processed honey is not honey at all and if you desire any kind of health benefits, you must stick to the real stuff.

In the U.S., the Food and Drug Administration says that any product that’s been ultra-filtered and no longer contains pollen isn’t honey. However, the FDA isn’t checking honey sold in the U.S. to see if it contains pollen.

Ultra filtering is a high-tech procedure where honey is heated, sometimes watered down and then forced at high pressure through extremely small filters to remove pollen, which is the only foolproof sign identifying the source of the honey. It is a spin-off of a technique refined by the Chinese, who have illegally dumped tons of their honey — some containing illegal antibiotics — on the U.S. market for years.

They purchased more than 60 jars, jugs and plastic bears of honey in 10 states and the District of Columbia. The contents were analyzed for pollen by Vaughn Bryant, a professor at Texas A&M University and one of the nation’s premier melissopalynologists, or investigators of pollen in honey.

Bryant, who is director of the Palynology Research Laboratory, found that among the containers of honey provided by Food Safety News, 76 percent or more had the pollen removed including stores such as Walgreens, Costco, Walmart, Sam’s Club, TOP Food, Safeway, Giant Eagle, QFC, Kroger, Metro Market, Harris Teeter, A&P, Stop & Shop and King Soopers.

Why Remove the Pollen?
We can only assume to prevent the majority of the public from obtaining all the benefits found in raw honey. Removal of all pollen from honey “makes no sense” and is completely contrary to marketing the highest quality product possible, Mark Jensen, president of the American Honey Producers Association, told Food Safety News.

“I don’t know of any U.S. producer that would want to do that. Elimination of all pollen can only be achieved by ultra-filtering and this filtration process does nothing but cost money and diminish the quality of the honey,” Jensen said.

“In my judgment, it is pretty safe to assume that any ultra-filtered honey on store shelves is Chinese honey and it’s even safer to assume that it entered the country uninspected and in violation of federal law,” he added.

What’s Wrong With Chinese Honey?

Chinese honey has long had a poor reputation in the U.S., where — in 2001 — the Federal Trade Commission imposed stiff import tariffs or taxes to stop the Chinese from flooding the marketplace with dirt-cheap, heavily subsidized honey, which was forcing American beekeepers out of business.

To avoid the dumping tariffs, the Chinese quickly began transshipping honey to several other countries, then laundering it by switching the color of the shipping drums, the documents and labels to indicate a bogus but tariff-free country of origin for the honey. Most U.S. honey buyers knew about the Chinese actions because of the sudden availability of lower cost honey, and little was said.

The FDA — either because of lack of interest or resources — devoted little effort to inspecting imported honey. Nevertheless, the agency had occasionally either been told of, or had stumbled upon, Chinese honey contaminated with chloramphenicol and other illegal animal antibiotics which are dangerous, even fatal, to a very small percentage of the population.

Mostly, the adulteration went undetected.

What’s Are Differences Between Raw Unpasteurized Honey and Pasteurized Processed Golden Honey?

The processing of honey often removes many of the phytonutrients found in raw honey as it exists in the hive. Raw honey, for example, contains small amounts of the same resins found in propolis. Propolis, sometimes called “bee glue,” is actually a complex mixture of resins and other substances that honeybees use to seal the hive and make it safe from bacteria and other micro-organisms. Honeybees make propolis by combining plant resins with their own secretions. However, substances like road tar have also been found in propolis.

Bee keepers sometimes use special screens around the inside of the hive boxes to trap propolis, since bees will spread this substance around the honeycomb and seal cracks with the anti-bacterial, anti-viral, and anti-fungal resins. The resins found in propolis only represent a small part of the phytonutrients found in propolis and honey, however. Other phytonutrients found both in honey and propolis have been shown to possess cancer-preventing and anti-tumor properties. These substances include caffeic acid methyl caffeate, phenylethyl caffeate, and phenylethyl dimethylcaffeate. Researchers have discovered that these substances prevent colon cancer in animals by shutting down activity of two enzymes, phosphatidylinositol-specific phospholipase C andlipoxygenase. When raw honey is extensively processed and heated, the benefits of these phytonutrients are largely eliminated.

4 WAYS TO SPOT ARTIFICIAL HONEY

1. The Thumb Test
Put a drop of the honey on your thumb. If it spreads around right away or spills, it’s not pure. If it stays intact, it’s pure.

2. The Water Test
Fill a glass of water and add one tablespoon of “honey” into the water. Pure honey will lump and settle at bottom of glass. Adulterated and artificial honey will start dissolving in water.

3. The Shelf Life Test
Pure honey will crystallize over time. Imitation honey will remain looking like syrup, no matter how long it is stored.

4. Light a Fire 
Dip the tip of a matchstick in “honey”, and then strike it to light. Natural honey will light the match easily and the flame will burn off the honey. Fake honey will not light because of the moisture it contains.

How Can You Tell The Difference Between Pure Honey and Artificial Honey?

Inverted sugar solutions and glucose syrups or corn are often used for making fake honey, mixing with it, or replacing it entirely.

Another method for falsification of honey is feeding bees with sugar products.

The “innocent” method of honey falsification is the addition of water (honey containing more than 25% water, is considered to be falsified)

Worldwide, adulterated honey is deemed, counterfeiting ranks second among the food industry – the extra virgin olive oil.

Artificial honey is a food with many shortcomings, representing a solution of invert sugar syrup, which comes from refined sugar, which often add other ingredients, generally summarized as: glucose syrup, dyes, flavors and enhancer flavors. Such a synthetic preparation can be achieved in domestic conditions, but you need to know it is not healthy. Artificial honey contains a physical mixture of glucose and fructose focused elements that have separated from the previous combination, that of sucrose (sugar). It is known that both are in high concentrations, even more dangerous than the original form, crystalline carbohydrates entering the category of very rapid absorption substances.

Artificial inverted sugar, also called artificial honey, is a syrup, soluble in water, with sweet taste, resulted from the hydrolysis of sucrose. It is widely used in food industry as sweetener, attracting criticism from many nutritionists and doctors.

Source: www.preventdisease.com

Honey for the Children (source: Dr. Muhammed Salim Khan)

Natural & Raw honey, Product of Hadramaut, Yaman. 
You don't want any ordinary highly processed honey!

Honey being a natural, pre-digested food when given is immediately assimilated into children's blood stream, providing a host of vitamins, minerals and energy. The beauty of honey is that it is natural, safe, delicious to use and available all the year round.  

General Weakness in Children - Honey as Children's Tonic

As a practicing physician for the last fifteen years, the most common conditions I get consulted for by parents is general weakness, lack of appetite and anemia. Usually the parents have tried all sorts of vitamins and tonics from their doctors without any real lasting improvement. One teaspoon of honey diluted in water two or three times before or after meals works wonders, improving appetite, weight, complexion and energy. Some children prefer to use one teaspoonful of pure honey mixed in warm milk at night. Anemic children respond well to honey in milk within a few weeks. For school children honey helps to improve their mental alertness and school performance. For this purpose honey can be used instead of jam on toast at breakfast time by children.

Bed-Wetting- Bed-wetting is a very common condition in many young children. Families and parents can experience anxiety and frustration due to this and it can also undermine a child's self-confidence. Many parents receive the advice from their doctors that the child will grow out of this situation. No doubt most children do grow out of this, however one or two teaspoons of honey before going to bed helps to clear bed-wetting. No liquids should be given to children a few hours before a child's bed time. 

Constipation- Constipation is a very common problem in infants and children, particularly those who have not been breast fed. Honey is a mild and gentle laxative which helps to prevent and get rid of constipation.  

Coughs and Colds- Children can catch cold very quickly. In winter, colds and coughs are very common and if not treated properly can lead to serious lung diseases. In England asthma is an increasing epidemic, particularly amongst school children. 

For these conditions one teaspoonful of honey may be given in a glass of warm water three times a day. When there is a cough or fever then a quarter teaspoon of fresh lime or lemon juice can be mixed with one teaspoon of honey in hot water and given four times a day. Alternatively green tea (Sabzchi) with a small amount of liquorish (multhi) mixed with one teaspoon of honey will help to clear most colds and coughs. 

Diarrhea and Stomach Upsets- Diarrhea's the opposite of constipation, and is more frequent in summer. A teaspoon of honey in eight ounces of Barley Water will help stop most cases of diarrhea.

Sleep Problems- Infants and children can suffer with difficulty in sleeping. One teaspoon of honey in warm milk at night or in the evening is a natural sedative that promotes sleep in children. 

Teething Troubles- When children are teething, these can be difficult times. Children may become irritable, have diarrhea etc. A small amount of salt and honey mixed and massaged onto the gums helps the process of teething.  

Accidents, Cuts and Burns- Serious accidents and burns need professional attention. However most parents can use honey to apply externally as an effective and safe dressing on minor burns, bruises and cuts that happen in most homes. Honey is a natural antiseptic.

Dr. Muhammad Salim Khan M.D.(M.A.),D.O. born in the north west frontier region of Pakistan, has international authority on Islamic medicine and alternative medicine. He is founder-director of the Mohsin Institute - Leicester, an organization devoted to practice, teaching and research on alternative medicine.

TRADITIONAL REMEDY

YEMENI HONEY - Product of Hadramaut

The magazine Weekly World News, published in Canada dated 17 January, 1995 has given a list of diseases that can be cured by Honey and Cinnamon as researched by scientists.

- It is found that mixture of Honey and Cinnamon cures most of the diseases. 

- Ayurveda as well as Yunnan medicine have been using honey as a vital medicine for centuries.

- Scientists of today also accept honey as a Ram Ban (very effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases.  

- Honey can be used without any side effects for any kind of diseases. 

- Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients also.

Arthritis- Take one part honey to two parts of warm water and add a small teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste and massage it on the aching part of the body slowly. - It is noticed that the pain recedes within a minute or two.

- Or arthritis patients may daily, morning and night take one cup of hot water with two spoons of honey and one small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. 

- If drunk regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured. 

- In a recent research done at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half teaspoon cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week out of the 200 people so treated practically 73 patients were totally relieved of pain and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

Hair Loss- Those suffering from hair loss or baldness, may apply a paste of hot olive oil, one tablespoon of honey, one teaspoon of cinnamon powder before bath and keep it for approx. 15 min. and then wash the hair. 

- It was found very effective if kept for 5 minutes also.

Bladder Infections- Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass of warm water and drink it.  

- It destroys the germs of the bladder.

Toothache - Make a paste of one teaspoon of cinnamon powder and five teaspoons of honey and apply on the aching tooth.

- This may be done 3 times a day daily till such time that the tooth has stopped aching.

Cholesterol- Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16 ounces of tea water, if given to a cholesterol patient, it reduces the level of cholesterol in the blood by 10% within 2 hours. 

- As mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken 3 times a day any chronic cholesterol is cured.

- As per the information received in the said journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complains of cholesterol.

Colds- Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon Luke warm honey with 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon powder daily for 3 days.

- This process will cure most chronic cough, cold and clear the sinuses.

Infertility- Yunnan and Ayurvedic have been using honey for years in medicine to strengthen the semen of men.

- If impotent men regularly take two tablespoon of honey before sleeping, their problem will be solved.

- In China, Japan and Far-East countries, women who do not conceive and to strengthen the uterus have been taking cinnamon powder for centuries.

- Women who cannot conceive may take a pinch of cinnamon powder in half teaspoon of honey and apply it on the gums frequently throughout the day, so that it slowly mixes with the saliva and enters the body.

- A couple in Maryland, America had no children for 14 years and had left hope of having a child of their own.

- When told about this process husband and wife started taking honey and cinnamon as stated above, the wife conceived after a few months and had twins at full term.

Upset Stomach- Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach ulcers from the root.

GAS - According to the studies done in India & Japan, it is revealed that if honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

Heart Diseases- Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread or chapati instead of jelly and jam and eat it regularly for breakfast.

- It reduces the cholesterol in the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack.

- Also those who have already had an attack, if they do this process daily, are kept miles away from the next attack.

- Regular use of the above process relieves loss of breath and strengthens the heartbeat.

- In America and Canada, various nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that due to the increasing age the arteries and veins which lose their flexibility and get clogged are revitalized.

Immune System- Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks.

- Scientists have found that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts.

- Constant use of honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral diseases.

Indigestion- Cinnamon powder sprinkled on two tablespoons of honey taken before food, relieves acidity and digests the heaviest of meals.

Influenza- A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

Longevity- Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly arrests the ravages of old age. 

- Take 4 spoons of honey, 1 spoon of cinnamon powder and 3 cups of water and boil to make like tea. Drink 1/4 cup, 3 to 4 times a day. It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age. 

- Life span also increases and even if a person is 100 years old, starts performing the chores of a 20 year old.

Pimples- Three tablespoons of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste.

- Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. - If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

Skin Infections- Eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections are cured by applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts.

Weight Loss- Daily in the morning, 1/2 hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one cup water.

- If taken regularly it reduces the weight of even the most obese person.

- Also drinking of this mixture regularly does not allow the fat to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie diet.

Cancer- Recent research in Japan and Australia has reveled that advanced cancer of the stomach and bones have been cured successfully. 

- Patients suffering from these kinds of cancer should daily take one tablespoon of honey with one teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month 3 times a day.

Fatigue- Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful than detrimental to the body strength.

- Senior citizens who take honey and cinnamon power in equal parts are more alert and flexible.

- Dr. Milton who has done research says that half tablespoon honey taken in one glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3.00 p.m. when the vitality of the body starts decreasing, increases the vitality of the body within a week.

Bad Breath- People of South America, first thing in the morning gargle with one teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water.

- So their breath stays fresh throughout the day.

Hearing Loss- Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder taken in equal parts restore hearing.

Bagaimana madu berfungsi

Molekul gula pada madu dapat berubah menjadi gula lain (misalnya fruktosa menjadi glukosa). Madu membantu ginjal dan usus untuk berfungsi lebih baik. Meskipun memberi energi yang besar, madu tidak menambah berat badan. 

Jika dicampur dengan air hangat, madu dapat berdifusi ke dalam darah dalam waktu tujuh minit. Molekul gula bebasnya membuat otak berfungsi lebih baik kerana otak menkonsumsi gula terbesar. 

Madu berfungsi sebagai pelindung terhadap masalah pembuluh darah dan arteriosklerosis. Sifat madu yang membunuh bakteria disebut “efek inhibisi”. Royal jelly adalah zat yang dihasilkan lebah pekerja di dalam sarang. Zat bergizi tinggi ini mengandung gula, protein, lemak, dan pelbagai vitamin.

Manfaat untuk Kesihatan

Menjaga kesihatan mata, mengubati luka, Memperkuat sel darah putih, Menambah kesuburan suami/isteri, Penambah tenaga/stamina, Menstabilkan tekanan darah, Mengubati anemia, Mengubati alergi, Mencegah osteoporosis, Mencegah jangkitan pada luka, Mengatasi gangguan pernafasan, Mengatasi sembelit, Mengubati gejala penyakit asma, Mengatasi gangguan jantung, Mengatasi radang tekak/ kerongkong, Mengatasi gangguan pencernaan,  Meningkatkan kesuburan lelaki / wanita, dll.

Manfaat untuk Kecantikan

Menegangkan wajah, Menghilangkan bekas jerawat (Disapu pada bekas jerawat), Sebagai conditioner rambut, Menanggalkan kulit mati (disapu pada kulit), Melembutkan dan melembabkan bibir, dll.

Yaman: Secrets of the most expensive honey in the world

Virginie Vican

In Yemen, it is said that the honey of the valley of Wadi Dau'an, Hadramawt is a liquid as precious as oil. It brings wealth to its sellers. Doctors claim it is a universal remedy. For women, it is a synonym for fertility, while men proclaim its aphrodisiac qualities. 

Its taste - like butter caramels - its purity, rarity and the medical applications listed for it in the Quran, make this honey the most expensive in the world. Sold for up to $90 per kilo in Yemen, prices can reach up to $200 dollars in Dubai, where the sheiks procure it to stimulate their camels before racing them. All of these rational explanations and mysterious beliefs raise this substance to the level of liquid gold.

	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145666 The hives are under a jujube tree, protected from the heat by blankets held down with stones.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145670 Six weeks after putting the hives at the base of the cliffs in Wadi Dau'an valley, the honey is extracted from the frames and filtered.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145682 Having travelled several nights in a row, the terra cotta hives, which are strapped to the truck, are put on trestles near the tent.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145663 In his workshop in the village of Tarim, in the heart of the Hadramawt Valley, a worker takes a terra cotta hive out of the kiln.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145686 Young bee keepers by their tent go about their daily business : lighting the fire...		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145672 A headscarf wrapped around his head and face is the only protection this bee keeper has against stings. He inspects the honey combs.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145668 Apis Mellifera Yemenitica is the most common species of bee in the Yemen. Each hive contains 25000 bees.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145675 Traditional Yemeni hives in wood.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145689 Shibam, often called 'Manhattan of the desert' due to its high rise constructions in mud which keep arable land free, is an architectural marvel in the middle of the Hadramawt desert, cradle of Yemeni bee keeping for the past three thousand years.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145678 A beer keeper watches over his stock, kalashnikov in hand. There are roughly 60 million firearms in circulation in the Yemen, and after the States, it is the country with the highest gun ownership rate.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145659 Honey combs are also sold in round metal tins.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145649 In Tarim's religious and medical library in Hadramawt, librarians read the Targig Al Hassal (literally "treatment using honey"), a medical book written in 1449 by arabian doctors and researchers.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145656 Honey is brought by the bee keepers to the markets in Hadramawt to be auctioned. Buyers come from all over the Gulf countries, particularly Saudi Arabia to obtain this precious liquid.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0146674 Shibam, often called 'Manhattan of the desert' due to its high rise constructions in mud which keep arable land free, is an architectural marvel in the middle of the Hadramawt desert, cradle of Yemeni bee keeping for the past three thousand years.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145827 Portrait of a Yemeni teenager.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145648 At Al Mukalla, on the coast of the Gulf of Aden, shopkeepers sell honey to wealthy clients. Thier shops are often kitsch with varnished wood panelling and flashy mirrors. A kilo of honey fetches 90 dollars, and 200 dollars when exported.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145691 Night street scenes in the old quarter of Sanaa.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145639 There are special shelves for local and foreign honey in supermarkets in Sana'a.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145707 In the kitchen of the luxurious restaurant Al Faquer, in Sanaa, Harish is being prepared. It is a dish made from bulgur which is served with honey poured over it.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145705 Thursday is wedding day, where dozens of young men gather for lunch in a suburb of Sanaa, dressed in their traditional jacket, the janbia, with a curved dagger through their waist band. Wedding feasts are the opportunity to taste traditional dishes, among which, Bentassen, flaky pastry dribbled with melted butter and honey.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145646 At Sanaa, shopkeepers sell honey to wealthy clients. Thier shops are often kitsch with varnished wood panelling and flashy mirrors. A kilo of honey fetches 90 dollars, and 200 dollars when exported.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145704 Thursday is wedding day, where dozens of young men gather for lunch in a suburb of Sanaa, dressed in their traditional jacket, the janbia, with a curved dagger through their waist band. Wedding feasts are the opportunity to taste traditional dishes, among which, Bentassen, flaky pastry dribbled with melted butter and honey.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145664 Once the honey has been filtered, it is stocked in plastic bottles or pots. At the base of Al Hajjarin, a village in the Wadi Dau'an valley, two bee keepers pour the precious liquid into glass pots.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145701 On the roof terrace of the luxury Buj Al Salam hotel, which overlooks Sanaa, honey and ginger are mixed into tea and coffee to sweeten them.
	Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145700 Two young Yemenis eat honey comb, on a boat heading to the banks of Al Mukalla, a village on the coast of the Oman sea.		Virginie Vican / Picturetank VIV0145687 Shibam, often called 'Manhattan of the desert' due to its high rise constructions in mud which keep arable land free, is an architectural marvel in the middle of the Hadramawt desert, cradle of Yemeni bee keeping for the past three thousand years.

MADU YAMAN DIIKTIRAF MADU TERBAIK DI DUNIA

(Diterjemah dari buku arab - Sejarah hasil bumi Yaman)

Sejak berjuta tahun dahulu, Yaman terkenal kerana madunya yang sangat baik dan berkualiti. ‘Erathostenes’ seorang sejarawan berkata, Yaman adalah satu kawasan yang amat subur dan mempunyai tempat-tempat yang sangat sesuai untuk penghasilan madu kerana terdapat pohon ‘Sidr’ dan ‘Sumur’. Madu yang dianggap paling baik adalah yang dikeluarkan dari bunga ‘Sidr’ (Ziziphus Spina Christi, L.Willd) dan ‘Sumur’ (Acacia Tortillis, Forsk. Hayne).

Penternakan lebah telah berkembang luas di lembah-lembah di Timur Yaman sebelum kedatangan Islam. Buktinya dapat dilihat dari lukisan-lukisan di atas batu yang masih terdapat di kawasan itu. Antara gambar yang dapat dilihat dari lukisan ini ialah sekumpulan lebah sedang berterbangan. Dari gambar ini, dapat diterjemahkan bahawa sejak dulu lagi penduduk Yaman telah menternak lebah dan pada ketika itu, madu yang terhasil dinilai sebagai suatu yang amat berharga. Oleh kerana itu mereka melukis gambar-gambar ini.


Al-Hamdani seorang sejarawan arab memberitahu, lereng-lereng gunung Hinwam, satu daerah yang didiami oleh puak Ahnum (Hamdan) adalah antara kawasan bumi Allah yang terkaya dengan lebah dan madu. Seorang penternak sahaja boleh memiliki sehingga lima puluh Jibh (sarang lebah) atau lebih.


Catatan sejarah pada zaman Rasul walaupun tidak menyebut lebah telah mencatatkan hari-hari yang terbaik untuk mengumpul pelbagai jenis madu Yaman.


Menurut seorang sejarawan Mesir al-Maqrizi (meninggal pada 1441H) yang juga merupakan seorang pengarang beberapa perjanjian Arab mengenai penternakan lebah, menyatakan bahawa seluruh Yaman merupakan bumi lebah. Lebah Yaman berbeza dengan lebah dari luar.


Lebah Yaman diklasifikasikan sebagai ‘APIS MELLIFERA YEMENITICA’. Lebah-lebah Yaman ini tidak agresif dan mempunyai saiz badan yang lebih kecil berbanding dengan lebah Eropah, ‘APIS MELLIFERA EROPAH’ yang menzahirkan belang-belang kelabu pada bahagian badan. Ciri-ciri lebah Yaman ini menjadikannya sesuai dengan iklim di negara itu sehingga dari tinjauan yang dibuat mendapati lebah-lebah Yaman ini tidak terkena penyakit. 

Teknik-teknik penternakan lebah dan pengeluaran madu di sini sebahagian besarnya masih menggunakan cara tradisional walaupun telah banyak negara-negara pengeluar madu menggunakan cara moden. Ini kerana cara moden menyebabkan banyak khasiat semulajadi, khasiat perubatan dan lain-lain luput dari madu tersebut.


Sekumpulan lebah di Wadi Dau’an ditangkap untuk dikenal pasti dan dipilih ratu-ratu lebah tersebut. Kemudian, setiap seekor dari ratu tersebut akan diletakkan di dalam sebuah kotak kecil yang dibuat khas untuk ratu lebah tersebut. Kotak itu kemudiannya akan dimasukkan ke dalam satu tikar anyaman. Di dalam tikar tersebut terdapat rotan yang dibentuk mengikut bentuk sarang lebah dan ditutup di salah satu penghujungnya. Lebah-lebah pekerja yang lain kemudian akan mengikut ratu masing-masing masuk ke dalam sarang buatan yang tersedia itu.-W.H.Ingrams, ‘Tradistional Bee-Keeping in Wadi Dau’an’, Man 37 (1937), 32.

Pada asasnya, terdapat tiga jenis sarang lebah tradisional iaitu khaliyya (batang kayu yang kosong ditengah), jamak (sarang dari tanah) dan khalaya (sarang dari bakul rotan). Sarang-sarang ini ditutup pada setiap hujungnya. Kemudian lubang dibuat bagi memudahkan lebah-lebah tersebut keluar masuk.


Terdapat dua cara penternakan lebah yang diamalkan di sini. Yang pertama penternakan setempat dan yang kedua ialah penternakan berpidah-randah. Penternakan setempat dilakukan dengan cara sarang-sarang lebah diletakkan sama ada di atas tanah atau di atas bumbung-bumbung rumah. Manakala penternakan pindah-randah yang banyak terdapat di kawasan timur menggunakan sarang berasaskan kayu. Sarang kayu lebih kuat dan stabil dan digunakan agar lebah tidak terganggu apabila diangkut dari satu lembah ke satu lembah di atas lori kecil.

Dahulu unta-unta digunakan sebagai pengangkutan, madu yang terhasil diisi di dalam kulit-kulit kambing dan disimpan di dalam labu. Apabila sarang lebah tersebut telah dipenuhi dengan madu, penternak akan memotong isi sarang itu dengan pisau. Sedikit madu ditinggalkan di dalam sarang bagi memenuhi keperluan lebah pada musim kemarau.


Penternak di daerah Zabid memiliki dua hingga tiga sarang setiap keluarga. Berbeza dengan penternak-pentenak lebah professional di lembah-lembah selatan Wadi Hadramaut yang mempunyai hingga seratus unit setiap keluarga.

Di Yaman, madu telah digunakan untuk meletakkan satu cap mohor ke atas penyelesaian perbalahan dan cagaran dalam membuat perjanjian-perjanjian antara ahli-ahli kabilah. Memiliki madu yang dihasilkan di tempat sendiri merupakan satu simbol status kerana penduduk Yaman berbangga dengan kualiti madu mereka yang baik. 

Pada zaman Yaman moden pula, penduduk di sini menghidangkan madu kepada para tetamu yang bertandang ke rumah mereka. Madu juga selalu dihidangkan dalam jamuan-jamuan dan keramaian. Madu dicampur dengan telur dianggap penting untuk kesuburan dan kekuatan fizikal. Oleh kerana itu ia diberikan kepada pengantin-pengantin lelaki dan juga kepada kanak-kanak lelaki yang berkhatan.


Kaedah perubatan tradisi Yaman mencampurkan madu dengan mentega cair untuk diberikan kepada ibu-ibu sebaik sahaja selepas bersalin. Madu juga digunakan secara meluas dalam menghasilkan ubat-ubatan tradisional. Contohnya seperti madu dicampurkan dengan labu pahit kemenyan menjadi penawar mujarab bagi sembelit, madu dicampurkan dengan biji lobak menjadi penguat tenaga batin, madu dicampurkan dengan hiltit (sejenis perekat perubatan Asa Feotida) dapat membantu melancarkan perjalanan haid dan dengan beberapa jenis tumbuhan ia boleh merawat penyakit gila babi.


Rasa madu Yaman berbeza dengan rasa madu yang diimport dari negara lain. Madu Yaman juga dapat dibezakan dan juga dikenal pasti asal daerahnya dari warna dan bau. Darjah kelembapan dan kepekatan ekoran dari peratusan air adalah sangat penting dalam menentukan gred sesuatu jenis madu itu.

MADU LEBAH DAN KEISTIMEWAANNYA


Allah s.w.t. telah menciptakan sekalian makhlukNya dan memudahkan untuk mereka barang apa yang diperlukan oleh mereka untuk meneruskan kehidupan. Di antara ribuan makhluk ini, Allah s.w.t. telah menciptakan sejenis serangga yang dipanggil lebah yang merupakan salah satu tanda kebesaran penciptaan Allah s.w.t. 

Allah s.w.t. berfirman mengenai lebah pengeluar madu yang mempunyai berbagai-bagai manfaat dan penyembuh bagi keharmonian dan kebahagiaan hidup manusia di dunia yang sementara ini. 

"Dan Tuhanmu mewahyukan kepada lebah: hendaklah kamu membuat sarangmu di gunung-ganang, di pokok-pokok kayu dan juga di bangunan-bangunan yang didirikan oleh manusia. Kemudian makanlah dari segala jenis bunga-bungaan dan buah-buahan (yang kamu sukai), serta turutlah jalan-jalan peraturan Tuhanmu yang diilhamkan dan dimudahkanNya kepadamu. Dengan itu, akan keluarlah minuman(madu) yang berlainan warnanya dari dalam badannya yang mengandungi penawar bagi manusia daripada berbagai-bagai jenis penyakit. Sesungguhnya pada yang demikian itu, ada tanda (kekuasaan Allah) bagi orang-orang yang mahu berfikir." (al-Nahl: 68-69)


Di dalam satu riwayat hadis yang dinukilkan oleh Abu Sa’id al-Khudri r.a., beliau berkata, “seorang lelaki telah datang menemui Rasulullah s.a.w. untuk mengadu tentang sakit perut.” Rasulullah s.a.w. bersabda kepada beliau, “Berilah dia minum madu.” Lelaki tadi pun memberikan madu untuk diminum oleh saudaranya itu. Kemudian beliau datang lagi untuk bertemu Rasulullah s.a.w. dan berkata, “Aku telah memberikannya minum madu, tetapi perutnya masih sakit.” Rasulullah s.a.w. telah bersabda kepada beliau, “Berilah dia minum madu.” Kemudian lelaki itu datang lagi dengan pengaduan bahawa penyakit perut saudaranya itu masih juga belum sembuh. Demikian yang dilakukannya sehingga tiga kali. Rasulullah s.a.w. masih menyuruhnya minum madu. Lelaki itu tetap datang juga dengan pengaduan yang serupa. Dengan yang demikian, Rasulullah s.a.w. telah bersabda, “Allah Maha Besar, perut saudaramu telah berdusta.” Riwayat Muslim.


Beberapa ulama telah berkata lelaki itu mempunyai sisa-sisa makanan yang menyebabkan perutnya memulas sakit. Apabila diberikan madu kepadanya, oleh kerana sifat madu itu adalah panas maka ia menyebabkan perut perutnya sakit dan memulas-mulas. Kemudian diberi minum madu lagi, lalu menambah lagi rasa memulas di dalam perut lelaki tersebut. Oleh yang demikian, lelaki arab itu beranggapan bahawa madu itu memudaratkan perut saudaranya sedangkan madu itu memberi kesan baik kepada perut saudaranya itu. Setelah berulang kali diberi minum madu dan selepas setiap kali sakitnya memulas dan apabila segala sisa-sisa makanan yang memudaratkan badan tersebut dihancurkan dan dibuang memalui penyaluran najis, maka barulah pulih perut saudaranya itu dan kembali tenang keadaan dirinya dengan lenyapnya kesakitan dan kepedihan lantaran keberkatan petunjuk Rasulullah s.a.w. dari Tuhannya.


Daripada Aisyah r.a. katanya, “Madu adalah makanan kesukaan Rasulullah s.a.w.” Ibn Abbas r.a. berkata, Rasulullah s.a.w. telah bersabda, “Penawar itu terdapat pada tiga perkara. Bekam, meminum madu dan dengan besi panas, dan aku melarang umatku dari berubat dengan besi panas.” Al-Bukhari.

Keistimewaan Madu:
1. Sebagai makanan lengkap.
2. Sebagai penyembuh penyakit.
3. Sebagai antiseptik.


Kandungan Madu:-
-Vitamin A
-Natrium
-Vitamin E
-Iodin
-Karbon
-Magnesium
-Vitamin C
-Klorin
-Zat Besi
-Maganase
-Vitamin B lengkap
-Kalium
-Kalsium Sulfur
-Kuprum
-Silica

Khasiat Madu baik untuk:
-Jantung
-Darah
-Kejang Otot
-Antiseptik
-Batuk
-Mata-
Selsema
-Kulit
-Melecur
-Tenaga
-Penghadaman
-Ahli Sukan

Keistimewaan Gula Madu:
1. Gula ringkas: dektros/ mudah hadam
2. Tidak mengganggu selaput usus
3. Mudah/ cepat diserap oleh sel
4. Membekalkan tenaga segera
5. Mudah dikendalikan dan diproses buah pinggang
6. Melawaskan pembuangan air besar
7. Menenangkan mental dan fizikal.

Sumber artikel: www.albinanji. net/v5/article11.html

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UBAT - UBATAN YANG DISEBUT DALAM WAHYU

بسم الله الرحمٰن الرحيم

Islam menganjurkan umatnya menjaga kesihatan dan berubat bila ditimpa sakit, selama mana caranya tidak bercanggah dengan Syariat. Cara berubat yang menyanggahi syariat adalah seperti berubat dengan bomoh, dukun, kuasa-kuasa ghaib, besi panas dan benda-benda haram seperti yang dinyatakan larangannya dalam nas-nas Syarak.

Usaha untuk mencari kesembuhan dan ubat adalah sebahagian dari tawakkal seperti mana dijelaskan oleh Syaikh Shafiyyurrahma Al Mubarakfuri rahimahullah ketika menjelaskan hadits: “Setiap penyakit ada ubatnya..” 

Beliau menjelaskan, “Di dalamnya terdapat dorongan untuk berubat dan mengambil sebab, dan bahawasanya yang demikian itu termasuk dari taqdir Allah. Bahkan ia termasuk menuntut taqdirNya jika dia berkeyakinan dia akan sembuh dengan izinNya. Iaitu seperti menolak rasa lapar dengan makan dan haus dengan minum.” (Minnatu Al-Mun’im Syarh Sahih Muslim)

Dalam banyak-banyak ubat untuk penyakit fizik, ubat yang terbaik tentu sahaja ubat yang Allah telah nyatakan sendiri di dalam wahyuNya.

Imam Ibnu Qayyim Al-Jauziyyah rahimahullah berkata, “Siapa yang tidak dapat disembuhkan oleh Al-Quran, bererti Allah tidak memberikan kesembuhan kepadanya. Dan siapa yang tidak dicukupkan oleh Al Quran, Allah tidak akan memberikan kecukupan kepadanya.” (Zaadul Ma’ad)

Al-Quran adalah ubat yang paling mujarab bagi penyakit hati mahupun jasmani. Penyakit hati/rohani adalah penyakit yang paling berbahaya dan lebih perlu ditangani berbanding penyakit pada anggota tubuh kerana jika ia tidak dirawat, ia membawa kebinasaan yang berkekalan.

Maka Al-Quran adalah ubat paling mujarab bagi penyakit jenis ini seperti mana firman Allah Ta'ala,

وَ نُنَزِّلُ مِنَ القُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَ رَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ

“Dan Kami turunkan dari Al Quran, yang menjadi penawar dan rahmat bagi orang-orang beriman.” (Surah Al-Isra’: 82)

Imam Ibnu Katsir rahimahullah ketika menafsirkan ayat ini berkata, “Ertinya menghilangkan apa yang ada di dalam hati dari penyakit-penyakit berupa keraguan, kemunafikan, kesyirikan, keberpalingan, dan kecondongan (kepada kebatilan). Maka Al Quran dapat menyembuhkan dari semua itu.” (Tafsir Al Quran Al-‘Azhim)

Penyakit jenis kedua adalah penyakit fizikal atau jasmani. Dalam merawat penyakit ini, Syariat Islam yang lengkap sempurna turut menyediakan cara rawatan yang boleh digabungkan keduanya; iaitu perubatan yang bersifat rohani melalui bacaan ayat-ayat ruqyah dari Al-Quran dan doa-doa yang diajar oleh Nabi sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam yang terkandung dalam Hadis sahih, dan perubatan menggunakan bahan-bahan tertentu.

Perubatan dengan membaca ruqyah ini boleh jadi lebih cepat dan berkesan, bergantung pada izin dan kehendak Allah serta kekuatan iman serta keyakinan orang yang melakukan ruqyah tersebut. Ruqyah boleh dilakukan terhadap apa jua jenis penyakit, tidak khusus pada orang yang terkena sihir atau rasukan makhluk halus sahaja.

Ini seperti yang dicontohkan oleh para Sahabat radhiyallahu ‘anhum ajma’in di mana mereka membacakan surah Al-Fatihah kepada kepada penghulu kampung yang disengat kala jengking, lalu setelah itu dia pun sembuh. Apabila hal itu diceritakan pada Rasulullah sallallahu 'alaihiwasallam, Baginda membenarkan perbuatan tersebut dan membolehkan para sahabat menerima hadiah yang diberikan kepada mereka dari ruqyah tersebut. (Hadis riwayat Al-Bukhari)

Imam Ibnu Al-Qayyim menceritakan pengalamannya, “Suatu ketika aku pernah jatuh sakit namun aku tidak menemui doktor atau ubat penyembuh. Lantas aku berusaha mengubati diriku dengan surah Al-Fatihah, aku pun melihat pengaruh yang sangat menakjubkan. Aku mengambil segelas air zamzam dan membacakannya surah Al-Fatihah berulang kali, lalu aku meminumnya sehingga aku mendapatkan kesembuhan total. Selanjutnya aku bergantung dengan cara seperti itu dalam mengubati pelbagai penyakit dan aku mendapat manfaat besar. Kemudian aku beritahu orang ramai yang mengeluhkan suatu penyakit dan kebanyakan mereka sembuh dengan cepat.” (Al-Daa' wa Al-Dawaa')

PERUBATAN DENGAN BAHAN MAKANAN

1. Habbatus Sauda' (jintan hitam)

Rasulullah sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda, “Sesungguhnya di dalam habbatu sauda’ terdapat ubat untuk semua penyakit kecuali kematian.” (Al-Bukhari dan Muslim). 

2. Madu

Firman Allah Jalla wa ‘Ala, “Dari perut lebah itu keluar minuman (madu) yang bermacam-macam warnanya, di dalamnya terdapat ubat yang menyembuhkan bagi manusia.” (QS. An Nahl: 69)

3. Minyak zaitun

Nabi sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda, “Makanlah minyak zaitun dan bermiyaklah dengannya (sapukan tubuh dengan minyaknya), kerana ia berasal dari pohon yang penuh barakah.”

(Riwayat Al-Tirmizi dan Ibnu Majah)

4. Bekam

Rasulullah sallallahu 'alaihi wasallam bersabda, “Sesungguhnya sebaik-baik apa yang kalian perbuat untuk mengubati penyakit adalah dengan berbekam.” (Riwayat Ahmad, Abu Dawud, Ibnu Majah, dan lainnya)

Dan masih banyak lagi ubat-ubat yang ditunjukkan dalam syariat yang sudah pasti tidak tidak diragukan sedikitpun kebenaran dan khasiatnya, kerana ia datang dari wahyu Allah, Tuhan yang menciptakan sakit dan ubatnya, dan Tuhan yang menyembuhkan penyakit.

Semoga umat Islam terus yakin dalam mengamalkan pemakanan dan perubatan Nabawi ini dalam usaha mencegah penyakit (tentu sahaja ini lebih utama) dan merawatinya.

وصلى الله على نبينا محمد وعلى آله وصحبه وسلم

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