Properties: Sweet

Meridans Entered:
Primary: None given

1. Heals wounds
   Wounds and fractures of the body and limbs

Suggested Daily Dosage: A small amount taken internally.

Notes:

Ben Cao Gang Mu (Section 52) says:

"in the lands of the Arabs there are men 70 or 80 years old who are willing to give their bodies to save others. Such a one takes no more food or drink, only bathing and eating a little honey, till after a month his excreta are nothing but honey; then death ensues. His compatriots place the body to macerate in a stone coffin full of honey, with an inscription giving the year and month of burial. After a hundred years, the seals are removed and the confection so formed used for the treatment of wounds and fractures of the body and limbs—only a small amount taken internally is needed for the cure. Although it is scarce in those parts, the common people call it 'mellified man', or, in their foreign speech, 'mu-nai-i' ... I myself do not know whether the tale is true or not. In any case, I append it for the consideration of the learned."