In the XII th century, in large Arabian bazaars, it was sometimes possible to find a product known as the “honey man”, which was a human corpse impregnated with honey. It was orally used for medical purposes. The preparation of a candied person required incredible efforts both from the confectioner and from the ingredients. So, what was the recipe for the miracle drug?
In Arabia, there are men, between the ages of 70 and 80, who want to give up their bodies in order to save others. Such a person does not eat food, he only drinks honey and bathes in honey. A month later, he releases only honey (urine and excrement consist of honey) and soon dies. His assistant puts him in a stone coffin filled with honey, in which he is soaked. The month and the year of death are recorded on the coffin. A hundred years later, the coffin was opened. The corpse became hard and like a candy. The body is used to treat broken and injured limbs. When taking a small amount of the inside, the pain stops immediately.
Such goods enjoyed a certain demand, but because of the complexity of the production process, it was not mass produced and did not forge.
Sometimes there are references to other recipes for the preparation of the “honey man”. There it is said that at first the volunteer picks around for a while and lives like a king. And only then he switches to honey therapy. Also, the timing of exposure of a sealed sarcophagus varies. As a rule, it is said about 70-100 years. We can assume that not only the Arab craftsmen were engaged in these affairs, but only to assume.
Do honey people now, an interesting question.
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