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Título del libro: Pot-Honey: A Legacy Of Stingless Bees
Título del capítulo: Medicinal uses of melipona beecheii honey, by the ancient maya

Autores UNAM:
MARIA GENOVEVA ROSA OCAMPO ROSALES;
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Idioma:
Inglés
Año de publicación:
2013
Resumen:

One characteristic medical practice of ancient Maya people was the extensive use of honey kab of the native stingless bee Melipona beecheii, xunan kab. The Maya traditional doctors ah dzac used the honey extensively as a fundamental part of their medicine. According to the ancient Maya, the illnesses cured with honey of Melipona were of supernatural origin. This honey was used to cure cold and hot diseases, respiratory, digestive, and sensory maladies, syndromes of cultural filiation, and the group of ailments known as fevers, wounds, burns, and poisonous stings or bites. The Maya supplied certain attributes to honey, considering it a divine product of special kinam, force, sent by the gods, an energetic and sacred food to assist man in controlling the diverse diseases that he suffered. The cause of the diseases and the melipona honey-healing processes are described in the prescriptions and incantations, carefully preserved in anonymous Mayan manuscripts. © 2013 Springer New York. All rights are reserved.

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ISBN:
9781461449607
Editorial:
Springer New York Nombre de la publicación:
Medicinal uses of melipona beecheii honey, by the ancient maya
Página inicial:
229
Página final:
240

Tipo de producto:
Capítulo de un Libro



DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4614-4960-7_15