The Riches Hidden in the Stigma: Uncovering the Truth About the ‘Elixir of Youth’
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Despite their great merits throughout history, donkeys were met with ingratitude by people, and for contemporaries they became an example of stupidity and a bad recipe that angers those who look like them.
This was not always the case: Marwan II, the last of the Umayyad caliphs, was described as an ass for his courage and perseverance in pursuing his enemies, while he appeared with Juha or Sheikh Nasr al-Din al-Rumi, a specimen of the donkey who shared with their adventures and wit.
The donkey has been and remains important to humans economically and culturally, and still remains an indispensable helper in some developing countries, especially in remote areas.
This animal was not only one of the first domesticated by man, but also became the first animal used to transport goods.
The first domesticated donkeys appeared in the Nile Delta region, Nubian donkeys were used there in agricultural activities from 4000 BC, and later donkeys were tamed in Mesopotamia.
In addition to the use of donkeys in the transport of luggage and goods, they were used as a means of transportation, but after the domestication of the strongest and fastest horses, their importance in this area declined, which was reflected in pre-Islamic poetry. according to the poet Hadash bin Zuhair:
And I will not be like one who saddles a donkey and abandons a horse.
Nevertheless, donkeys have retained their importance as a means of transporting goods, especially in desert, semi-desert and mountainous regions, due to their great endurance and ability to stay without water for a long time, surpassing horses.
In addition to external features that distinguish them from horses, donkeys and horses have a different total number of vertebrae, and the normal temperature of donkeys is one degree lower than that of horses, 37 versus 38 degrees.
Donkey DNA also contains only 31 pairs of chromosomes, while horse DNA contains 32 pairs, and donkeys have a longer gestation period.
Nowadays, donkey meat is not eaten and their milk is not drunk, but it was common in some areas in antiquity, donkey milk was used more for cosmetic purposes, and high-quality chips were made from their skin, which covered the drums. .
This cute animal with amazing performance is able to work 10 hours straight with a little break for food.
Since ancient times, donkey milk has been considered healthy and had healing properties. Ibn Sina, a famous doctor, known as the chief sheikh and prince of doctors, advised the elderly to drink donkey and goat milk mixed with honey or salt.
In recent years, many scientific studies have confirmed that some of the proteins present in donkey milk stimulate the production of collagen, which is an indispensable substance for the skin. Donkey milk is an analogue of the “elixir of youth”, and it is no coincidence that today, elite cosmetics are made on its basis, designed to eliminate wrinkles on the skin.
Moreover, donkey milk contains antioxidants. Oxidation is the chemical reaction of proteins and lipids in the cell membrane that causes them to age.
Few products can boast such a “rejuvenating” effect, among them green tea and donkey milk.
Source: RT