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I had been suffering from allergic bronchial asthma for last couple of weeks and now I feel completely healthy again as before. Thanks to my friends who gave me advises and support in all ways, and made me laugh and cough a lot. And also thank you so much to everyone for all of the comments on the other photos.

As seen in the Pratt Institute Gallery on West 14th Street. They have a very interesting exhibit right now "You are Here NYC: Art, Information, and Mapping". This quilt made of recycled wool felt fabric samples maps the connection of higher incidents of asthma in lower income communities in NYC. The quilt is sponsored by the law firm Perkins & Will to be auctioned off at their annual fundraiser for the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick, Brooklyn. The exhibit ends November 15 and is well worth a visit. Student projects include mapping the baseball diamonds in the city to tracking the number of times New Yorkers use the words love and hate in twitter feeds.

We decided to return to Cannon's Brewery in Sheffield while it's still accessible before "the man" returns to lock the place up again. It's better to take advantage while you can than risk missing out altogether.

 

In the asthma inducing cellars under the brewery is this spiral staircase. It would have been rude not to place a couple of RGB LED panels under the stairs and light it up!

Mein Asthma-Inhalator von innen. Etwas mit einem Chrom-Filter verfremdet.

The insides of my asthma inhaler. Slightly altered with a chromium filter.

Macro Mondays theme everyday Carry. This is my asthma inhaler.

Asthma is a disease related to lungs and it may be acute or chronic in nature.

For millions of brick workers in Bangladesh, life is incredibly hard. In the 8,000 brick fields, according to the United Nations Development Program, men and women carry loads of bricks on their heads for 8 or more hours a day. Each brick weighs about 2.5 kilos (5.5 lbs), and many workers carry between 10-20 bricks up to 30 kilos per load. For this exhausting and grueling work, they get paid about US$2-3 a day. The kilns used for baking the bricks burn wood and coal, even plastic and tires, spewing toxic pollutants, smoke and ash. Their day long exposure to so much environmental pollutants, smoke, heat and dust without any protective equipment cause many workers to suffer from lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis, silicosis and cancer, as well as skin diseases and injuries due to falling bricks. Debt bondage forces many workers to labor under such hazardous and punishing conditions. Often, entire families with children old enough to work, labor for years, trapped in a spiraling cycle of poverty to pay off their debts to the bosses /moneylenders. It was heart-breaking for me to see the exploitation and suffering of the brick workers, and moved me to tell their story.

he's the one I worry about most. His asthma has landed us in the nighttime peds office for the last 3 years in September. Last year was the worst. He couldn't even walk or talk. Now he's off milk, on allergy meds and fish oil. The allergist wanted him on 4 meds/day plus allergy shots. Thank God for our ped who is helping us get a grasp on this holistically and nutritionally, w/o the meds w/ awful side effects. Dealing with all that has made him a worrier, which makes me worry.

 

Knock on wood, he seems to be better this year. I hope it continues.

Asthma sleep problems - lack of sleep due to nocturnal asthma. This media is part of the Asthma Sleep Problems article. Picture found in Health Today website.

For millions of brick workers in Bangladesh, life is incredibly hard. In the 8,000 brick fields, according to the United Nations Development Program, men and women carry loads of bricks on their heads for 8 or more hours a day. Each brick weighs about 2.5 kilos (5.5 lbs), and many workers carry between 10-20 bricks up to 30 kilos per load. For this grueling work, they get paid about US$2-3 a day. The kilns used for baking the bricks burn wood and coal, even plastic and tires, spewing toxic pollutants, smoke and ash. Their day long exposure to so much environmental pollutants, smoke, heat and dust without any protective equipment cause many workers to suffer from lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis, silicosis and cancer, as well as skin diseases and injuries due to falling bricks. Debt bondage forces many workers to labor under such hazardous and punishing conditions. Often, entire families with children old enough to work, labor for years, trapped in a spiraling cycle of poverty to pay off their debts to the bosses /moneylenders. But they are not the only victims. Massive deforestation to supply wood for the kilns has worsened environmental pollution in the country. According to the Bangladeshi Dept. of Environment, about 4,000 kilns burn about 2 million tons each of both wood and coal every year. It was heart-breaking for me to see the exploitation and suffering of the brick workers, and it moved me to tell their story.

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مـرضّ : ليتك تجي يمّي أنا عادي تموّتني

ولكن عَنّه إبعد " فيصـل " تكفى تخلّيه

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تحت رحمتك ياربّي رجيتك لا تخيّبني

أبسمع إنّه بـ صحـة ياربّي ما أبي أبكيه

  

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دعوآتكم بآلله تسعفّنآ

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Faisal at the age of one year and a half

With asthma, a condition and not so good now

I hope God will give him Health ..

 

Niagara Apothecary; Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario.

ASTHMA LAVISTA - in Oschatz 11.4.2015

WOODLAND EDGE NATIVE

Native Americans smoked Lobelia as a treatment for asthma.

On this International Workers Day, let us remember the millions of workers all over the world, especially in the world's poorest countries, who do the hardest, dirtiest and most dangerous work for the lowest pay. They contribute so much to our daily lives, yet they ask for so little in return, just enough so they can feed their families. Too often, they are invisible; we don't see their blood, sweat and tears. They have my deepest respect, and their hardships will not be forgotten.

 

For millions of brick workers in Bangladesh, life is incredibly hard. In the 8,000 brick fields, according to the United Nations Development Program, men and women carry loads of bricks on their heads for 8 or more hours a day. Each brick weighs about 2.5 kilos (5.5 lbs), and many workers carry between 10-20 bricks up to 30 kilos per load. For this exhausting and grueling work, they get paid about US$2-3 a day. The kilns used for baking the bricks burn wood and coal, even plastic and tires, spewing toxic pollutants, smoke and ash. Their day long exposure to so much environmental pollutants, smoke, heat and dust without any protective equipment cause many workers to suffer from lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis, silicosis and cancer, as well as skin diseases and injuries due to falling bricks. Debt bondage forces many workers to labor under such hazardous and punishing conditions. Often, entire families with children old enough to work, labor for years, trapped in a spiraling cycle of poverty to pay off their debts to the bosses /moneylenders. It was heart-breaking for me to see the exploitation and suffering of the brick workers, and moved me to tell their story.

For millions of brick workers in Bangladesh, life is incredibly hard. In the 8,000 brick fields, according to the United Nations Development Program, men and women carry loads of bricks on their heads for 8 or more hours a day. Each brick weighs about 2.5 kilos (5.5 lbs), and many workers carry between 10-20 bricks up to 30 kilos per load. For this exhausting and grueling work, they get paid about US$2-3 a day. The kilns used for baking the bricks burn wood and coal, even plastic and tires, spewing toxic pollutants, smoke and ash. Their day long exposure to so much environmental pollutants, smoke, heat and dust without any protective equipment cause many workers to suffer from lung diseases like asthma, bronchitis, silicosis and cancer, as well as skin diseases and injuries due to falling bricks. Debt bondage forces many workers to labor under such hazardous and punishing conditions. Often, entire families with children old enough to work, labor for years, trapped in a spiraling cycle of poverty to pay off their debts to the bosses /moneylenders. It was heart-breaking for me to see the exploitation and suffering of the brick workers, and moved me to tell their story.

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43rd Imagoism Thursday

 

Bulaklak ng Mangga (mango flower)

  

Just Do Your Best

 

Just do your best

In whatever you do,

Though sometimes it may not

Be easy for you,

Halfheartedness never

Accomplish a goal,

And positive thinking,

Is good for the soul.

 

Just do your best,

That's all one can ask,

In spite of the odds,

Whatever the task.

 

So what if you work up

Some old fashioned sweat?

You first have to give,

Before you can get.

 

Just do your best

With what you have got,

And though it is little,

Or if it's a lot,

You'll know in your heart,

When each day is through,

You've done everything

God expected of you.

 

~Grace E. Easley

 

Good morning and have a nice day!

  

Thank you friends for the faves, invitations and to your kind and inspiring words!

Mar 18, 2009 #21

as sony camera user

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Highest position: 21 on Friday, March 20, 2009

Taking my daily asthma inhaler

This one is actually my favorite when it comes to light and how the morning sidelight picks up different details in the mountains, creating a dramatic effect as other parts now stay in the shade, making the Sorapiss mountains look more 3D and less like a backdrop - but the wind has picked up so the reflection is no longer undisturbed. So overall, I like the one four photos to the right in my stream the best of these sunrise shots. I'm still glad I stayed to see this light.

 

The building in this fantastic location is a centre for diagnosis, treatment and management for childhood asthma. Somehow it gives me a glimmer of hope in humanity that this wonderful spot isn't reserved for those with the most money, but those most in need of the pure air at 1752m above sea level in the mountains. The rest of us can still visit.

i got tagged... and i was hitting my inhaler while checking flickr this morning... worst asthma i've had in over 20 yrs... triggered by that flu i had a couple of weeks ago... it sucks...

 

here are the rules...

 

I was tagged by right brain

the rules:

1. sit down.

2. take a picture of yourself right now. don't primp, just snap one !

3. upload it.

4. tag 5 people to do the same.

  

At the time I was shooting this sunrise there were also four other photographers at this lake, all of them with landscape lenses and three of them with a tripod, all of us standing just some meters apart for most of the time. The uniformity of the setting initially led me to feel averse towards a wide angle lens - why shoot the way everyone else does? (The situation had been similar already the previous day - more photos to follow.) See the telephoto shots to the right of this one in my stream. I have to admit, though, that there is an appeal to including more of the setting in the frame - I appreciate this version, too. The building pictured is a centre for diagnosis, treatment and management of childhood asthma.

Another one from a recent walkabout around the light and air polluted Canary Wharf in London. After 4 hours walking around here I thought I was having an asthma attack!!

And that is what I have been doing alot of over the last couple of days. This muggy weather is effecting my asthma and I have been having difficultly breathing recently. It sometimes happens and hopefully it will pass soon. Just need to up my inhaler dosage and soon I will be a hoping and a jumping round before you know it - lol

Native Americans used lobelia to treat respiratory and muscle disorders, and as a purgative. Today it is used to treat asthma and food poisoning, and is often used as part of smoking cessation programs. It is a physical relaxant, and can serve as a nerve depressant, easing tension and panic. The species used most commonly in modern herbalism is Lobelia inflata (Indian Tobacco).

 

Extracts of Lobelia inflata contain lobeline, which showed positive effects in the treatment of multidrug-resistant tumor cells.[3] Furthermore, lobeline can be modified to lobelane which decreased methamphetamine self-administration in rats. It therefore opens a perspective in methamphetamine dependency treatment.

 

As used in North America, lobelia's medicinal properties include the following: emetic (induces vomiting), stimulant, antispasmodic, expectorant, diaphoretic, relaxant, nauseant, sedative, diuretic, and nervine.

 

Because of its similarity to nicotine, the internal use of lobelia may be dangerous to susceptible populations, including children, pregnant women, and individuals with cardiac disease. Excessive use will cause nausea and vomiting. It is not recommended for use by pregnant women and is best administered by a practitioner qualified in its use.

.............that sometimes keep you alive. Sounds rather dramatic I know but these little pills are steroids which, when you have asthma, can make all the difference to whether you breath or not. I rarely have to take them; in fact the last time I took them was 5 years ago. They are really tiny (they are sitting in a teaspoon so you get the idea. I had to take six in one go, once a day for five days last week when I was not well. So just a short, sharp dose was all that was required to get me back on track. Thank goodness I wasn't born before these were made - I would have been a goner back when I was 26 years old. It was the first attack I ever had and I was rushed to hospital in an ambulance, blue lights flashing, thinking I was definitely going to die as I could hardly draw a breath. Once in hospital I was Intravenously 'fed' steroids in huge doses and eventually after a week my airways cleared. The asthma had been brought on by dust caused by building work at the place I was then employed. Though I used to get very ill back then after I had first been diagnosed, I have never had another attack like it and I hope I never will. Just two puffs on my steroid spray morning and night and all is usually well. I love these little things:-)

 

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I always try to throw at least two eggs out the car window at this "Navy Dock" at the Ford Plant each day - the odor emanating from this plant many days is intolerable and can be detected miles away. Many days it will burn our eyes - unfordunately so far Ford has ignored the problem as has the town.

 

If I get a good buy on lemons I'll save two for myself & throw a few in the ditch each day, also, along with orange peels - helps cleanse the environment, they say. I'm thinking this would also be a great place to recycle coffee grounds - will have to speak to Starbucks and see if they'd be interested in donating (they're right up the street).

 

We have abnormally high incidence rates of environmentally caused diseases here such as lung cancer, cystic fibrosis, mesothelioma cancer, asthma and COPD here in Kentucky, USA - I would not recommend living or staying in this area very long if one is genetically predisposed to these conditions. Many of these illnesses, such as cystic fibrosis, are easily visibly identified *without* a visit to the doctor. Know the signs and systems - you might just save the life of a loved one. Stem cell transplants are now being used in many parts of the world to reverse these insidious diseases. www.unitypoint.org/desmoines/article.aspx?id=2448b930-145...

A small bouquet of Asthma Bush (Olearia phlogopappa). Happy Floral Friday everyone! [Kanangra-Boyd National Park, NSW]

"Dr. A. W. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine, a certain cure for asthma, bronchitis, sore throat, croup, coughs, colds and consumption in its early stages."

... Dr. Alvin Wood Chase was originally American. His products were sold in Canada as early as 1885.

-- Canadian Pharmacists Journal, July 2012

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According to webmd, Turpentine oil, when inhaled, may help reduce congestion. When used on the skin, turpentine oil may cause warmth and redness that can help relieve pain in the tissue underneath." Sniffing it seems to be OK, but ingestion???

-- Eileen (below)

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Thanks to John Mack.

 

Jake just came back from the Vet.

Mostly "Good" News: His lung xray was better than last week.

Pulmonary edema still slightly present but less.

Wheezing from asthma still there but also less. ;-)

 

He has a Gr 3 heart murmur and some cardiomyopathy. It was more evident now as the heart was more visible(& enlarged) on xray as the pulmonary edema lessened. (he has had a heart murmur since birth)

 

PLAN:

Because of the ? cardiomyopathy he will start a baby aspirin every 3 days. (to prevent stroke)

 

He can now STOP his prednisone & theodur. His Lasix will be reduced from 2x a day to once a day.

He will stay on the Flovent steroid puffer 2x/day and the Ventolin puffer when needed, as well as Fortacor.

 

He has LOST 1 POUND in 10 days which is concerning to the vet.

His appetite has lessened and he is NOT eating well. ;-(

We will try some GD wet food, and try to feed him small portions more often.

The Vet said hopefully stopping some meds and reducing some of the other pills may help his appetite.

His ALT& AST are elevated (liver enzymes) ..could be from the prednisone.. and urea..elevated.. could be from the lasix. Creatinine is normal.

 

He will have another exam and chest xray next Tuesday @ 1830 to see how he is coping with stopping some pills and reducing others. To ensure the lungs don't build up with fluid again or have increased wheezing. He will also be re-weighed at that time.

 

THANK YOU ALL for your support, love and concern for both Jake and me.

(I'm hanging in... just want Jakey better) :-))

(going to bed now...offline... Lying next to my purring buddy!!!) ;-)

I worked overnight last night and start day shift tomorrow.

 

update Nov 23 @ 1130 from cell phone.

Jake's breathing is BETTER even with the reduced meds. He is purring and interacting.

 

******BUT.....he is anxious to eat, bugging me and going to his dish, but as soon as I put food down he takes only a few bites and walks away?????

Seems like he is hungry but won't eat. I have tried baby food beef, KD wet and dry, TD dry, cooked chicken pieces,Solid white tuna with juice (he drinks the juice and spits the tuna on the floor!) Fancy Feast,...

PLEASE ANY SUGGESTIONS?******

 

I am wondering if he has a sore throat or something, as it appears like he has an appetite, but he just takes a few mouthfuls and leaves the rest.

 

1745 UPDATE.

Jake just ate some angus beef, I cooked up for him topped with Rebound electrolyte juice. (chicken flavoured)

His temperature is 39.2 or 102.6

He has been fed small quantities more frequently. At lunch he drank some tuna juice and spit out the tuna on the floor?

I'll have to try to check his mouth and teeth for sores. He also ate about 15 dry kd food. He seems to be off the wet food which he used to enjoy.

Thank you all for your nice comments, get well wishes and helpful suggestions.

I am WORKING day shift, then spending time with Jake prob. won't be really online until I'm off work this weekend.

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL OUR AMERICAN FRIENDS!!!!! ;-)

 

JAKE TURNED ON MY LIGHT AT 4 Am TODAY TO WAKE ME UP FOR BREAKFAST!

Dr. Thomas’ Eclectric Oil was formulated by Dr. S. N. Thomas in the late 1840s. It contained: spirits of turpentine, camphor, oil of tar, red thyme, and fish oil.

 

Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil claimed to cure toothache, earache, backache, lameness, coughs, hoarseness, sore throat, deafness, burns, scalds. catarrh, neuralgia, asthma, bad cold, rheumatism, bronchitis, croup, and piles.

 

-- Joe Nickell. Com

 

Small Bitter gourds are very rare species and powerful Ayurveda medicine for many diseases.

Bitter melon, also known as bitter gourd in karela (in India), is a unique vegetable-fruit that can be used as food or medicine. It is the edible part of the plant Momordica Charantia, which is a vine of the Cucurbitaceae family and is considered the most bitter among all fruits and vegetables.

 

Bitter gourds are very low in calories but dense with precious nutrients. It is an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, and B3, C, magnesium, folate, zinc, phosphorus, manganese, and has high dietary fiber. It is rich in iron, contains twice the beta-carotene of broccoli, twice the calcium of spinach, and twice the potassium of a banana

 

Health Benefits

 

Blood disorders: Bitter gourd juice is highly beneficial for treating blood disorders like blood boils and itching due to

 

toxemia. Mix 2 ounces of fresh bitter gourd juice with some lime juice. Sip it slowly on an empty stomach daily for between four and six months and see improvement in your condition.

 

Cancer: The juice of bitter gourd contains an enzyme that inhibits the transportation of glucose (sugar) that lowers blood sugar levels, also cuts off cancer cells’ food supply, retarding their growth.

 

Cholera: In early stages of cholera, take two teaspoonfuls juice of bitter gourd leaves, mix with two teaspoonfuls white onion juice and one teaspoonful lime juice. Sip this concoction daily till you get well.

 

Diabetes mellitus: Bitter melon contains a hypoglycemic compound (a plant insulin) that is highly beneficial in lowering sugar levels in blood and urine. Bitter melon juice has been shown to significantly improve glucose tolerance without increasing blood insulin levels.

 

Energy: Regular consumption of bitter gourd juice has been proven to improve energy and stamina level. Even sleeping patterns have been shown to be improved/stabilized.

 

Eye problems: The high beta-carotene and other properties in bitter gourd makes it one of the finest vegetable-fruit that help alleviate eye problems and improving eyesight.

 

Gout: Bitter gourd juice is liver cleansing. It helps clean up a toxic blood, improves blood circulation and relieves gout pain.

 

Hangover: Bitter melon juice may be beneficial in the treatment of a hangover for its alcohol intoxication properties. It also help cleanse and repair and nourish liver problems due to alcohol consumption.

 

Immune booster: This bitter juice can also help to build your immune system and increase your body’s resistance against infection.

 

Piles: Mix three teaspoonfuls of juice from bitter melon leaves with a glassful of buttermilk. Take this every morning on empty stomach for about a month and see an improvement to your condition. To hasten the healing, use the paste of the roots of bitter melon plant and apply over the piles.

 

Psoriasis: Regular consumption of this bitter juice has also been known to improve psoriasis condition and other fungal infections like ring-worm and athletes feet.

 

Respiratory disorders: Take two ounces of fresh bitter melon juice and mix with a cup of honey diluted in water. Drink daily to improve asthma, bronchitis and pharyngitis.

 

Toxemia: Bitter gourd contains beneficial properties that cleanses the blood from toxins. Sip two teaspoonfuls of the juice daily to help cleanse the liver. Also helpful in ridding jaundice for the same reasons.

 

Info_ juicing-for-health.com/health-benefits-of-bitter-gourd

I have heard of Asthma (of course, I was crippled by it for the first 21 years of my life), cough variant asthma (my daughter had that), Thunderstorm Asthma. a nasty type that impacts residents of Melbourne after thunderstorms but never Hagis Asthma. At least they come in peace which these days has to be a good thing. Found this in Fish Lance, South Brisbane amongst all sorts of other strange stuff.

 

If anyone can illuminate us, go for it!

 

I note the Scottish food is spelt...Haggis!

 

And in case you were wondering, Gus has no idea either.

resting after his asthma shot earlier today. Photo by Frank.

"Electricity in a Bottle. Cures catarrh, hay fever, headache, asthma, neuralgia. Price, $1.00. The West Electric Cure Co., Chicago, Ills."

 

A die-cut advertising trade card for an electrifying patent medicine.

 

Originally posted on Ipernity: Electricity in a Bottle.

Small Bitter gourds are very rare species and powerful Ayurveda medicine for many diseases.

Bitter melon, also known as bitter gourd in karela (in India), is a unique vegetable-fruit that can be used as food or medicine. It is the edible part of the plant Momordica Charantia, which is a vine of the Cucurbitaceae family and is considered the most bitter among all fruits and vegetables.

 

Bitter gourds are very low in calories but dense with precious nutrients. It is an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, and B3, C, magnesium, folate, zinc, phosphorus, manganese, and has high dietary fiber. It is rich in iron, contains twice the beta-carotene of broccoli, twice the calcium of spinach, and twice the potassium of a banana

 

Health Benefits

 

Blood disorders: Bitter gourd juice is highly beneficial for treating blood disorders like blood boils and itching due to

 

toxemia. Mix 2 ounces of fresh bitter gourd juice with some lime juice. Sip it slowly on an empty stomach daily for between four and six months and see improvement in your condition.

 

Cancer: The juice of bitter gourd contains an enzyme that inhibits the transportation of glucose (sugar) that lowers blood sugar levels, also cuts off cancer cells’ food supply, retarding their growth.

 

Cholera: In early stages of cholera, take two teaspoonfuls juice of bitter gourd leaves, mix with two teaspoonfuls white onion juice and one teaspoonful lime juice. Sip this concoction daily till you get well.

 

Diabetes mellitus: Bitter melon contains a hypoglycemic compound (a plant insulin) that is highly beneficial in lowering sugar levels in blood and urine. Bitter melon juice has been shown to significantly improve glucose tolerance without increasing blood insulin levels.

 

Energy: Regular consumption of bitter gourd juice has been proven to improve energy and stamina level. Even sleeping patterns have been shown to be improved/stabilized.

 

Eye problems: The high beta-carotene and other properties in bitter gourd makes it one of the finest vegetable-fruit that help alleviate eye problems and improving eyesight.

 

Gout: Bitter gourd juice is liver cleansing. It helps clean up a toxic blood, improves blood circulation and relieves gout pain.

 

Hangover: Bitter melon juice may be beneficial in the treatment of a hangover for its alcohol intoxication properties. It also help cleanse and repair and nourish liver problems due to alcohol consumption.

 

Immune booster: This bitter juice can also help to build your immune system and increase your body’s resistance against infection.

 

Piles: Mix three teaspoonfuls of juice from bitter melon leaves with a glassful of buttermilk. Take this every morning on empty stomach for about a month and see an improvement to your condition. To hasten the healing, use the paste of the roots of bitter melon plant and apply over the piles.

 

Psoriasis: Regular consumption of this bitter juice has also been known to improve psoriasis condition and other fungal infections like ring-worm and athletes feet.

 

Respiratory disorders: Take two ounces of fresh bitter melon juice and mix with a cup of honey diluted in water. Drink daily to improve asthma, bronchitis and pharyngitis.

 

Toxemia: Bitter gourd contains beneficial properties that cleanses the blood from toxins. Sip two teaspoonfuls of the juice daily to help cleanse the liver. Also helpful in ridding jaundice for the same reasons.

 

Info_ juicing-for-health.com/health-benefits-of-bitter-gourd

 

shot on a 135mm 2.8 that is made for absolutely the wrong mount. i'm focused at infinity and as far back as i can get while maintaining focus.

 

some time soon i will take this lens apart, replace the mount and shave 4.5mm off it so i can get infinity on my canon.

DAY 50 - February 19, 2010

 

Had a bit of trouble with my shoot today, I think that's partly because I had very little sleep last night and as such my creative juices have stopped flowing due to sheer exhaustion. Its almost 6am, I intend to call it a night after uploading this, visiting all your streams will just have to wait till when I get up in the morning.

 

Anyway, as I continue with day four of my Boy Behind The Lens Series, I take you into my bedroom and introduce you to my bedroom buddy, my "puff". I actually have two inhalers both of which are asthma medication. This purple one is Salmeterol + Fluticasone, a steroid; I also have the regular Salbutamol kind. Am supposed to take them regularly but I don't. =D

 

I grew up having to deal with frequent asthma attacks but have pretty much outgrown it. The only instances where it will recur and bother me are when I get real sick with a flu for example or if I am with friends having fun and laughing for an extended period of time.

 

My allergies on the other hand are actually what bothers me more. Its come to a point that my EENT once told me I might have to leave the country to really get rid of all these allergies. Next month I intend to make it a priority to undergo some tests to determine what exactly my triggers are, I assume I am most allergic to dust and pollution.

 

These recurring allergies make me come across to some as a sickly boy, but I really do think that other than these two ailments I am a rather healthy guy. How about you? How are you feeling today?

 

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EXPLORE #198 - (February 20, 2010)

Asthma , COPD, COUGHING

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