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Also sometimes known as the Smooth Japanese Maple or the Palmate Maple. This Japanese Maple has been cultivated around the world since the 1800s with the first specimen arriving in Britain in 1921. The branches and leaves from these trees are used in traditional Chinese medicine. You cant beat the autumn colours from these trees at all.
This was a Chinese/Western medicine shop in Hong Kong that I passed by. When there is a cacophony of foreign smells, sounds, colors, light, and objects that inundate the senses, my eye tends to first focus on the familiar–people. After that, big colorful signs, particularly since the Chinese on those signs are old familiar friends of mine. As I explore further, I begin to see the jars in the back and the strange packages that sit on the street-side tables.
This flower was very difficult to find any information about, also I had never seen it before, but apparently it has a number of different names Cowcockle, Cow Basil, Cow Soapwart and Prairie Carnation, it is native to Eurasia but it can be found in other regions as an introduced species. It is classified as an annul herb and the seeds are used in Chinese medicine which is called “Wang Bu Liu Xing,” it is supposed to promote “milk production, activate blood circulation and relieve swelling”. It was originally grown and used as cow fodder and this is where they found that it increased the production of milk in cows. This is one of the plants that grew from a mixed wildflower seed packet and I must admin it is very pretty.
"Saving the world." That's the inscription on the plaque.
Wish it could. But wondering if this old Chinese medicine shop had been closed permanently, cause I just couldn't find a trace of it anymore.
古藥坊 (since 1898), Wing Lok Street, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Local store, traditional Chinese medicine shop... just another vanished street scene.
Staunton Street, Central, Hong Kong
Marathon County, Wisconsin
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Late Christmas night 2015.
Pak Sha Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
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Turkey tails are edible, but as they're also very tough and leathery, most people consume them by making a tea. The mushroom is known to boost the immune system to fight infection and many different types of cancers.
A decade like one day... "2009"
A Chinese medicine practitioner, Pennington Street, Causeway Bay
Klasse W, Fujifilm Superia X-Tra 400
Legendary physician Hua Tuo looks over the courtyard in front of the main entrance to the Traditional Chinese Medicinal Products Marketplace in Bozhou, Anhui Province.
Hua Tuo is credited as the first person to use anethesia during surgery, sometime towards the end of the 2nd Century.
Getting used to my new D850, the touchscreen with silent shooting is amazing!... when there's no fluorescent lights. The banding is terrible, but I don't think anyone's solved that yet for silent shooting. I can also mitigate it by shooting slower. But yes, tilting touchscreen is very nice, and focus peaking has been great for my food shots with my ai-s lenses.
Zone Therapy and Reflexology
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34 Reflexology Acupressure Points
(see notes above)
- Aches and pains throughout the body may be eased if gentle pressure is applied to the feet.
This reflexology map shows which regions of the foot correspond to the specific parts of the body.
Our feet are our roots, with the use of reflexology our health solutions are afoot.
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Persicaria capitata is a prostrate herb.....an Asian species of plants in the genus Persicaria within the buckwheat family. More commonly known as 'Pink Knotweed' it has been widely used in China in the treatment of various urilogic disorders including urinary calculi and urinary tract infections.
Another long day, waiting outside a Chinese medicine store...
Rollei 35 S, Kodak T-Max 400
單眼佬涼茶 (one eyed man herbal tea), Saigon Street, Yau Ma Tei, Hong Kong
This beautiful elk was only interested in grazing on the lush green grasses and wildflowers. He never looked up once to see 20 or so bystanders admiring him from on top of a nearby hill in Yellowstone National Park.