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Speedwell (Veronica) is a genus of plants that, according to molecular biological studies, belongs to the plantain family (Plantaginaceae). In older literature it is usually still listed under the figwort family (Scrophulariaceae) or as a separate family of the speedwell family (Veronicaceae). With up to 450 species, the genus Veronica is very species-rich. There are also numerous representatives in Central Europe. The German-language generic name Ehrenpreis comes from the appreciation of the Wald-Ehrenpreis (Veronica officinalis) in naturopathy: "To him be honor and prize as vera unica medicina, the only true remedy". [1]
Gelbe Ringelblume sie hehört indie Familie der Korbblütler, aus Teilen der Pflanze werden zum Beispiel Salben hergestellt, ihre Blätter findet man in Kräutertees die gelbe Farbe wird in der Lebensmittelindustrie eingesetzt.
"In der Naturheilkunde werden die getrockneten ganzen, bzw. die zerkleinerten Blütenkörbchen, oder die getrockneten Zungenblüten verwendet. Verabreicht werden sie in Form von Teeaufgüssen, wässrigen Auszügen, Tinkturen, Extrakten und Salben. Präparate werden zur äußerlichen Anwendung bei Hautentzündungen, zur Wundheilung, bei Quetschungen, Furunkeln und Ausschlägen angeboten. Bei Magen- und Darmgeschwüren und bei Menstruationsbeschwerden werden sie innerlich angewendet."
Yellow marigold belongs to the family of composite flowers, parts of the plant are used to make ointments, its leaves are found in herbal teas, the yellow colour is used in the food industry.
"In naturopathy, dried whole or crushed flower heads or dried tongue flowers are used. They are administered in the form of tea infusions, aqueous extracts, tinctures, extracts and ointments. Preparations are offered for external use in case of skin inflammations, wound healing, bruising, boils and rashes. They are used internally for stomach and intestinal ulcers and menstrual cramps".
Le souci jaune appartient à la famille des fleurs composites, certaines parties de la plante sont utilisées pour la fabrication de pommades, ses feuilles se retrouvent dans les tisanes, la couleur jaune est utilisée dans l'industrie alimentaire.
"En naturopathie, on utilise des fleurs séchées entières ou écrasées ou des fleurs séchées de la langue. Ils sont administrés sous forme de tisanes, d'extraits aqueux, de teintures, d'extraits et de pommades. Des préparations pour usage externe sont proposées en cas d'inflammations cutanées, de cicatrisation, d'ecchymoses, de furoncles et d'éruptions cutanées. Ils sont utilisés en interne pour les ulcères d'estomac et d'intestin et les crampes menstruelles".
Weissdorn in herbstlicher Färbung, die Beeren sind überwiegend gereift. Weissdorn wird in der Naturheilkunde als medizinische Pflanze genutzt, deren Extraktne man herzstärkende und -beruhigende Wirkungen nachsagt.
Hawthorn in autumnal colors with maturating berries. Hawthorn is also used in naturopathy, the ingredients are supposed to have cardiotonic effects.
Rowanberry
Die Vogelbeere hat ein europaweites Verbreitungsgebiet, sie ist anspruchslos, ein schneller Besiedler von Brachflächen und findet sich auf Lichtungen, in Hecken oder an Waldrändern und ist eine wichtige Futterpflanze für Tiere.
Wenn man sich die Früchte genau ansieht, erkennt man, dass sie wie kleine Äpfel aussehen. Im rohen Zustand sind die Beeren ungenießbar, sogar leicht giftig (Parasorbinsäure), aber nach den ersten Frösten verlieren die Früchte ihren bitteren Geschmack und werden leicht süß, dann wird aus den Früchten eine köstliche Marmelade zubereitet.
Außerdem enthalten die Früchte viel Vitamin C, Provitamin A und Sorbitol sowie Mineralstoffe.
Auch die Blätter und Blüten werden in der Naturheilkunde verwendet.
In alten Büchern heißt es, wenn die Vogelbeeren (Jeřabiny, tschechisch) prall und rot werden, ist der Sommer vorbei.
The rowan berry has a Europe-wide distribution, it is undemanding, a quick colonizer of fallow land and is found in clearings, in hedges or on the edges of forests and is an important forage plant for animals.
If you look closely at the fruits, you can see that they look like small apples. In the raw state the berries are inedible, even slightly poisonous (parasorbic acid), but after the first frosts the fruits lose their bitter taste and become slightly sweet, then a delicious jam is prepared from the fruits.
In addition, the fruits contain a lot of vitamin C, provitamin A and sorbitol and minerals
Leaves and flowers are also used in naturopathy.
Old books say that when the rowan berries (Jeřabiny, Czech) turn plump and red, summer is over.
In der Schulmedizin wird Klatschmohn (Papaver rhoeas) nicht verwendet, da seine Wirkung nie wissenschaftlich nachgewiesen wurde. In der Naturheilkunde hingegen wird er immer noch zur Beruhigung und als schlafförderndes Mittel angewendet. Aber auch bei Husten, Heiserkeit und Hautproblemen findet er Anwendung.
Corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) is not used in conventional medicine because its effect has never been scientifically proven. In naturopathy, on the other hand, it is still used for calming and as a sleep-inducing agent. But it is also used for coughs, hoarseness and skin problems.
"Et je sens que je tombe et je sens que je tombe..."
Extrait d'une chanson de Françoise Hardy "mon amie la rose"
Eurêka ! Je viens de trouver son nom ! (Merci au moteur de recherche Bing !)
Le Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) est une plante impressionnante qui attire immédiatement l'œil en raison de ses fleurs jaunes. Cette plante est originaire d'Amérique du Nord et s'est maintenant également établie en Europe. Il pousse jusqu'à 1,5 mètre de haut et préfère les emplacements ensoleillés avec des sols pauvres en nutriments.
Les fleurs du Common Evening Primrose s'ouvrent généralement le soir et fleurissent tout au long de la nuit, ce qui les rend particulièrement populaires auprès des pollinisateurs nocturnes. Les graines de la plante contiennent des huiles précieuses qui sont valorisées dans la naturopathie.
En plus de ses stimuli visuels, le Common Evening Primrose offre également de nombreux avantages pour la santé. L'huile d'onagre obtenue à partir des graines est utilisée, entre autres, pour soulager les maladies de la peau et pour soutenir les affections hormonales.
‘see the God who created me, he makes me bow my head, and I feel myself falling, and I feel myself falling...’
Excerpt from a song by Françoise Hardy, ‘Mon amie la rose’ (My friend, the rose)
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The Common Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis) is an impressive plant that immediately catches the eye with its yellow flowers. This plant is native to North America and has now also established itself in Europe. It grows up to 1.5 metres tall and prefers sunny locations with nutrient-poor soil.
The flowers of the Common Evening Primrose usually open in the evening and bloom throughout the night, making them particularly popular with nocturnal pollinators. The seeds of the plant contain valuable oils that are valued in naturopathy.
In addition to its visual appeal, the common evening primrose also offers numerous health benefits. Evening primrose oil obtained from the seeds is used, among other things, to relieve skin conditions and support hormonal disorders.
Crataegus - Weissdorn
The fruit extracts are used as a heart tonic drug in naturopathy
Lower Rhine region, Germany
Die Weissdornextrakte werden in der Naturheilkunde als herzstärkendes Medikament angewendet
Im Herrenbusch, Niederrhein bei Lank-Latum
Die Große Nachtkerze (Oenothera biennis) ist eine vielseitige Pflanze mit gelben Blüten, die abends blühen und Bienen sowie Schmetterlinge anziehen. Sie gilt als Heilpflanze und ihre Wurzel liefert wertvolles Nachtkerzenöl. Die medizinische Anwendung reicht von Hautpflege bis zur Naturheilkunde.
The evening primrose (Oenothera biennis) is a versatile plant with yellow flowers that bloom in the evening and attract bees and butterflies. It is considered a medicinal plant and its root provides valuable evening primrose oil. Medical applications range from skin care to naturopathy.
Hydrotherapy, formerly called hydropathy, is a part of medicine and alternative medicine, in particular of naturopathy, occupational therapy and physiotherapy, that involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment.
Die Hydrotherapie ist die methodische Anwendung von Wasser zur Behandlung akuter oder chronischer Beschwerden, zur Stabilisierung von Körperfunktionen, zur Vorbeugung, zur Rehabilitation und/oder zur Regeneration.
Laila was glad to be stranger number 331 as she is 31 years old. She is doing a masters degree in osteopathy and naturopathy in London. There is a lot of sitting involved in Laila's studies. She likes to keep healthy by cycling and with yoga.
When she has finished studying Laila plans to enjoy more of the British countryside. She will begin by spending around six weeks walking some of the coastal paths in the South West of England. After this she wants to buy a campervan and explore more of the country, for about a year, taking a bicycle too.
One of the things that Laila plans to do is to swim in all the lakes of the lake district. I told her that they are very cold. Especially Coniston Water, which is very deep. Laila didn't mind. She will get a thin wet suit.
When I first met Laila, she was photographing her mother and brothers, at a seat half way up Glastonbury tor. I offered to photograph all of them. Laila thanked me. I took the photo and asked if it would be OK to take her photo for my project. I liked her hat and style. Laila agreed with a smile. I said that I would like to take the photo at the top of the tor (where they were heading anyway) and that I could photograph them all there too.
It was Laila's hat that drew me to her initially. I had walked past her on my way down the tor and decided to go back as I watched her photographing the rest of her family. When we reached the top of the tor, Laila sat and chatted with me for a few minutes before I started to take some photos. We tried portraits with different backdrops and a couple of locations before we called the rest of the party back for group photos.
Thank you Laila for agreeing to be in my project. It was good to meet you. Best wishes for your studies and beyond.
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This cute piece adorns the corner of the Artemis Lehrinstitu office building at the corner of Hermann-Sack Str & Sendlinger. Artemis is an alternative medicine practitioner.
Aetemis offers training for naturopaths (general), non-medical practitioners limited in the field of psychotherapy, training as nutritionist and various other interesting seminars in the field of naturopathy.
In der Antike war das Veilchen sogar eine heilige Blume. Es war dem Gott Pan geweiht und zu Ehren des Saturn wurden Veilchenkränze auf dem Kopf getragen.
In der heutigen Naturheilkunde wird das Veilchen vorwiegend bei Beschwerden der Atemwege, z.B. Husten und Bronchitis eingesetzt.
In antiquity the violet was even a sacred flower. It was consecrated to the god Pan and, in honor of Saturn, violet wreaths were worn on the head.
In today's naturopathy, the violet is predominantly associated with ailments of the respiratory tract, e.g. Cough and bronchitis.
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I'm experiencing a sort of death.
Each day I feel dying a bit more, though deep inside I feel like flames that are consuming me are also giving birth to a new life. I'm studying naturopathy and traditional Chinese medicine which says that life is a circle, you die just to be born again, you have to experience that path to start a new cycle and fortunately in my element (wood) to start new is very easy. Wood can be burnt but in a month you'll see a new blossom coming out from ashes. Wood is Spring in TCM, so I'm waiting for my spring to begin.
I wish this image can be of any help to all those who are going through something similar.
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Stranger #52 – Babou
Babou works as a fundraiser for Amnesty international. Her story with Amnesty goes back a long way. When she was 19 as she was just exiting the carnival, she got to talking with a fundraiser for Amnesty and became a contributor to Amnesty International’s cause. Babou remained a contributor for years. Eventually she had to cancel but then the opportunity came up for her to become a fundraiser for them. “It’s like coming full circle.” Babou works in order to pay for her studies in Naturopathy, which aims to heal through natural means, which can be aromatherapy, gemmotherapy. I asked Babou what advice she’d give to her younger self: “Don’t regret anything. Everything has a meaning, it’ll make sense someday.” I asked her what gets her up in the morning when she doesn’t have to: “My dog, whom I love, knowing I’ll cuddle with him.”
Babou took the time to walk and talk with me after she’d been working all day and while curfew was drawing near. Since meeting Babou, I have seen her and her co-workers pretty much every day for a few weeks. I learned from them, day after day. Cheering with them when they had a good day, sympathising with them when they had a difficult one, seeing them pull together and support one another. I’m grateful not only that I got to meet Babou as a stranger but that she isn’t a stranger any more. Thank you for your kindness and your humanity.
Thank you very much Babou!
This picture is #52 in my 100 strangers project. Find out more about the project and see pictures taken by other photographers at the 100 Strangers Flickr Group page
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Babou est recruteuse de dons pour Amnesty international. Son histoire avec Amnesty dure depuis des années. Lorsqu’elle avait 19 ans, Babou sortait du carnaval, elle a parlé avec un recruteur de dons pour Amnesty et est devenue donatrice pour leur cause. Babou est restée donatrice pendant plusieurs années avant de ne plus pouvoir le faire. L’opportunité de devenir recruteuse de dons s’est présentée. “C’est comme boucler la boucle.” Babou travaille pour payer ses études de naturopathie, qui cherche à soigner par des moyens naturels dont l’aromathérapie et la gemmothérapie. J’ai demandé à Babou quel conseil elle aimerait se donner à elle même quand elle était plus jeune: “Rien regretter. C’est pas du temps perdu.” Je lui ai également demandé ce qui la fait sortir du lit lorsqu’elle n’a aucune obligation le matin. “Mon chien que j’adore. Lui faire des câlins.”
Depuis que j’ai rencontré Babou, j’ai eu la chance de la voir et de voir ses collègues presque tous les jours pendant plusieurs semaines. J’ai appris avec eux chaque jour. Célébrant leurs succès avec eux les bons jours, compatissant avec eux les jours plus difficiles. Je les ai vu se serrer les coudes, se soutenir les uns les autres. Je suis reconnaissant d’avoir rencontré Babou en tant qu’inconnue mais encore plus reconnaissant du fait qu’elle ne soit plus une inconnue pour moi. Merci pour ta gentillesse et ton humanité.
Merci beaucoup Babou!
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September berries on the island :)
Daytrip near Oslo.
From Wiki;
Solanum dulcamara, also known as bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry[1][2][3], trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody nightshade, is a species of vine in the potato genus Solanum, family Solanaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, and widely naturalised elsewhere, including North America, where it is an invasive problem weed. It occurs in a very wide range of habitats, from woodlands to scrubland, hedges and marshes. It is an invasive species in the Great Lakes region and was first spotted in 1843[4].
Bittersweet is a semi-woody herbaceous perennial vine, which scrambles over other plants, capable of reaching a height of 4 m where suitable support is available, but more often 1-2 m high. The leaves are 4-12 cm long, roughly arrowhead-shaped, and often lobed at the base. The flowers are in loose clusters of 3-20, (1-1.5 cm) across, star-shaped, with five purple petals and yellow stamens and style pointing forward. The fruit is an ovoid red berry about 1 cm long, soft and juicy, poisonous to humans and livestock but edible for birds, which disperse the seeds widely. As with most Solanum species, the foliage is also poisonous to humans.
Bittersweet is used in naturopathy and herbalism. Its main usage is for conditions that have an impact on the skin, mucous membrane and the membrane (synovial membrane) around the joints. Bittersweet is considered by some to be a herbal remedy for treating herpes and allergies.
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The history of Allinson
The story begins with a Victorian doctor named Thomas Richard Allinson. Born in 1858 near Manchester, he qualified in medicine at the age of just 21.
From the start he took a keen interest in nutrition and, only a few years into his career, adopted Naturopathy. This form of medicine avoids drugs and encourages the consumption of natural foods. His ideas also became known as ‘hygienic’ or ‘Allinsonian’ medicine.
Dr Allinson went on to establish a practice in London, through which he promoted healthy eating. He placed particular emphasis on vegetarianism and the benefits of wholemeal flour in bread.
However, in those days such views were extremely radical and were to set him on a collision course with the medical establishment. The Royal College of Physicians doubted his theories and resented his publicising them. In 1892 matters came to a head and he was struck off the medical register. But he wouldn’t let that stop him pursuing his interest. After all, he didn’t need to be a doctor to make bread.
Ever since the industrial revolution nearly all flour was produced using roller mills. This refined the flour to such a degree that valuable nutrients and fibre were lost. Convinced of the value of whole wheat, Allinson purchased his own stone-grinding flour mill in Bethnal Green, London. He then set up The Natural Food Company under the slogan ‘Health without medicine’, and began baking bread his way.
The Allinson brand
The nutritional value of wholemeal bread was finally accepted by the Government during the First World War, when Allinson was in his 50s. He was even offered reinstatement to the General Medical Council. However he turned it down. After all, he’d found a new outlet for his ideas on nutrition.
With official acceptance that wholemeal was good for the nation’s health, demand for Allinson’s flours increased dramatically, and his company continued to expand after his death in 1918. Further Allinson flour mills were soon opened in Newport, Monmouthshire and Castleford, Yorkshire.
His legacy, the Allinson brand, became a byword for wholesome high-quality flour, which in turn produces wholesome, tasty and nutritious bread. This still remains so to this day.From The Times
August 2, 2008
Kevin McCloud’s big town plan for Castleford
Kevin McCloud’s latest grand design is to inject new life into the town of Castleford. Our correspondents assesses the results
Tom Dyckhoff
We thought ’old on, they’ll come with their TV cameras and MDF messing the place up. Well no, you’re not, and that’s that.” Rheta Davison wasn’t, at first, looking forward to the arrival of Kevin McCloud. Reality TV hasn’t had the best press, so when Channel 4 and Talkback, the makers of McCloud’s hit TV series Grand Designs, turned up in 2003 to film the regeneration of Davison’s home town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, a run-down former coal-mining town, you could forgive locals for being a tad sceptical.
Davison, a no-nonsense, call-a-spade-a-spade lady of the kind only Yorkshire produces, has lived here all her life. She now runs her estate’s community group. “You’ve got to remember Cas has been promised things time and again,” she explains. “We’ve all been through times. My husband was made redundant, which is why we ended up here [on the council estate] with four kids to bring up. The place is full of scars, bad scars an’ all. We all just thought they’d do some cheap makeover, make us northerners out to be idiots and disappear and that would be that.”
How wrong she was. This was no instant makeover. “The Castleford Project” became a joke in TV circles. Heard the one about the channel that thought it could film eight building projects from scratch in, er, two years? Have they never watched Grand Designs?
“I think I was the only one to say, you know it takes two years just to design and build a house,” says McCloud. “And you want to regenerate a town? Mad, just mad. TV people think that if they say two years real life will just fit in.”
Five years on, though, and the project is not only finished but ready for broadcast. The idea is simple, says McCloud: “Can design save a failing town?” Talkback “interviewed” many contenders left behind by Britain’s so-called urban renaissance, but selected Castleford for its community spirit. The town may have above-average stats for teenage pregnancy and below-average ones for educational attainment, but, says McCloud “the locals really had drive”.
“There is a version of events that nothing was happening here till Channel 4 turned up with their magic dust,” says Wakefield Council’s leader, Peter Box, “but that’s nonsense.” Two decades on, Glasshoughton colliery has been replaced by the giant Xscape indoor dry ski slope, employing more people than the pit – many of them new arrivals, mind you – and surrounded by retail sheds, a multiplex, a new Asda and rising new suburban homes. At the junction of the M62 and M1, Castleford is rebranding itself as a commuter ’burb for émigrés from Leeds. But its existing residents weren’t without ideas either.
All Davison and her community group wanted was a play area. “Children have a right to be heard in a community,” she says. “They’re no less clever here than anywhere else. It’s just that they’ve got no aspirations. They’re born into families with no jobs.” Talkback selected Cutsyke’s “playforest”, and seven other projects, large and small: a new underpass to the town centre replacing a grotty alley beneath the railway; a new “village green” in the former pit village of New Fryston; a newly landscaped market area; a new town centre gallery; a new pedestrian bridge across the Aire, and improvements such as new bollards and traffic calming around Wilson Street. These were partnered with eight teams of designers, with all decisions to be made by the locals and community champions, and let the cameras roll.
Five years later, the physical results are impressive. Talkback attracted serious talent. On the steering committees are leading lights such as Roger Zogolovitch, one of Britain’s most influential, design-led developers, and Peter Rogers, brother of Richard and the founding CEO of developers Stanhope. Architects included rising stars such as DSDHA and Hudson Architects, plus international luminaries including Martha Schwartz.
Schwartz’s new village green gleams – even if its avant-garde angles and artfully rusted bollards by Antony Gormley seem grandiose for the edge of town. Renato Benedetti’s £4.8 million footbridge is an astonishing tour de force, its steel, serpentine curves daintily tiptoeing across the torrent of the Aire. Locals swarm across day and night, says its community champion, Wendy Rayner. “When you get to the middle of the bridge, you’re not in Castleford, you are somewhere else. You meet your friends. They’ve started having picnics on it. Nobody ever had picnics here before. We’ve got kingfishers, cormorants, mallard ducks and water-hens. They’re pulling pike out the river. It’s a living museum. Kids his age,” she nods to her grandson, Thomas, “they don’t even know what a lump of coal is.”
The smaller projects are just as influential. The new underpass beneath Tickle Cott Bridge cost only a couple of hundred thousand pounds, but for that, DSDHA delivered a piece of sophisticated concrete geometry, which, says the architect Deborah Saunt, “is about cheering up those spots planning usually forgets about”. And the impact on all participants is palpable. But there are, of course, naysayers. As I gawp at Benedetti’s bridge, a man comes up and literally spits on it – “Bloody waste of money” – before hurtling off. “Ah, you always get ’em. Bloody moaners,” Davison says. “Don’t put the effort in. Where would you rather the money went? Wakefield
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Amidst the commercial hill stations in Himachal, there’s a serene town ‘Palampur’ located at an elevation of 4829 ft on the gentle slopes of Kangra valley. The town got its first share of publicity when Aamir’s kissable movie Raja Hindustani was shot in Palampur. The effect of which is seen even today; "Pardesi Pardesi Jaana Nahi" song is still the favourite pick in busses and taxis here. The town is away from the general hustle and bustle of tourist places and not many have travelled around here yet.
[caption id="attachment_1363" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tea Gardens, Palampur[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1364" align="alignleft" width="300"] Palampur, Kangra[/caption]
I got acquainted to this beauty when my parents shifted here. It was love at first sight. I would label it as a painter’s canvas, a poet’s rhythmical composition, a musician’s beats, or rather a dreamer’s destination. It’s as artistic as you can imagine.
The town of Palampur lies in the lap of snow laden Dhauladhar Range, encircled by the tea gardens and the roads fenced with colourful trees. The weather is splendid, it might surprise you with its radical shifts; the scorching sun fading into dark clouds anytime. It’s mostly cold in the evening and you may have to wrap yourself in sweat shirts, to be the least.
If you’re a discerning traveller, this is just the place for you. This town has all : lavishing beauty, delectable food, awesome weather, sophisticated market place, and adorable folks. Trust me, you rarely see such a perfect amalgamation.
Let’s take a quick tour of Palampur
Saurav Van Vihar
[caption id="attachment_1361" align="alignleft" width="300"] Saurav Van Vihar, Palampur[/caption]
This nature park is 4 kms from the town. You can wallow in the green pastures, enjoy boat rides and swings. But the real fun lies outside; where the Neugal river cuts through the rocky mountains. You could simply soak your legs in the chilled water, feel the cool breeze and comfort yourself. The Van Vihar is open till 6 p.m.. It’s recommended that you don’t get too late and have a couple of hours to stroll around.
Reaching there - You can take a bus which will drop you to the main road of Van Vihar, then walk down for 1.5 kms to hit this spot. Alternatively, you can explore taxi ride to reach this place.
Neugal Café
There’s a beautiful trail which connects Palampur to Saurav Van Vihar and in the mid lies this Café. The café has an entry fee of Rs 10 per person. The food is all right here, but what fascinates is the outdoor seating which lends you a panoramic view of snow-clad Dhauladhar Range while sipping hot coffee. What more!
[caption id="attachment_1365" align="alignleft" width="300"] Palampur, Kangra Valley[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1366" align="alignleft" width="300"] Neugal cafe, Palampur[/caption]
Vivekanand Medical Institute
Reaching there - Take a bus going to Baijanath, the institute is in the midway 4 kms from Palampur.
Though the hospital isn’t a tourist place, this one deserves some attention. It hubs “Kaya Kalp: Himalayan Research Institute for Yoga and Naturopathy”, which offer superior therapies for relaxation along with residential stay. Even if you have no agenda, it’s recommended that you visit the campus. The location itself is so stunning; half of your worries vanish just reaching here. There is a small Tapri which serves good tea and omelette, delight in that.
[caption id="attachment_1367" align="alignright" width="300"] Vivekanand Institute, Palampur[/caption]
Tashi Jong Village
15 kms away from Palampur, this village is a home to Tibetan refugees. The village sheens from a distance due to the colourful prayer flags strung along mountain ridges. Tashi Jong Monastery is a beautifully designed architecture surrounded by a lush green garden.
Reaching there - Not many are aware about this place, you may be misguided. Simply catch a bus from Palampur to Baijanath and get down at Chontra chowk. The monastery is a walk of approx. 2 kms from the Chowk. You can hire a tourist taxi on your way back from the Monastery gate.
[caption id="attachment_1368" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tashi Jong, Kangra Valley[/caption]
[caption id="attachment_1369" align="alignleft" width="300"] Tashi Jong, Kangra Valley[/caption]
Toy Train Ride
Running on the Pathankot-Palampur-Jogindernagar route, this toy train of 7 coaches is mainly used by the locals to commute. The train takes more time than normal trains as it travels at slow pace and runs through a single line. But it’s worth a ride; it offers an awe-striking view of nature crossing valleys, tunnels and rivers.
Getting there - To catch the train, get to Maranda station that’s located 2 kms away from the main Palampur.
Hopefully, you are enticed? Start planning for Palampur!
There are direct AC/Non AC busses from Delhi, which take approx. 12 hours. You can also explore the train route which runs from Delhi to Pathankot, and then a bus from Pathankot to Palampur. However, the bus ride from Delhi is the most convenient and comfortable. https://www.redbus.in/ http://www.hrtchp.com/hrtctickets/
[caption id="attachment_1370" align="alignleft" width="300"] Toy train, Palampur Kangra[/caption]
Travel around Palampur
A good idea is to station yourself at Palampur, delight in the serenity and cover the tourist places in and around over a span of few days. Palampur is well connected to nearby places, busses ply every now and then. There are ample tourist destinations around Palampur i.e. Dharmshala (30 kms) and Mcleodganj (10 kms from Dharmshala), Baijnath Temple(16 kms), Chamunda Devi (25 kms), Kangra (40 kms), Bir and Billing (35 kms, Asia’s one of the best sites for paragliding).
Quick Facts:
Busses connectivity is superb and economical.
Do not explore the option of taxis, they will unnecessarily charge you.
Even if it is pleasant, keep a sweat shirt intact in your carry bag, evenings are cold.
You’re sure to spot Kulfi thela in the market, don’t miss the delectable stick kulfi. It’s yum!
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Meet Maria, the librarian, one of my friends:
"Books and reading have been the centre of my life since my childhood. I was a hardcore bookworm till age 18. A good book for me is more than just a good story, it's safety, recreation, a handhold. Whenever I'm in an end-of-the-world mood, I grab a book. In those times I usually read the lively and vital books of István Fekete or Terry Prachett's Discworld.
I was going to be a biology teacher, but "accidentally" I ended up being a librarian. I worked in the Szabó Ervin Library (the biggest Hungarian library), in the library of a military college, in a university library, and after a detour now I'm the librarian of a vocational secondary school. The detour was my other big love: the world of plants and naturopathy. Both paths interlock and complement each other. When I teach fitotherapy, my students get a list of referenced books. And we often talk about herbs, nature, environment, sustainable development in the school library. For example Dune, the novel by Frank Herbert shows suggestively the importance of water, our life-giving treasure.
Yet, if I would to keep only one book, that would be Távoli tűz (Distant Fire) by Péter Zsoldos. And a further recommendation for today: I'll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson."
Surya Chikitsa or Color Therapy is a drugless method of treating the diseases by using different colors from sunlight. The rays of the sun contain all the essential elements needed to reestablish and maintain the health of the human body. Sun rays are made-up of seven colors – (1) Red (2) Yellow (3) Orange (4) Green (5) Blue (6) Indigo (7) Violet.
These colors can be seen in rainbow. These seven colors have different qualities. In the other words there are only 7 medicines for all the bodily ailments. The law of nature is that where there is light, there is energy and there is life. There is coolness, heat and weight in colors. Place a thermometer in a glass of water and throw rays over it. Red rays will show heat and blue rays will show coolness. This proves the above fact.
The history of color therapy is very ancient. Indian Vedic scriptures have mentioned the significance of these colors. This system was first practiced in India by Indian Rishis (Indian Saints). Then slowly this knowledge reached to China, Egypt, Greece and spread throughout the world. According to the basic principles of Surya Chikitsa or Color Therapy, human body is composed of different colors and lack of any color in our body gives rise to disease. A man is said to be in a state of health as long as the colors of the spectrum are in a harmonious state in his body. The body parts, which are visible, have different colors and so have the internal organs. The brain, eyes, lungs, heart, liver, intestines, kidney, bones, blood have different colors. When closely examined, even the smallest cell of the body is found colored.
During the state of disease, there is a disturbance in the balance of colors in the human body. When a disorder arises, besides its chemical balance, its color balance too is affected. Surya Chikitsa or color therapy restores the chemical and color balance of the body and cures the disease. Color therapy removes the foreign matter from the system that causes disease. It removes the disorder from the root cause and permanently suppress the disease.
This is a universally accepted fact that development of all living forms of life depends mainly on solar energy. Today solar cells can produce electricity and can run cars, trains etc. When the sun is the life force of all living things, the efficacy of colors, which are emitted from the sun rays, can hardly be doubted. An experienced naturopath can use seven colors for curing different ailments, but for the ordinary person, following four groups will be helpful for treatment:-
Red, Orange and Yellow
Green
Blue, Indigo and Violet
White Solar Charged Water
Red, Orange, Yellow Charged Water
Nature: Stimulating, expanding and heating property.
Properties: Orange color mainly affects the stomach, liver, spleen, kidney and the intestine. It improves the blood circulation and tones up the muscles. It is helpful in cold, anemia, low blood pressure, rheumatism, sexual weakness, sprains, polio, paralysis, constipation, brain disorders, indigestion, diabetes and eye defects. This water removes weight and removes weakness. It also increases milk in nursing mother's breasts. It enhances mental power, willpower, intelligence and courage.
Precaution: It is injurious in cases of fever, boils, inflammatory disorders, when nerves are very active and in case of high palpitation of heart.
Green Charged Water
Nature: Neutral, harmonizing and eliminating.
Properties: It builds up muscles and gives energy. It strengthens the nerve center and purifies the blood. And it helps to expel foreign matter from the body and helps to perk up body and mind.
Benefits: It is a mixture of yellow and blue color. It is the king of colors. It keeps the body chemistry well balanced. Being highly medicinal and depressive, it is of great help in the treatment of inflammatory conditions, fevers like typhoid and malaria, liver trouble, eye trouble, indigestion, small pox, boils, pimples, skin trouble, eczema, nightly seminal ejaculations, diabetes, boils, ulcers, headache, nervous trouble, dry cough, cold etc.
Blue, Indigo, Violet Charged Water
Nature: Contracting, cooling and soothing.
Properties: It is a good antiseptic. It removes swelling caused by wind and help in curing burning sensation of any kind. It affects mostly the mouth, throat and the above part reaching the brain. It increases and stimulates the hormones and the antibodies. This water increases the resistance of our body from bacterial diseases. This color is related to human mentality.
Benefits: It is useful in skin diseases, high blood pressure, old ulcers, abdominal colic, dysentery, arthritis, over fatigue deafness, migraine etc. It is as helpful medicine in easing childbirth. It is very effective in high fever and headaches, and removes burning sensation from the body. It cures excessive bleeding during menstruation, and is an effective medicine in tonsillitis, swelling of gums, toothache, pyorrhea and other aliments of the throat. If one gets burnt on any part of the body, pouring blue waters or oil and giving blue rays on the affected part, will give him a quick recovery and will also help in removing the burning sensation.
Precaution: Injurious in paralysis, colds and anemia.
White Solar Charged Water
It can be prepared by keeping the water for 8-10 hours in direct sunlight. A liter of this water should be taken every morning. Those who are sick and sensitive can first start with 1 glass of water and gradually increase the amount. This water should be taken empty stomach in the morning. Without brushing your teeth. Nothing should be taken (tea, coffee, or breakfast) with in one hour after taking this water. Other color charged waters could be taken after 45 minutes if needed.
Method To Prepare Colored Water
Colored water (water treated with different color rays of the sun) can be prepared, by exposing water in transparent glass bottles of desired color in sunlight for 6-8 hours. To prepare blue water, use blue color bottle. If colored bottle is not available warp white bottle with transparent colored sheets. After treating the water keep it for 1-2 hours to cool and then use it. Color combination described in ancient Hindu books Red, yellow and blue are the original natural colors. By mixing these colors other colors are formed. Red color when mixed with yellow color in equal proportion produces orange color and yellow color. If mixed with blue produces green color.
Color Combination
Red and yellow make orange, blue violet make indigo. Yellow and green make lemon. Green and blue make turquose. Red and violet produce magenta. Magenta and red make scarlet. Blue and red make purple/ violet. Yellow and blue make green. Orange and violet make brown. Green and orange make olive. Green and violet make slate.
Sun Bath
The exposure of body to sun rays at a particular time is termed as sun bath. It has many medicinal values. Sunlight is of prime importance for maintaining good health. Out of the five naturopathy. Sun bath should be taken early in the morning. Sun showers three types of rays upon us. These are:-
Rays of visible (white) light: Sunlight has seven different colors, which can be seen during rainbow. They are violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange and red. Each color has an effect on the body.
Infra red rays: These rays generate heat, and are beneficial in the winter. They have a good effect on the body. It relaxes the muscles, reduces swelling and removes pain.
Ultra violet rays: When these rays are exposed on the skin, vitamin D. is produced. Sunlight is the best available source of vitamin D. Ultraviolet rays keep the skin healthy, cures disease of the bone known as ‘Rickets'.
Sunlight is beneficial for the whole body. Sunlight destroys certain bacteria and disease spreading germs. It increases red blood corpuscles and white blood corpuscles in the blood and helps to increase the natural resistance of the body. It is beneficial in rheumatism, lumbago, backache, gout, cramps and loss of appetite. Sunlight helps to develop the size and the strength of the muscles. It is also useful for pregnant lady. She gets relief from fatigue, backache, over stimulation etc.
Points To Remember While Taking Sun Bath
During sun bath, minimum possible clothes should be worn. The mild sunlight of morning and evening is to be taken. The intense sunlight of the mid day should be avoided. Do not look directly into the sun. Eyes should be closed and head should be covered during sun bath. Initially, the duration of sun bath should be 5 minutes. This time can be increased gradually. In summer, it should be taken for 15 minutes and for 50 minutes during winter. It is advisable to take a cold water bath after sun bath. If cold water bath is not possible, body should be wiped by a piece of cloth dipped in cold water. Sun bath should be taken in a place, which is sheltered from direct wind. It should not be given to patients suffering from fever or acute pulmonary tuberculosis.
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The large flower head of a succulent plant - the spotted leaves of which can be seen in the background. This is an 'Aloe'
The history of Allinson
The story begins with a Victorian doctor named Thomas Richard Allinson. Born in 1858 near Manchester, he qualified in medicine at the age of just 21.
From the start he took a keen interest in nutrition and, only a few years into his career, adopted Naturopathy. This form of medicine avoids drugs and encourages the consumption of natural foods. His ideas also became known as ‘hygienic’ or ‘Allinsonian’ medicine.
Dr Allinson went on to establish a practice in London, through which he promoted healthy eating. He placed particular emphasis on vegetarianism and the benefits of wholemeal flour in bread.
However, in those days such views were extremely radical and were to set him on a collision course with the medical establishment. The Royal College of Physicians doubted his theories and resented his publicising them. In 1892 matters came to a head and he was struck off the medical register. But he wouldn’t let that stop him pursuing his interest. After all, he didn’t need to be a doctor to make bread.
Ever since the industrial revolution nearly all flour was produced using roller mills. This refined the flour to such a degree that valuable nutrients and fibre were lost. Convinced of the value of whole wheat, Allinson purchased his own stone-grinding flour mill in Bethnal Green, London. He then set up The Natural Food Company under the slogan ‘Health without medicine’, and began baking bread his way.
The Allinson brand
The nutritional value of wholemeal bread was finally accepted by the Government during the First World War, when Allinson was in his 50s. He was even offered reinstatement to the General Medical Council. However he turned it down. After all, he’d found a new outlet for his ideas on nutrition.
With official acceptance that wholemeal was good for the nation’s health, demand for Allinson’s flours increased dramatically, and his company continued to expand after his death in 1918. Further Allinson flour mills were soon opened in Newport, Monmouthshire and Castleford, Yorkshire.
His legacy, the Allinson brand, became a byword for wholesome high-quality flour, which in turn produces wholesome, tasty and nutritious bread. This still remains so to this day.From The Times
August 2, 2008
Kevin McCloud’s big town plan for Castleford
Kevin McCloud’s latest grand design is to inject new life into the town of Castleford. Our correspondents assesses the results
Tom Dyckhoff
We thought ’old on, they’ll come with their TV cameras and MDF messing the place up. Well no, you’re not, and that’s that.” Rheta Davison wasn’t, at first, looking forward to the arrival of Kevin McCloud. Reality TV hasn’t had the best press, so when Channel 4 and Talkback, the makers of McCloud’s hit TV series Grand Designs, turned up in 2003 to film the regeneration of Davison’s home town of Castleford, West Yorkshire, a run-down former coal-mining town, you could forgive locals for being a tad sceptical.
Davison, a no-nonsense, call-a-spade-a-spade lady of the kind only Yorkshire produces, has lived here all her life. She now runs her estate’s community group. “You’ve got to remember Cas has been promised things time and again,” she explains. “We’ve all been through times. My husband was made redundant, which is why we ended up here [on the council estate] with four kids to bring up. The place is full of scars, bad scars an’ all. We all just thought they’d do some cheap makeover, make us northerners out to be idiots and disappear and that would be that.”
How wrong she was. This was no instant makeover. “The Castleford Project” became a joke in TV circles. Heard the one about the channel that thought it could film eight building projects from scratch in, er, two years? Have they never watched Grand Designs?
“I think I was the only one to say, you know it takes two years just to design and build a house,” says McCloud. “And you want to regenerate a town? Mad, just mad. TV people think that if they say two years real life will just fit in.”
Five years on, though, and the project is not only finished but ready for broadcast. The idea is simple, says McCloud: “Can design save a failing town?” Talkback “interviewed” many contenders left behind by Britain’s so-called urban renaissance, but selected Castleford for its community spirit. The town may have above-average stats for teenage pregnancy and below-average ones for educational attainment, but, says McCloud “the locals really had drive”.
“There is a version of events that nothing was happening here till Channel 4 turned up with their magic dust,” says Wakefield Council’s leader, Peter Box, “but that’s nonsense.” Two decades on, Glasshoughton colliery has been replaced by the giant Xscape indoor dry ski slope, employing more people than the pit – many of them new arrivals, mind you – and surrounded by retail sheds, a multiplex, a new Asda and rising new suburban homes. At the junction of the M62 and M1, Castleford is rebranding itself as a commuter ’burb for émigrés from Leeds. But its existing residents weren’t without ideas either.
All Davison and her community group wanted was a play area. “Children have a right to be heard in a community,” she says. “They’re no less clever here than anywhere else. It’s just that they’ve got no aspirations. They’re born into families with no jobs.” Talkback selected Cutsyke’s “playforest”, and seven other projects, large and small: a new underpass to the town centre replacing a grotty alley beneath the railway; a new “village green” in the former pit village of New Fryston; a newly landscaped market area; a new town centre gallery; a new pedestrian bridge across the Aire, and improvements such as new bollards and traffic calming around Wilson Street. These were partnered with eight teams of designers, with all decisions to be made by the locals and community champions, and let the cameras roll.
Five years later, the physical results are impressive. Talkback attracted serious talent. On the steering committees are leading lights such as Roger Zogolovitch, one of Britain’s most influential, design-led developers, and Peter Rogers, brother of Richard and the founding CEO of developers Stanhope. Architects included rising stars such as DSDHA and Hudson Architects, plus international luminaries including Martha Schwartz.
Schwartz’s new village green gleams – even if its avant-garde angles and artfully rusted bollards by Antony Gormley seem grandiose for the edge of town. Renato Benedetti’s £4.8 million footbridge is an astonishing tour de force, its steel, serpentine curves daintily tiptoeing across the torrent of the Aire. Locals swarm across day and night, says its community champion, Wendy Rayner. “When you get to the middle of the bridge, you’re not in Castleford, you are somewhere else. You meet your friends. They’ve started having picnics on it. Nobody ever had picnics here before. We’ve got kingfishers, cormorants, mallard ducks and water-hens. They’re pulling pike out the river. It’s a living museum. Kids his age,” she nods to her grandson, Thomas, “they don’t even know what a lump of coal is.”
The smaller projects are just as influential. The new underpass beneath Tickle Cott Bridge cost only a couple of hundred thousand pounds, but for that, DSDHA delivered a piece of sophisticated concrete geometry, which, says the architect Deborah Saunt, “is about cheering up those spots planning usually forgets about”. And the impact on all participants is palpable. But there are, of course, naysayers. As I gawp at Benedetti’s bridge, a man comes up and literally spits on it – “Bloody waste of money” – before hurtling off. “Ah, you always get ’em. Bloody moaners,” Davison says. “Don’t put the effort in. Where would you rather the money went? Wakefield?”
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Q: Does anyone know the name of this plant?
A (from herberouge): "Yes, Morelle douce-amère, very toxique =Solanum dulcamara; I have the same i cultivate in my garden. I love this indigène plant !!" (third comment)
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so with help from herberouge, Wikipedia gives:
"Solanum dulcamara, also known as bittersweet, bittersweet nightshade, bitter nightshade, blue bindweed, climbing nightshade, fellenwort, felonwood, poisonberry, poisonflower, scarlet berry, snakeberry[1][2][3], trailing bittersweet, trailing nightshade, violet bloom, or woody nightshade, is a species of vine in the potato genus Solanum, family Solanaceae. It is native to Europe and Asia, and widely naturalised elsewhere, including North America, where it is an invasive problem weed. It occurs in a very wide range of habitats, from woodlands to scrubland, hedges and marshes. It is an invasive species in the Great Lakes region and was first spotted in 1843[4].
Bittersweet is a semi-woody herbaceous perennial vine, which scrambles over other plants, capable of reaching a height of 4 m where suitable support is available, but more often 1-2 m high. The leaves are 4-12 cm long, roughly arrowhead-shaped, and often lobed at the base. The flowers are in loose clusters of 3-20, (1-1.5 cm) across, star-shaped, with five purple petals and yellow stamens and style pointing forward. The fruit is an ovoid red berry about 1 cm long, soft and juicy, poisonous to humans and livestock but edible for birds, which disperse the seeds widely. As with most Solanum species, the foliage is also poisonous to humans.
Bittersweet is used in naturopathy and herbalism. Its main usage is for conditions that have an impact on the skin, mucous membrane and the membrane (synovial membrane) around the joints. Bittersweet is considered by some to be a herbal remedy for treating herpes and allergies.
Although fatal human poisonings are rare, several cases have been documented. The poison is believed to be solanine.[5]
Other common names for Solanum dulcamara include trailing nightshade, bittersweet, trailing bittersweet, climbing nightshade, blue bindweed, bitter nightshade, fellenwort, dogwood, woody nightshade, poisonflower, poisonberry, snakeberry, and scarlet berry.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. dulcamara
Binomial name
Solanum dulcamara"
This is an important concept: that practitioners are integrating something; we are not restoring something. This puts us in a different class from all other therapists that I know of. It takes us out of the domain designated by the word "therapy," and puts us in the domain designated by the word "education." It puts our thinking into education: how can we use these ideas behind Structural Integration? How do we put a body together so that it's a unit, an acting, energy efficient unit? One of the differences between Structural Integration Practitioners and practitioners of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, etc., is that the latter are all relieving symptoms. They make no effort to put together elements into a more efficient energy system.
-Ida Rolf PhD.
Gewöhnliche Nachtkerze***Common evening primrose***Oenothera biennis
Die gewöhnliche Nachtkerze war ursprünglich in Nordamerika heimisch. Im 17. Jahrhundert gelangte die Nachtkerze nach Europa.
Anfangs galt die Nachtkerze nur als schöne Zierpflanze, später jedoch wurde sie als Gemüse- und Heilpflanze geschätzt. Vor allem deren Heilwirkung gewann immer mehr an Bedeutung. Das bekannte Nachtkerzenöl, welches aus dem Samen gewonnen wird, ist mittlerweile aus der Naturheilkunde nicht mehr wegzudenken und wird sowohl innerlich aus auch äußerlich verwendet.
Für ein Gramm Öl werden ca. 10.000 Samen benötigt.
The common evening primrose was originally native to North America. The evening primrose came to Europe in the 17th century.
Initially the primrose was just as beautiful ornamental plant, but later it was estimated as a vegetable and medicinal plant. Especially their healing effects gained more and more importance. The well-known evening primrose oil, which the seed is obtained, is now no longer indispensable from the naturopathy and is both internally from externally used.
Approximately 10,000 seeds are needed for one gram of oil.
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This is an important concept: that practitioners are integrating something; we are not restoring something. This puts us in a different class from all other therapists that I know of. It takes us out of the domain designated by the word "therapy," and puts us in the domain designated by the word "education." It puts our thinking into education: how can we use these ideas behind Structural Integration? How do we put a body together so that it's a unit, an acting, energy efficient unit? One of the differences between Structural Integration Practitioners and practitioners of medicine, osteopathy, chiropractic, naturopathy, etc., is that the latter are all relieving symptoms. They make no effort to put together elements into a more efficient energy system.
From the first day we see a client, we are putting him together, we are integrating him. We integrate him at the end of his first hour, at the end of his second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth. At every hour before that man or that woman walks out the door, we should have integrated him to the place where he has the best, most efficient use of his system that he can have at that level. at the end of the eighth hour he should certainly have an efficient use of a higher level of operation than he had at the end of the seventh hour or at the end of the second hour. If, in our presentation to the world, enough stress can be laid on this, we will have a certain amount of publicity indicating that we are less therapists than we are educationists. I am not hiding behind a bunch of words here. This is what I mean, this is my goal: an educational process.
Ida P. Rolf, Ph.D.
Vishwa Shanti Yoga School ( Shobahana Yog Sadan) offers one and two weeks Yoga Retreats. The course includes Asanas, Pranayama Meditation Practice, Wellness – Nutritive and Preventive Health Care Classes, Ayurveda Massages, Naturopathy, Detoxification and Spirituality. Practitioners also have chances to experience the Himalayan trek and river rafting (as per the availability). Natural vegetarian food and comfortable accommodation are added benefit to practice Yoga in full sense.
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