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One of the oldest household remedies known.
Carminative, stimulant, aromatic, emmenagogue.
Crushed or bruised leaves for insect bites.
Decoction and infusion of leaves and stems used for fever, stomach aches, dysmenorrhea, and diuresis.
Pounded leaves for insect bites, fevers, toothaches, headaches.
For dizziness: Crushed fresh plants or leaves are sniffed.
Powdered dried plant as dentrifice.
Headaches: Crushed leaves are applied on the forehead and temples.
Toothaches: (1) Wet a small piece of cotten with juice expressed from crushed leaves; apply this impregnated cotton bud to the tooth. (2) Boil 6 tbsp. of leaves in two glasses of water for 15 minutes; strain and cool. Divide the decoction into 2 parts and take every 3 to 4 hours.
Flatulence: Boil 4 tbsp of chopped leaves in 1 cup water for five minutes; strain. Drink the decoction while lukewarm. Facilitates expulsion of flatus.
Cough: Boil 6 tbsp of chopped leaves in 2 glasses of water for 15 mins; cool and strain. Divide the decoctioninto three parts; take 1 part 3 times a day.
Arthritis: Warm fresh leaves over low flame; then pound. Apply pounded leaves while warm on the painful joints or muscles.
Mouthwash: Soak 2 tbsp chopped leaves in 1 glass of hot water for 30 minutes; strain. Use the infusion as mouthwash.
Peppermint oil is often used in pharmaceutical preparations to subdue unpleasant medicinal smells.
Common flavoring in confections and dentrifices.
Before the Mage or Mage-king managed to revive the corpse of his old ally the mad monk he made many attempts in the revival, resurrection and necromancy this is one:
Three praetorian guards was there, so was the two dragon-costume-kids, the make needed his body-guards golden armour and also they had known him in life, the dragon-kids was there because they were the closest to dragon spawns which the resurrection spell required…
The all withdrew to the darkest corner of the underground maze used by this wizard turned king, there they placed the lid of a dead giant midget gimp, a lid made out of chestnut wormwood from several ages and eons ago…
The Wizard told his followers to keep silent as church mice canonised by the holy patriarch himself…
Then he pulled up a flask containing toad salivation mixed with the sweat of a virgin prince, he gurgled the liquid before swallowing, the taste was horrible, but these rare drops must not get wasted, so he fought his gagging reflex, there it reached his guts he could feel its effects inside his intestines, it felt a bit like someone grinding away at his liver with a rusty dagger, that and a really nasty fart that would smell foul as ovi-farts always do.
He almost panicked, the exhaust should be oral, not flatulence, he made his bottom tighter than when he had to pay the Fish-Mongrel in Gold for rare 8-armed monk-fish specimens…
Yes it worked, the now he could feel the internal motion going upwards, minute parts of soul should be collected on its way up, he could feel it working, now when it was in his throat his open mouth started glowing and fumes of glow-in-dark vapor streamed towards the stone blocks making up the ceiling, the it formed an ecosystem of small clouds…
Now the ancient mage knew that he only had one go, his regurgitation had to cover the mummified corpse’s body completely…
He took aim, five, four, three, two…
One of the petonians interrupted the ritual by asking the silliest question ever: “are you supposed to glow from the mouth master?”
The wizard lost concentration, turned his squeaking old neck towards the interrupter, a stream of glowing pus hit the soldier, there he stood looking like a kid about to cry, covered in the intestinal slime stemming from the Mages soul and interior zlem…
The Wizard-king's eyes was glowing with hatred, these valuable ingredients, wasted on a living imbecile that already possessed a soul…
He screamed an order to the two others soldiers in the squadron, execute that fool, execute him now and forever, I want him to be punished, oh no, by the way, we need him for future seances, just torture him, use the chair with rusty nails… and put him in the rack and the vice at the same time…
But actually the poor soldier was already punished enough, his spirit was never the same after the incident, the spark and lustre in his eyes was lost and for the rest of his life he would have a faint glow at night, also he developed a mental disorder, he would hear the tiny particles of the wizards soul talking inside his head…
But he was punished in a more direct way by his two comrades-in-arms at the order of his master…
But the rack and vice broke when they were used at the same time on the poor fellow, so that punishment he was spared from…
The wizard would make many more resurrection attempts and according to the sagas he would eventually succeed, but that is another story…
Date: Circa 1907
Source Type: Postcard
Printer, Publisher, Photograph: Unknown French (#34)
Postmark: None
Collection: Steven R. Shook
Remark: The paper in the man's hand indicates Avril 1, which suggests that the card was intended as an April Fool's greeting.
Copyright 2010. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook.
Spreading: The plant is spread from the plains to hilly area.
Body plant used: bark of the roots and stems and ripe fruit.
Harvest time: in April and May.
Internal use.
In internal use barberry is used to treat diseases such as renal and hepatic drainage, urinary stones, kidney failure, dysuria, rheumatism, gout, hydronephrosis, nephritis, cholangitis.
External use.
External use medicinal herb in treating eczema, ringworm circinate, anal fistulas, hemorrhoids, vaginismus.
Usage.
Powder from the bark of barberry: barberry bark dry, grind with an electric grinders.Take a pinch each half an hour before eating. Stimulates digestion, combat flatulence, stimulates liver functions.
Tea (decoction) of barberry: boil a teaspoon of powdered bark in a cup of water.Allow to cool and drink 1-2 cups a day half an hour before meals.It is a good tonic bitter combat chronic constipation, contains anti-hemorrhoid. ... read more ...
The sound princes or oto-hime is a device for hiding the sound of ones excretions, which emits the sound of running water. It is made by the Japanese manufacturer Toto. Usually only available in women's toilets (hence my inability to take this photo so far) this one was in the disabled persons toilet. The sound continues, it says, for 25 seconds during which time the user would hope to finish their 'ablutions,' which, disguised by the sounds of running water emitted from this device might not have existed at all.
Since the beginning of time, according to Japanese mythology, the Japanese have endeavoured to hide the desire, sexuality, and nature of women so as to raise the feminine (or castrated feminine) to the level of 'social principle' (Kawai, 1982) or role model.
An as a result all the Japanese to a man, aspire to be a nice kind harmonious watashi a first person pronoun used by men and women, originally only indicating, the woman.
To this day the desire, sexuality, and nature of women is so taboo, so off limits, in Japan that Japanese women: read pornography only about men having sex with men; do not use tampons, use toilets hidden further than those of the gents, laugh behind their hands, wrap themselves in layers layers and of underwear, never suffer from flatulence, almost only use the back-channel in mixed-sex conversation, only moan "no," and use electronic sound-emission devices, such as that shown above to disguise and hide the terrible tinkle or splash.
And I mean terrible. When Japanese women show their true nature, they can often wither Japanese men with a glance.
The noise of the sound princess, and many of the other important meaningless noises emitted by Japanese culture (politician's crooning, sports-persons' shouts, Buddhist chants, pachinko cacophony, mid-day and evening come home Tannoy's, supermarket endless tapes, and New Year's temple bells and big drums) may have structural similarities with the Biblical fig leaf and the veil. The sound of the sound princess is a audio cover of female desire, as opposed to a visual cover of male desire.
Click here for YouTube Videos with the sound of the sound princess.
Kawai, H. 河合隼雄. (1982). 中空構造日本の深層. 中央公論社.
Titan Trade paperback ISBN 978-1781-16306-1
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Venus on the Half-Shell - Philip Jose Farmer [0764 - 2017-11-20]
Kilgore Trout is an imaginary science fiction author who is featured in many of the novels written by Kurt Vonnegut. The inventive science-fiction writer Phil Farmer wrote the novel "Venus on the Half-Shell" with Mr. Vonnegut reluctant concurrence and sold it as by Kilgore Trout. This resulted in a minor tempest in the professional SF community and a measure of haughty self-satisfaction by author Farmer. I say good for him and congrats since achieving any measure " haughty self-satisfaction" over ones peers is a goal I am still trying to achieve.
This reader not having read any of Mr. Vonnegut's esteemed books found my enjoyment of Farmer/Trout parody severely truncated. Much of the story involves flatulence and alien beings sexual hijinks or lack thereof- a pungent mixture indeed.
Growth: herb grows spontaneously in mountain and subalpine floor between 500 and 1500 m elevation through rocky places and wet gorge, the shores of streams, in bogs, on the edge of the forest.
Body plant used: for natural treatments are used: the leaves, stem and root rhizomes.
Harvesting period: angelica can harvest spring from March to June inclusive, in late summer or early fall, from late August to September inclusive.
Angelica-Natural treatments
Internal use: in internal use angelica is used to treat anorexia, dyspepsia, flatulence, enteritis, cough and treating hysteria, cure neuralgia, rheumatism, skin rash, asthenia, anemia.
The plant, is also used to provoke vomiting.
External use: in external use medicinal herb is used to treat joint pain rheumatic nature, trauma, oral diseases, dog bites, snake bites.
Angelica tincture:
In a glass jar with lid (airtight) place a half liter of refined alcohol 70º.
It adds, still green herb, and crumbled, the equivalent of 10 teaspoons.
Let it soak for 2-3 weeks in hot spots, sunny.
Then filter the liquid, using gauze (made in 2-3 layers to be more dense).
Tincture thus obtained is put into storage in dark bottles (containers be of glass, NOT plastic), preferably in cool, dark rooms.
In internal use tincture is used for:
- skin disorders (acne, psoriasis, scleroderma, dermatosis of unknown etiology);
- Frequent indigestion, dyspepsia, gastrointestinal inertia;
- Bulimia, anorexia, appetite disturbances are cures for at least 2 months;
- Dyspepsia and mental confusion, hysteria, depression, neurosis, psychosis has adjuvant role;
- Physical and nervous exhaustion;
- Convalescence, weakness, excessive sensitivity to climatic factors.
Dosage and administration: 2 teaspoons tincture diluted in a glass of water; drink 2-3 glasses / day.
In external use the tincture is used for: skin pore, seborrhea, to maintain youthfulness and skin tone.
Apply on affected areas with a cotton swab or as compresses; tincture will be applied undiluted. … read more…
Note: I'll be using some clinical and some not so clinical terms in this description.
At first this may seem like a joke, read the instructions and try it before deciding for yourself.
As the title says this simple inexpensive thing will help suppress the noise of flatulence. It's just two sheets of toilet paper, folded along the perforation. Center the fold on your anus (note: this may be a little problematic if you wear a thong or G - string). This helps prevent the friction that causes most of the sound. If you have a larger butt or want a little more durability from this, you might want to use a half - sheet of paper towel folded in half. If your butt is much larger you might want to consider using two full sheets of paper towel.
Other notes on use: Depending on your activities, activity level, temperature and humidity level, you will have to change this a few times during the day. DISCREETLY experiment with this at home to find out what works best for you before using it in public. This should go without saying, DON'T use this while swimming.
You may be wondering how I know this works, the answer is simple, I have a research team of 53 people who will do anything in the name of science...ANYTHING.
(patent pending)
folkloric:
Among its many uses, the Chinese use dendrobium tonic for longevity. It is believed that dendrobium when mixed with licorice roots and made into a tea transmits healing energy to all parts of the body.
Dendrobium helps moisten and nourish the skin and prevents dryness and flaky skin.
When air pollution and smoke dry out the lungs and air passages and increase thirst, dendrobium can be consumed for quick relief and to moisten the passageways.
Dendrobium is used as an effective tonic for the treatment of tuberculosis, flatulence, night sweats, anorexia, fever, and dyspepsia.
Dendrobium tonic improves the functioning of the lungs, kidneys, and stomach. It can reduce stomach pain and cramping and reduce vomiting.
It is believed that regular consumption of dendrobium can also treat sexual impotency.
Pain in the feet and hands, lumbago, and arthralgia can be treated with dendrobium extract.
Dendrobium can boost the immune system and help the body fight infections.
Dendrobium has long since been used to replenish lost fluids from the body and reduce severe thirst.
Natives of the Eastern Himalayas use dendrobium to heal problems with the eyes.
source: home-remedies-for-you.com
Later on we discovered that Ron sincerely enjoys Mark obnoxious flatulence that has tortured the rest of us for years.
Folkloric
• In the Philippines infusion of plant taken internally for cough.
• Plant also used for wounds.
• Decoction of leaves used against humid herpes, eczema, etc.
• Used for colds and fever; also for acute jaunditic hepatitis.
• Plant decoction used by Hindus to promote perspiration in febrile affections.
• Combined with quinine, used for malarial fevers.
• Expressed juice of plant used for hemorrhoids.
• In Chuta Nagpus whole plant used as remedy for bladder spasms and strangury.
• Root given for dropsy.
• Flowers used for conjunctivitis; also reported useful for fevers.
• In Patna, leaves employed as alexipharmic and anthelmintic.
• In the Nighantas plant used for asthma, bronchitis, and consumption.
• Neurasthenia, insomnia, night urination among infants, infected sores, mastitis, snake bites, sprains, furuncle.
• Dosage: 15 to 30 gms dried material (among infants, 9 to 15 gms), 30 to 60 gms fresh material in decoction.
• Poultice of fresh material used for eczema, carbuncle and snake bites.
• In India, whole herb juice is used most frequently – for eye problems. Also used for poisonous insect and snake bites. As a tonic, taken twice a month with milk. For ringworm, applied to affected parts with milk. Used for all types of fever and considered one of the best remedies for typhoid.
• In India seeds used for cough, flatulence, intestinal colic. Paste of seeds with lime juice used to treat pediculi. Flowers used for conjunctivitis, rheumatism, fever.
• In Ayurveda, used for consumption, asthma, bronchitis and fevers.
• In Senegal and French Guinea plant infusion used to wash newborn infants; also used for children with incontinence of urine.
• Bitter root used as vermifuge.
• In Ceylon, used for wounds and sores; taken internally to promote sweating.
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Botanical Name: Andrographis Paniculata
Common Name: Creat, Kariyat, Indian Echinacea.
Part Used: Whole Plant, Leaves
Habitat: Cultivated throughout India.
Uses: Andrographis has been found to be an effective anti-biotic, anti-viral, anti-parasitic and immune system stimulant. It is used in viral hepatitis, children's bowel complaints, gastric acidity, liver congestion, flatulence. It is being increasingly used as treatment for colds. Reasonably good evidence tells us that it can reduce the severity of cold symptoms. It may also help prevent colds. Preliminary evidence suggests that it stimulate immunity, potentially making it useful for general immune support. Interestingly, the ingredient of Andrographis used for standardization purposes, andrographolide, does not appear to affect the immune system as much as the whole plant extract. Preliminary studies in animals also suggest that andrographis may offer benefits for preventing heart disease. In addition, highly preliminary studies suggest that andrographis may help protect the liver from toxic injury, perhaps more successfully than the more famous liver-protective herb milk thistle. Decoction of the plant is blood purifier and is used for cure of torbid liver. Tincture of roots is tonic, stimulant and aperient.
Courtesy Asit K. Ghosh
Photo Frederick FN Noronha. Creative Commons. 3.0. Non-commercial. Attribution. May be reproduced for non-commercial purposes. For other purposes contact fn at goa-india dot org
Botanical Name: Andrographis Paniculata
Common Name: Creat, Kariyat, Indian Echinacea.
Part Used: Whole Plant, Leaves
Habitat: Cultivated throughout India.
Uses: Andrographis has been found to be an effective anti-biotic, anti-viral, anti-parasitic and immune system stimulant. It is used in viral hepatitis, children's bowel complaints, gastric acidity, liver congestion, flatulence. It is being increasingly used as treatment for colds. Reasonably good evidence tells us that it can reduce the severity of cold symptoms. It may also help prevent colds. Preliminary evidence suggests that it stimulate immunity, potentially making it useful for general immune support. Interestingly, the ingredient of Andrographis used for standardization purposes, andrographolide, does not appear to affect the immune system as much as the whole plant extract. Preliminary studies in animals also suggest that andrographis may offer benefits for preventing heart disease. In addition, highly preliminary studies suggest that andrographis may help protect the liver from toxic injury, perhaps more successfully than the more famous liver-protective herb milk thistle. Decoction of the plant is blood purifier and is used for cure of torbid liver. Tincture of roots is tonic, stimulant and aperient.
Courtesy Asit K. Ghosh
Tanacetum parthenium, known as feverfew, is a flowering plant in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It may be grown as an ornament, and may be identified by its synonyms, Chrysanthemum parthenium and Pyrethrum parthenium. It is used in traditional medicine.
The plant is a herbaceous perennial that grows into a small bush, up to 70 cm (28 in) high, with pungently-scented leaves. The leaves are light yellowish green, variously pinnatifid. The conspicuous daisy-like flowers are up to 20 millimetres (3⁄4 in) across, borne in lax corymbs. The outer, ray florets have white ligules and the inner, disc florets are yellow and tubular. It spreads rapidly by seed, and will cover a wide area after a few years. The plant produces achene fruit, and grows in stony slopes and river beds.
Feverfew is native to Eurasia, specifically the Balkan Peninsula, Anatolia, and the Caucasus, but cultivation has spread it around the world and the rest of Europe, North America, and Chile.
A perennial herb, it should be planted in full sun, 38 to 46 cm (15–18 in) apart, and cut back to the ground in the autumn. It grows up to 70 cm (28 in) tall. It is hardy to USDA zone 5 (−30 °C or −22 °F). Outside of its native range, it may become an invasive weed.
Feverfew contains parthenolide, which is under basic research to assess its possible properties. Other phytochemicals include camphor, parthenolide, luteolin, and apigenin. Camphor has aromatic properties, while luteolin and apigenin are flavonoids.
In traditional medicine, feverfew has been used to treat headache, but there is no confirmed scientific evidence that it has any effect.
Feverfew is registered as a traditional herbal medicine in the Nordic countries under the brand name Glitinum. Only powdered feverfew is approved in the European Union herbal monograph.
The parthenolide content of commercially available feverfew supplements varies substantially (by more than 40-fold) despite labeling claims of "standardization".
Long-term use of feverfew followed by abrupt discontinuation may induce a withdrawal syndrome featuring rebound headaches and muscle and joint pains. Feverfew may cause allergic reactions in those allergic to the daisy family, including contact dermatitis or swelling and numbness of the mouth. Other side effects have included gastrointestinal upset such as mild nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and flatulence, which are, fortunately mild and transient. When the herb is chewed or taken orally it may cause mouth ulcers. Feverfew should not be taken by pregnant women. It may interact with blood thinners and increase the risk of bleeding, and also may interact with a variety of medications metabolized by the liver.
The word feverfew derives from the Latin word febrifugia, meaning 'fever reducer', although it no longer is considered useful for that purpose.
Although its earliest medicinal use is unknown, it was documented in the 1st century CE as an anti-inflammatory by the Greek herbalist physician Dioscorides.
Bumble Bee In Bottleneck Gentian, Gentiana clausa Raf., closed gentian, meadow bottle gentian.
The corolla remains closed at the top even when the flower is ready to receive pollinating insects. Bumblebees are the primary pollinators of the flowers, as they are one of the few insects that can force their way past the closed corolla. Some gentians are used in herbal medicine as an anti-inflammatory, to lower fevers, and as a liver tonic. It is also used as a gastric stimulant to treat a loss of appetite, digestive problems, flatulence, and insufficient production of gastric juices and saliva.
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Kebun Raya Bogor, Indonesia
(Bogor Botanical Gardens, Indonesia).
Hydnocarpus anthelminticus Pierre ex Laness. Achariaceae, pre. Flacourtiaceae. CN: [Malay and regional vernacular names - Pokok kusta, Becampoih (Sumatera), Kandar luntung (Sunda), Luteng (Jawa), Wanute (Sulawesi)], Chaulmoogra oil tree, Krabao oil, Dafengzi, dà fēng zǐ 大风子, Siamese chaulmoogra. Distribution - Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, China. trees or shrubs, more rarely evergreen, reaching a height of 7-20 (-30) m tall, with strictly straight trunk, gray-brown bark; twigs thick, slightly enlarged in the node. Petiole 5-15 mm, glabrous; leaf green leaf when fresh, often reddish brown, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, (7 -) 10-20 (-30) × 3-8 cm. The axillary inflorescences. Flowers mostly unisexual, yellowish green or pink, fragrant. The fruit is a globose berry, 8-12 cm in diameter. Seeds numerous, 30-50 (-100), 1.5 to 2.2 × 1-1.7 cm. a recognized alternative treatment for this infectious disease. Used centuries ago for patients with leprosy in Indian and Chinese folk medicine, this remedy entered Western medicine only in the 19th century, before sulfones and antibiotics had started their era. Given its anti-mycobacterial activity, The oil has also been prescribed against conditions caused by mycobacteria, such as the tuberculous laryngitis. The oil was applied externally, directly on the skin regions affected by leprosy. Also used to cure flatulence, eczema, decrease itchiness, lessen skin redness. lowering blood sugar and remedying psoriasis. It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it has the name dà fēng zǐ (大风子).
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I had a decision to make this morning. One I wasn’t all to eager to make. It was my day off, and to be perfectly honest I wasn’t exactly feeling like myself when the alarm sounded. Despite yesterday being something of a rather “ho hum” sort of work day, fallowed by an agreeably pleasant sit down in front of the television for an “at last, lets tip cans and make loud wall reverberating, neighbor annoy, acknowledgments, in response to the return of our beloved sport!” viewing of the “Shoot out”, I’d still awoken this morning feeling as though I’d been kicked in the back by a mule. And for some God awful reason congested sinuses have been giving me fits in the form of headaches the size of some small third world countries the past few day. Why? I have no idea. I just know I wasn’t feeling good when I finally rooted myself from my bed.
A few days earlier I’d cut on a set of wheels. A set of nasty lil buggers, that like much of what I work on had not received the attention or care of polishing since the day they’d been produced. Some decrepit 22.5 machined AKW’s slatted for a local spread axle trailer. I had not been happy with the original cut. My sander is shot, and I’ve had the owner of the wheels on stand by for weeks while I try to scrounge up the coin to purchase a new "chew it down" tool. Originally I’d had it in my head that a few of the other larger jobs I'd had lined up would pay for the new sander, but as time passed by, one by one. Other larger jobs began to either reschedule or out right vanish.
I had the wheels. I’ve had the wheels for a very, very, long time. And the owner was getting understandably anxious. It was time to take action. But I did not have the equipment I needed to make it happen. My Response? I first tried to rebuild my sander myself. And actually, to a small degree, I’d been successful. While it produced a sound that in my mind must have largely resembled the approach of the four horsemen of the apocalypse, it worked. And whether or not it sounded good, work was all I needed it to do.
So I thought.
Come the fallowing evening after I’d finished my shift in the wash bays, I’d moved over to the detail bay, and the long awaited unshinney sort (that being the aforementioned wheels). and a very uncooperative sander. When I went to work on the wheels, the only response my rebuilt and worn out sander gave me was something that resembled the long drawn out death rattle of a man dying of terminal flatulence.
“Sssssssssssssssssssssssss.”
Seized up again.
As one might imagine, my response had been one of a very mature and adult like masculine sort. I first cursed the worn rotary pneumatic with every single syllable abusive adverb I could think of, even making a few up all of my own, and then chucked it across the bay like the first pitch of the world series.
Apparently that was all it needed. After pacing the front of the building for a good five minutes, hot boxing a camel or two, and asking the almighty just why it was he felt it necessary to taunt me this way, I returned to the bay, and recovered the busted old Husky sander…Minus one small bolt that had jarred loose during the fit.
For the life of me I have no idea what purpose that bolt served. I’d originally plugged the sander back into the air line half expecting it to explode. Not only did it not explode, it ran and sounded exactly like it had the first day I’d used it…Minus the warn out sand pad. It was enough to get the job done. But only to a point, and that leads us to today.
I’ve had the last few days to look back over my work, and scowl with disgust. I wasn’t happy with how they’d originally turned out. Half expecting the sander to give out I’d made it something of a rush job, and with the owner of the wheels out of town, I’ve had plenty of time to look back over them. Even at $35 a pop…they looked like crap.
That finally leads us back to this morning. I’ve had three days to look at those wheels, and grind my teeth. Forgetting reputation, forgetting warn out pneumatic sanders, forgetting the fact that when it’s all said and done, I will not only fail to turn a profit, but will in fact take a lose, this morning I had a decision to make. Do I take the day off? A chance to rest, relax, reenergize and vitalize. Or. Do I go back in and re-cut those wheels?…I chose plan B. Not because the driver has been waiting (and very patiently I might add) for a ridiculously long amount of time for his wheels. Not because my sander is finally functioning (at least to a degree) like it should. Not because I want to get paid, or that I was worried my peers will heckle me if I don’t. I went back in and re-cut them because like it or not. I have something of an issue with ethics.
And at times….It is very frustrating.
I’d made plans to hang up the ole polishing gloves earlier this year. Seems a leopards spots really never change, because here I am still at it. And whether I like it or not, I know why.
I’m a very lazy human. No, really. I am. Just consider my plot in life.
I barely eked my way through the first twelve years of school. I never moved on to higher education, I never really branched out and tried something new. I just did what I knew how to do, and that was about it. Since then I’ve spent the last twelve years of my life pretending that the position of truck wash bay foreman was something important. And I’ve continued cutting aluminum because I’m good at it and I really don‘t know how to do much else.
I have enthusiasm. Bad people skills, but I do have enthusiasm. I have gumption. I have drive, I have integrity, self preservation, and like it or not I have ethics.
All of it wasted. Because I am lazy.
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Sunday, February 8th. 2009
When the glaciers recede, as seen here, they take bits of tree bark and leaves and concentrate them all into little compost balls. That's the dark matter you see in the snow here.
These compost balls are dropped into the soil when the snow melts, forming seams of coal.
If the coal seams fall into a deposit of dinosaur flatulence, pockets of natural gas form.
This is a variation of Padmasana. This asana is not meant for meditation. This is chiefly meant for health-improvement and for making the body strong. This asana is difficult to perform. Those who are unable to practice this asana should not be disappointed. They should patiently try to accomplish the final position.
Technique: Sit in Padmasana with legs crossed. The heels should touch the lower part of the abdomen. Swing the right arm behind the back of the shoulder and bring the hand near the left hip. Catch the left big toe. Similarly, swing the left arm and hold the right big toe. If you experience difficulty in holding the toes, bend slightly forward and make it convenient to hold the big toes. After catching the toes, sit erect as before and breathe normally. Stay un this position for one or two minutes in the initial stage. Gradually, increase the time till you can stay in the position for ten minutes.
Advantages: (1) In this asana, the weight of the body is borne by the knees and the ankle-joints, so the joints of the legs became strong.
(2) Both the heels of the legs get sufficient exercise.
(3) The continuous practice of this asana helps the person to gradually overcome the weakness of the heart, the lungs, the stomach, the liver and the spine. Moreover, it reduces the pain and the knees and the ankle-joints.
(4) This asana helps to cure ailments like indigestion, flatulence, stomachache, etc.
(5) By practicing this asana, one can get all the advantages of Padmasana.
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Located on the left side of the courtyard of Boston’s Old City Hall (assuming you are facing the structure) is the city’s first portrait statue. This 8’ bronze sculpture was erected in 1856 on the 150th birthday of its subject, Benjamin Franklin. The sculptor was Richard Saltonstall Greenough.
In viewing the statue we see Franklin standing in plain dress while holding a cane and hat. If you walk around the statue you will find four bronze bas-reliefs, each of which shows a significant event in U.S. history of which Franklin was a part of. If you begin on the side opposite the Old City Hall you will see Franklin as a young boy working a printing press. Just off towards the right we find a much older Benjamin Franklin signing the Declaration of Independence (that would be Ben in the center of relief). Continuing around in a counter clockwise direction is Franklin signing yet another significant document, the Treaty of Paris, which ended the Revolutionary War. On the final side of the pedestal there is a relief showing Franklin conducting his infamous kite experiment.
Each of these events depicted on the base of this statue are ones which you are likely well versed and/or educated on via your US history lessons, so I thought we’d end with one tale of Mr. Franklin that you may not have come across in your history text books.
In 1781 Benjamin Franklin was serving as U.S. Ambassador to France and becoming increasingly frustrated by the significant number of pointless tasks being undertaken by the many European academia he was dealing with. In a letter of sarcasm to his fellow officials he drafted a proposal titled “A Letter to the Royal Academy” or what has become more commonly referred to now as “Fart Proudly.” In his letter, Mr. Franklin mocks the system by proposing that educational efforts be spent on analyzing the effects of human farting and trying to identify ways to improve upon its smell. So, there you have it, Benjamin Franklin…inventor, founding father and proponent of aromatic flatulence.
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"You want me to do what? to your where?" Gichelle couldn't believe her ears. Granted she was young and inexperienced, but did people really do that sort of thing? She wasn't even sure her body could bend like that, and then do what? That's just gross. "I can't believe you're into that." He drove a 64' Charger and would park it outside her house at night and wait for her to climb out the window and down to meet him. Most nights they would drive around and look for a dark secluded spot to fumble with buttons and zippers and bra clips. It was all a new world to her that she was discovering with him, opening and then closing her young seventeen year old eyes, and she was grabbing it with both hands and embracing for it. But now this? "...and after you do that with your doo-dad your going to do what to my ta-ta's?" She still didn't quite feel comfortable with the vocabulary even though... Even though it was dark she caught a glimpse of her face in the rear view mirror. Like a gargoyle perched in the air waiting to swoop down and devour the unbelievers. The contours of her face, distorted and grotesque. The kind of face that could stop an army and make it's soldiers repent their sins. A come to Jesus. Bow down before the might and power of our just lord and father. Kneel at his feet and beg for his mercy! And the next thing she knew she was standing back outside her house again. Red flickers like eyes racing off into the darkness. She had a way with men but not the kind that young girls fantasize about. The first time it happened was something of a fluke, but she could feel it creeping further and further into her life. Each grimace required less and less provocation. While waiting in a particularly long line at the bank she caught a wiff of flatulence. When she opened her eyes she was at the front of the line. The other patrons having fled not from the smell but from the grotesque transformation. Eventually she learned how to harness this power and use it for her own personal gain and what occasionally would border on evil. Her closet soon filled up with shoes. Besides no security guard could keep their eyes on her for more than a few seconds. Even the cameras were known to flicker on and off but no tampering was ever discovered.
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Thistle species that are common in Greece are the Onopordum illyricum and the Onopordum tauricum. The name is derived from the two Greek words "onos" = donkey and "perdomai" = leave a breeze. A donkey eats from the plant and this causes flatulence. The illyricum is native to southern Europe, blooms from arid April to the end of July in arid regions and reaches a height of approximately 50 to 130 cm. The tauricum grows to 120 cm to 2 meters high and flowers from the end of April until the end of June along ditches and roads.
15.02.2010
Day consisted of getting up after 12, having leftover spag-bol for breakfast/lunch, doing laundry and listening to South Park episodes. Exciting huh?
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Botanical Name: Andrographis Paniculata
Common Name: Creat, Kariyat, Indian Echinacea.
Part Used: Whole Plant, Leaves
Habitat: Cultivated throughout India.
Uses: Andrographis has been found to be an effective anti-biotic, anti-viral, anti-parasitic and immune system stimulant. It is used in viral hepatitis, children's bowel complaints, gastric acidity, liver congestion, flatulence. It is being increasingly used as treatment for colds. Reasonably good evidence tells us that it can reduce the severity of cold symptoms. It may also help prevent colds. Preliminary evidence suggests that it stimulate immunity, potentially making it useful for general immune support. Interestingly, the ingredient of Andrographis used for standardization purposes, andrographolide, does not appear to affect the immune system as much as the whole plant extract. Preliminary studies in animals also suggest that andrographis may offer benefits for preventing heart disease. In addition, highly preliminary studies suggest that andrographis may help protect the liver from toxic injury, perhaps more successfully than the more famous liver-protective herb milk thistle. Decoction of the plant is blood purifier and is used for cure of torbid liver. Tincture of roots is tonic, stimulant and aperient.
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Sage-SALVIA OFFICINALIS-Herb.
Growth:sage is cultivated in south east Europe with high demands against heat, prefers clay soils, permeable, slightly alkaline.
Body plant used: leaves and flowers.
Harvest time: early flowering leaves collected for the May and June.
Sage-Natural treatments
Internal use: for internal use sage is used to treat vascular disorders, flatulence (abdominal bloating), dysmenorrhea (irregular periods), asthma, biliary dyskinesia, sweating excessive, asthenia nervous overwork intellectual, chronic bronchitis, diabetes, varicose veins, vaginitis atrophic rheumatism.
External use: in external use herb is used to treat gingivitis, dental abscess, oral thrush, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, purulent wounds, ulcers.
Tea drinking more often strengthens the entire body, protects us from seizures and has very favorable effect on paralysis.
Tea is also used in combat night sweats.
Tea has depurative action too abundant remove mucus from the respiratory and stomach, stimulates appetite and combat intestinal upset and diarrhea ... read more ...
Guess who is no longer allergic to bananas? Oh yes! Oh yes!
A few weeks ago I was home, alone, on a Monday and there was 1 very ripe banana sitting on the counter. Normally I would throw it in the freezer and wait till I had enough to turn into bread. But I'd just finished reading a piece about how people suspected that many people were allergic to pesticides used on fruit and not fruit itself. Thankfully my allergy results in embarrassing flatulence and not anaphalyxsis so I decided to risk it and eat the banana. I heard from someone else I know that she was no longer allergic to bananas because a pesticide was banned a few years ago. Thankfully I suffered no ill effects from the banana consumption and decided to risk it again the next weekend. And again I was fine. Consequently, I've eaten at least one banana every day since then. Hence the mondo pile of bananas on the counter you see here. I'm so excited by this that I'm planning a One Good Meal column about bananas. Gawd I love bananas.
This is why I love photography and Flickr. My wife drags me into all of these different stores and shops on her little shopping adventures. Naturally I found this and couldnt resist snapping the picture.
Of course being the smartass that I am I couldnt pass up the moment to embarrass the wife. She was one row over and I held up the bag and stated in a louder than normal voice "Hey Honey! I found something to take care of the problem!
Now I'm not stating that in a store full of people that she has a severe flatulence problem but the other shoppers dont know that!
While my wife was turning as red as an apple and looking for a hole to crawl into and hide from mass of all the Christmas shoppers staring at me with looks of bewilderment on thier faces, I was laughing uncontrollably on the inside
I did end up buying a bag of this, our dachshund basenji cross has gas toxic enough to melt the paint off a 1974 Buick Skylark. Hopefully this will eradicate the problem
Common name: Coffee Senna, Coffeeweed, Negro coffee
Botanical name: Cassia occidentalis
Synonyms: Senna occidentalis
Family Fabaceae
Subfamily: Caesalpiniaceae (Gulmohar family)
Malayalam: Naattu Takara, Ponnaviram
The Negro coffee or Stinking weed is found throughout India, growing abundantly on waste lands immediately after the rains. It is an offensively odorous undershrub with furrowed subglabrous branches. Leaflets are 3-5 pairs. Flowers are yellow, arranged in short peduncled few flowered racemes. Fruits are cylindrical or compressed, transversely septate glabrous pods containing 20-30 seeds. Seeds are ovoid, compressed, hard, smooth and skin dark olive green or pale brown.
The plant is useful in vitiated conditions of vata and kapha, cough, bronchitis, constipation, fever, epilepsy and convulsions. The roots are useful in inflammation, diabetes, strangury, elephantiasis, ringworm, colic, flatulence, dyspepsia, epilepsy, convulsions and scorpion sting. The leaves and seeds are used in leprosy, erysipelas, pruritus, wounds and ulcers, cough, bronchitis, hiccough, asthma, pharyngodynia, fever and hydrophobia (Warrier et al, 1994). A paste made out of roots is considered as a specific remedy for ringworm, eczema and other skin ailments (Aiyer amd Kolammal, 1964). Bark, roots, leaves and seeds are used in medicine. The drug is an ingredient of Surasadi taila (Sivarajan et al, 1994).
The plant contains emodin, physcion, chrysophanol, sitosterol and a xanthone- cassiollin. Seeds contain phytosterolin and 3-methyl-6-methoxy-1, 8-dihydroxy anthraquinone. Flowers contain physcion-b-D-glucopyranoside. Roots contain phytosterol, 1, 8-dihydroxy anthraquinone, a-hydroxy anthraquinone, quercetin, 1, 4, 5-trihydroxy anthroquinone derivatives, namely, islandicin, helminthosporon and xanthorin, a xanthone derivative-cassiollin. Leaves contain flavonoids- matteucinol-7-rhamnoside and jaceidin-7-rhamnoside. The plant is febrifuge, purgative, diuretic and tonic. Seed and leaf are bitter, sweet, acrid, thermogenic and depurative and used in skin diseases. Root is an antidote for snakebite (Husain et al, 1992).
Taken at Kadavoor, Kerala, India
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www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Coffee Senna.html
Photo Frederick FN Noronha. Creative Commons. 3.0. Non-commercial. Attribution. May be reproduced for non-commercial purposes. For other purposes contact fn at goa-india dot org
Botanical Name: Andrographis Paniculata
Common Name: Creat, Kariyat, Indian Echinacea.
Part Used: Whole Plant, Leaves
Habitat: Cultivated throughout India.
Uses: Andrographis has been found to be an effective anti-biotic, anti-viral, anti-parasitic and immune system stimulant. It is used in viral hepatitis, children's bowel complaints, gastric acidity, liver congestion, flatulence. It is being increasingly used as treatment for colds. Reasonably good evidence tells us that it can reduce the severity of cold symptoms. It may also help prevent colds. Preliminary evidence suggests that it stimulate immunity, potentially making it useful for general immune support. Interestingly, the ingredient of Andrographis used for standardization purposes, andrographolide, does not appear to affect the immune system as much as the whole plant extract. Preliminary studies in animals also suggest that andrographis may offer benefits for preventing heart disease. In addition, highly preliminary studies suggest that andrographis may help protect the liver from toxic injury, perhaps more successfully than the more famous liver-protective herb milk thistle. Decoction of the plant is blood purifier and is used for cure of torbid liver. Tincture of roots is tonic, stimulant and aperient.
Courtesy Asit K. Ghosh
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Kegels exercises are often promoted as being the cure all, end all exercise for pelvic floor dysfunction and to strengthen weak pelvic floor muscles. Many women may have even experienced this during their postpartum follow ups, during a doctor visit for incontinence or pelvic floor pain, or even just researching online ways to strengthen their pelvic floor – kegel exercises are preached and praised by countless exercise teachers and physical therapists worldwide.
Yet, are kegels really the cure all for strengthening the pelvic floor? Are there other exercises out there that may actually help women better regain a strong pelvic floor without ever using kegels?
In this blog I will attempt to address the popularity of kegel exercises, their intent, and additional exercises that may prove to help strengthen the pelvic floor more efficiently for a variety of reasons.
What are Kegels?
The kegel exercise was first published in the United States by Dr. Henry Arnold Kegel in 1948. Dr. Kegel discovered that one of the most common symptoms experienced by postpartum women was a relaxed or weakened pelvic floor. He believed that this was due to possible nerve damage, tearing of connective tissues, and the muscles stretching during childbirth. As a result, Dr. Kegel formulated an exercise that he believed properly tightened the pelvic floor in order to regain strength and restore the pelvic floor muscles to their natural state.
Thus, in short, the Kegel exercise was developed as a method for contracting the pelvic floor and strengthening the weakened muscles. If the pelvic floor muscles are stretched and loose, exercising them via release and contraction begin treating some of the adverse side effects of a weakened pelvic floor: urinary incontinence, pelvic pain, and more.
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Are you looking for safe and restorative exercises to heal from pelvic floor symptoms?
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Why Kegels?
Kegels are often encouraged to help treat a weakened pelvic floor that may be the result of: pregnancy and childbirth, surgery or injury, or a symptom of excessive straining from constipation or chronic coughing.
Kegels may be “prescribed” if you are experiencing:
Urinary or fecal incontinence
Have a strong urge to urinate
Pain or discomfort during sexual intercourse
Pain or discomfort in the bladder or bowel during urination or fecal movement
These symptoms may be a result of a loose pelvic floor, in which kegel exercises may help
How Do You Perform a Kegel Exercise?
To perform a kegel exercise, it is important to first:
Expel any urine in your body before performing Kegels
Identify the right muscles – your pelvic floor muscles: in order to do this, it may be easiest to first lie on your back. Once in position, you should picture stopping your flow of urination or holding in flatulence. The muscles you feel contract in your lower abdomen and lower back are your pelvic floor muscles.
Practice the technique: instruction for how to best perform kegels varies, yet one of the most common techniques is sitting with your feet tucked under your bum, with your arms placed on your hips. Once you have found your pelvic floor muscles, you should practice contracting these muscles for roughly 5 seconds as if you’re lifting something off the ground, and then slowly relax them for 5 seconds.
Focus on contracting just your pelvic floor muscles: for the best results (and so you don’t harm yourself) it is important to focus only on your pelvic floor muscles during this exercise. Be careful to not contract muscles in your abdomen, thighs, or buttocks and avoid holding your breath. Remember to breathe freely during this exercise.
Repeat multiple times a day: Some doctors and specialists recommend repeating this exercise several times a day (roughly 3 sets of 10 – 15 repetitions).
Are Pelvic Floor Exercises the Same as Kegels?
Yes and no, kegels are a type of pelvic floor exercise. A Kegel exercise is only a single technique or method for contracting and relaxing the pelvic floor muscles. Yet, many professionals tend to lump all other pelvic floor exercises under the term “Kegels.”
Although Kegels are a very popular technique for strengthening the pelvic floor, there are many other methods for increasing pelvic health and strength without kegels. The 2 main issues with kegels are that they assume everyone needs that type of muscle contraction – they do not. The other issue is they do not train for the task. We do them from a still position, whereas life is dynamic, includes load, includes movement on multi planes. Our pelvic floor is designed to reflexively support all of that – if that has been lost, and we do have an injury, then training dynamically so that the pelvic floor responds is a much more appropriate method. You would not train for a marathon by lying someone on their back and doing running moves with their legs pumping the air so why are we doing that to the pelvic floor?
In some cases, kegels may actually be more damaging to the pelvic floor! So then the question rises: how do I treat pelvic floor dysfunction without kegels?
How to Strengthen Your Pelvic Floor
Education is one of the primary benefits that we at RYC® offer in our programs. Understanding where your pelvic floor muscles are located and how they affect your body can help benefit your recovery. In my program, I help men and women learn more about how their bodies work and how proper pelvic floor muscle training can teach them how to engage their bodies properly during their muscle training exercises.
Will Kegels Treat Pelvic Floor Dysfunction or Pelvic Organ Prolapse?
Exercise can be a great way to heal your pelvic floor. Unfortunately, in many work out programs for postpartum people and others seeking pelvic floor recovery, kegel exercises are the most commonly recommended exercise to use. However, kegel exercises can actually increase stiffness and make it harder to feel your pelvic floor muscles. Avoiding unnecessary contraction during pelvic floor exercises can be beneficial to recovering the strength and mobility of your pelvic floor muscles.
If we want things to shift in our pelvic floor, we need to also shift the habit mode of our muscles. In the case of our pelvic floors, there tends to be much confusion. Is my pelvic floor too tight? Not tight enough? How can I tell the resting tension? How can I fix it? Before we set out to resolve/fix our pelvic floor dysfunction we need to first “know” our pelvic floor. Know what engaging it feels like, what releasing it feels like, and how to control both contracting and releasing it. Only then we can discern what our tendencies are and create new movement patterns and choices.
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Pelvic Floor Exercises Better Than Kegels
Pelvic Tilt: If you have a yoga ball, you may begin seated on the ball with your feet flat on the floor hip-width apart (or you may sit on a yoga mat with your feet criss-crossed in front of you if you don’t have a stability ball). Lengthen your spine by stacking your shoulders over your hips, placing your hands on your waist. Slowly begin tucking and untucking your pelvis by drawing your hip bones toward the ribs and sticking your buttocks out behind you. You should try to repeat 2 sets of 10 reps.
To learn more about exercises for the pelvic floor and how Restore Your Core can best serve you, visit our pelvic floor learn hub.
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It`s that time of year again , MoNovember the place to go with your Mono`s from the month of November ........ why not drop by and join in MoNovember Here
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Sitting on leather can cause some to wriggle
The noises they make raising some giggles
That wasn`t me it must have been you
You were only just asking after the loo
Well if of my friendship you want a continuance
It might best we never again mention my flatulence
..................... Copyright (c) Rodney Harrison 2014
Clove is used for dyspepsia and as an expectorant. Clove oil is used orally for diarrhea, hernia, and halitosis. Clove and clove oil are used orally for flatulence, nausea, and vomiting.
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Photo Frederick FN Noronha. Creative Commons. 3.0. Non-commercial. Attribution. May be reproduced for non-commercial purposes. For other purposes contact fn at goa-india dot org
Botanical Name: Andrographis Paniculata
Common Name: Creat, Kariyat, Indian Echinacea.
Part Used: Whole Plant, Leaves
Habitat: Cultivated throughout India.
Uses: Andrographis has been found to be an effective anti-biotic, anti-viral, anti-parasitic and immune system stimulant. It is used in viral hepatitis, children's bowel complaints, gastric acidity, liver congestion, flatulence. It is being increasingly used as treatment for colds. Reasonably good evidence tells us that it can reduce the severity of cold symptoms. It may also help prevent colds. Preliminary evidence suggests that it stimulate immunity, potentially making it useful for general immune support. Interestingly, the ingredient of Andrographis used for standardization purposes, andrographolide, does not appear to affect the immune system as much as the whole plant extract. Preliminary studies in animals also suggest that andrographis may offer benefits for preventing heart disease. In addition, highly preliminary studies suggest that andrographis may help protect the liver from toxic injury, perhaps more successfully than the more famous liver-protective herb milk thistle. Decoction of the plant is blood purifier and is used for cure of torbid liver. Tincture of roots is tonic, stimulant and aperient.
Courtesy Asit K. Ghosh