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Cat's Whiskers in the KLCC Park serve as border plants and given their year 'round presence some of the walks are always bordered by pretty white flowers. So you could be forgiven for thinking they're merely ornamentals. But Orthosiphon also has excellent medicinal qualities especially for illnesses of the urinary tract. That's for what they've traditionally been used in this part of the world.
It's difficult to get a good photo of these clusters, so I thought I'd give you a shot from the top down.
There was a bit of joyful noise when Jimmy tried the new "urinary care" cat food tonight.
Since he was diagnosed with a urinary problem, he has shown disdain for Hills C/D special foods (dry and wet), as well as the Science Diet and Purina Focus diets for cats who develop crystals in their urine. In fact, he seems a little depressed when we keep putting these inedible foods in front of him.
Our vet suggested one final diet to try: Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets UR (Urinary St/Ox)
The company will refund your money if your cat doesn't like it (per our vet). We picked it up this afternoon, and Jimmy's face went down into the bowl and stayed there. He likes it!
The flowers of many hydrangeas act as natural pH indicators, producing blue flowers when the soil is acidic and pink ones when the soil is alkaline.
Hydrangea root and rhizome are indicated for the treatment of conditions of the urinary tract in the Physicians' Desk Reference for Herbal Medicine and may have diuretic properties. Hydrangeas are moderately toxic if eaten, with all parts of the plant containing cyanogenic glycosides. Hydrangea paniculata is reportedly sometimes smoked as an intoxicant, despite the danger of illness and/or death due to the cyanide.
The flowers on a hydrangea shrub can change from blue to pink or from pink to blue from one season to the next depending on the acidity level of the soil. Adding organic materials such as coffee grounds and citrus peel will increase acidity and turn hydrangea flowers blue. A popular pink hydrangea called Vanilla Strawberry has been named "Top Plant" by the American Nursery and Landscape Association.
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I rode 35 miles to support Parkinson Orgazation.
'And there is no place to hide'
Bob is not alone, as forum's speakers demonstrate
By Tom Beal
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 04.11.2008
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Richard Carothers has overseen more than 3,200 projects in his career as a designer, architect and developer, but this morning he's focused on getting his feet to shuffle him onstage at DuVal Auditorium.
Bob Dolezal is not alone in his fight against Parkinson's disease or his plight as one of its victims. I've decided to learn how others cope with the disease at a forum Carothers helped arrange through the University of Arizona College of Medicine and the Arizona chapter of the American Parkinson Disease Association.
Carothers is still seeing clients 14 years after his diagnosis, but he doesn't think that will last much longer.
After a short freeze, his feet get going and he reaches the podium.
"I have Parkinson's disease. You probably surmised that," he says to laughter from the audience of Parkinson's patients and caregivers.
"Do any of these sound familiar?" he asks. "Rigidity, dozing off, urinary urgency, slowed physically, banging your hands and knuckles, trouble buttoning shirts, tying ties, sleeping, short-term memory loss. These are all my symptoms. Last year my walking decreased in efficiency by 50 percent."
He compares his movements to "a sloth climbing a tree."
"It's a challenge," he says, "being comfortable in your own skin."
He's gotten past the embarrassment of holding onto people's chairs as he makes his way to the bathroom in a restaurant. He uses wheelchairs and motorized carts in airports to avoid missing connecting flights. He relies more and more on his wife.
"I'm super-fortunate," he says. "I have a caregiver who is my foundation, as Bette Midler says," and here Carothers stops to still his heaving chest, "she is 'the wind beneath my wings.' "
Parkinson's is tough on caregivers, reports the panel that Carothers introduces. They describe the little funerals they are always holding for the loss of yet another function. Life fluctuates between despair and a profound sense of nobility.
Sharon Kha is the odd woman out on this panel. Like Bob Dolezal, she has no caregiver and she's found advantages in that.
"You know how we are. We get up, turn the TV on, go back to bed. When you live alone, you can do that all night."
Kha says she has days when she has energy to cook dinner, but not to clean up after. "So you put your skillet on the table and eat right out of it. You can annoy yourself all you want."
She is amused when she goes for her checkups.
"They ask, 'Do you need help getting dressed?' Yes, I need help, but I don't get it."
"Buttons are a problem. I buy big. I button 'em once. I wash 'em buttoned. I hang 'em up buttoned."
Kha, formerly an associate vice president for communications at the UA, wrote, in March 2005:
"I feel like I am standing in a sunny meadow watching a storm approach. Even though I can feel the sun warm on my shoulders right now, the darkness and cold rain are moving inexorably toward me and there is no place to hide."
She has been in the center of that storm. Her father had Parkinson's and took shelter for his last eight years in Sharon's home.
"I watched people treating Dad like he was drunk or senile."
Kha spent a decade in television as a reporter and assignments editor at KGUN Channel 9 in Tucson, then 22 years at the UA, where she was working when she diagnosed herself.
"I was looking in the mirror one day and dad's face looked back at me," she wrote. There was a droop in her right eyelid and the right side of her mouth.
When we get together, she tells me her self-diagnosis was ratified by a neurologist three years later – Nov. 11, 2003, at 11 a.m. It's not something you forget.
Kha said her dad managed to work until he died, slowly folding boxes for a religious audiotape company.
Kha quit working when the reporters she dealt with began to finish her sentences, her boss began rewriting her memos and she began to fall asleep at meetings.
"It drives a wedge between your brain and your mind or your soul. I always thought my brain is where I resided. It's where I have my memories, my abilities. Everything I know how to do is stored there," she says.
And now her brain is lying to her. It tells her she is taking big steps when she shuffles. It tells her she is speaking normally when her volume is a weak echo of her TV announcer days.
She has trained, through a program called "Big and Loud," to override her brain. She instructs herself to take a giant step and takes a normal one. She pretends to shout and she speaks clearly. She is a liturgist — a scripture reader — at St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, where she also volunteers weekly.
"People come up to me now and say, 'You're the only one I can understand.' "
She hopes she won't deceive herself when the time comes to seek more help. She doesn't expect to live long enough to experience the final Parkinson's decline. She has chronic kidney disease and an inoperable "giant aneurysm" in her brain.
Her son, David, who has been living a gypsy life in New Zealand, is coming to stay with her for a while, now that her long-term boarder is moving out.
She is beginning to examine her options and feels fortunate to have some.
"My dad's only solution was, 'I will cope with this by going to live with my daughter.'
"I don't have to do that to my son."
It is the only time at lunch when her voice chokes and her lip trembles.
Manir, Kuala Terengganu, Malaysia | Kodak Portra 160 VC | Canon EOS 1000FN
taken from www.misaikucing.com
Misai Kuching (Orthosiphon Stamineus) is a medicinal herb found mainly throughout South East Asia and tropical Australia. It is believed to have antiallergic, antihypertensive, antiinflammatory and diuretic properties. It is used as a remedy for arteriosclerosis (capillary and circulatory disorders), kidney stones, diabetes and nephritis.
It is trusted for many centuries for treating ailments of the kidney, bladder stone, urinary tract infection, liver and bladder problems, diabetes, rheumatism and gout. It is also used to reduce cholesterol and blood pressure.
these were the cleanest urinaries I ever seen, cannot avoid to shot to such a difficult image to find.
Eran los urinarios mas limpios que he visto nunca, no pude evitar capturar tan dificil imagen.
Incontinence
The loss of ability to control urination is a common problem that affects as many as one in three people. It can be easily cured or at least made manageable. As a man, you're more at risk of one of two types of incontinence as you get older:
urge – an overpowering urge to urinate followed by heavy leakage
overflow – small leaks from a full bladder
Data show that incontinence is less prevalent in men than women, which may explain the dearth of studies focusing specifically on men.
As men age, their rate of suffering from UI increases from 4.8% at ages 19 to 44 to over 21% by the age of 65 years.
“Sadly, many men with UI do not have the emotional and physical ability to adapt to these stressful situations and, instead, choose to suffer silently”
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For help, read the following web site.
www.nhs.uk/conditions/urinary-incontinence/10-ways-to-sto...
a voi che vi ha portato la befana??
a noi una visita notturna....
a metà notte sento un tonfo, penso che ci siamo dimenticati il macinapepe a portata di zampa e che Noè l'abbia fatto frullare per terra, non mi preoccupo, non sento altri rumori e continuo il sonno...
stamani mi alzo e trovo gli sportelli del sotto acquaio spalancati una caffettiera da 8 tazze in mezzo alla stanza e un sacco di croccantini (urinary, per i veterinari all'ascolto) completamente rosicchiato.
Noè ipereccitato dalla mangiata folle notturna di un cibo che adora (deve essere addizionato con l'ambrosia...)
a me fa ridere il veterinario quando mi dice che lo devo tenere a stecchetto, perchè d'inverno ingrassa e va fuori forma... noè se non gli dai le cose, se le prende!!!!
è rimasta storica una mangiata direttamente nel frigorifero, quando era cucciolo di 2 intere svizzere di manzo... scartate e fruite dal ripiano alto del frigo..lasciato poi aperto chiaramente, per cui trovai casa allagata, o l'episodio del pollo alla turca con spezie che misteriosamente sparì lasciando come unica traccia del suo breve passaggio nella mia cucina, una zampa e un pezzo di petto...
Taraxacum officinale. (Common Dandelion)
(Description to the insect Corizus hyoscyami, follows below)
Taraxacum officinale (F.H. Wigg)
Known as “The Common Dandelion”.
Family: Asteraceae.
The Dandelion is native to Europe and Asia and was introduced into North America from Europe.
The Common Dandelion is a perennial plant, which emerges from seed and the root develops into a perennial taproot system, that preserves over the winter months.
Ideally when temperatures reach around 10 centigrade (50 Fahrenheit) the plants will start to develop from seed. The seedlings will emerge from a soil depth of less than an inch. (2.5cm).
Dandelion plants thrive on soils rich in potassium and nitrogen, preferring soils low in calcium, does not like soils high in phosphorus conditions, which can be caused by the poor decay of organic matter.
Each dandelion plant has up to ten flower heads, each producing between 150 to 200 seedlings (known as “Pappus seedlings” (that look like upturned umbrellas), these are dispersed by the wind). So, on average,15000 seeds per plant, which can be dispersed over vast distances, as the pappus seedlings are ideally shaped to fly in the updrafts of the wind’s undercurrents. The seed does not lie dormant and will germinate immediately in the same year, given reasonable soil conditions.
Dandelion plants can become invasive, when given ideal soil conditions, it captures space and although not competitive for light, it will however take a lot of moisture and nutrients from the ground.
The common dandelion is an herb native to Europe, the whole of the plant is edible (flower, leaves and roots) and has been used for various infections, but little evidence supports its effectiveness against certain ailments.
These being: Decreasing swelling on parts of the body, increasing urine production by preventing crystals from forming in the urine, that could lead to infections entering the Kidneys and urinary tract.
Dandelions are one of the most vital early nectar sources, for a wide host of insect pollinators.
Corizus hyoscyami
Family: Rhopalidae.
Body length: 9mm
The markings on Corizus hyoscyami are distinctive, but are similar to some ground bug species.
Commonly known by a few names such as, “Scentless plant bug”, “Red and black Rhopalid” “Cinnamon bug” and also, “Black and Red Squash bug”.
This is a widespread species found in most of Europe, since the early 1990’s has been spreading more into the northern countries of Europe. This is mainly put down to climate change. In England it is more common in the southern counties (especially southern coastlines), also found along the Southern Coastline of Wales and up to North Wales. Recently has been recorded as far north, as Yorkshire.
Habitat: Preferring dry sunny areas, such as, meadows, gardens, parklands and open hedgerows. Will be seen on a wide variety of plants and shrubs.
Overwinters as an adult, the new generation begins late summer between August and September.
Nymphs are yellow to red-brown in colour, being quite hairy.
Lovely cheerful, vibrant colour for a cold, dull day!
These sunny, wonderful little flowers originated in South America and were widely used by the Meso-Americans for urinary tract infections, kidney problems and for their general antibiotic action.
The leaves were used to prevent scurvy and to supplement the daily diet and add flavour. The peppery leaves were very popular and the seeds were a prized delicacy.
In fact, they were considered so important that no little home was without a nasturtium plant if they could avoid it. The plants are also so undemanding that they were perfect for the rocky soil of the Andes.
In the 1600's in England, Nasturtiums were a valued plant and were called Indian Cress (Because of their similarity in flavuor to Watercress.)
Wherever they have been introduced, these plants have quickly become a firm favourite because of their medicinal and culinary uses.
iss053e215850 (Nov. 20, 2017) --- The EcAMSat, short for E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite, is seen moments after being ejected from the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer attached to the outside of Kibo laboratory module from the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The E. coli AntiMicrobial Satellite (EcAMSat) mission will investigate space microgravity effects on the antibiotic resistance of E. coli, a bacterial pathogen responsible for urinary tract infection in humans and animals.
So Flappy has had such a great year...In Winter - he had kidney stones. Last month, a urinary tract infection and this month, surgery to remove a lump on his left front paw. He is two ailments away from a free visit! Meanwhile - the cats continue their string of never needing the vet for anything!
Susie is being a bit more tolerant than I had feared
Poor Shay had a bad injury 2 weeks ago, ended up getting his back right leg amputated on July 9th, so he is now about 10 days post surgery. We are fostering him, looking after him as he recovers.
At first he was very down, very anxious and not eating. But this has all come on really well in past 2 days.
He has urinary incontinence for now but we are hoping this improves over coming days.
The 2 dogs have very similar markings on their faces
The Velvet Underground & Nico - I'll Be Your Mirror
Served resting in a little pool of dark caramel sauce, Flan is a Spanish classic and one of the country´s most popular desserts.
The history of flans dates back all the way to the Ancient Romans. According to Platina's De Honesta Voluptate,(On Right Pleasure and Good Health), an Italian cookery text published in 1475, custard-type dishes were considered health food. They were thought to soothe the chest, aid the kidneys and liver, increase fertility and eliminate certain urinary tract problems.
As I would hike in the lowlands around Mt, Diablo, I would see a most unusual tree, not because of the scraggly tree itself, but because of the unique bark which would curl and peel. When it would peel to the smooth trunk, it became more intriguing, and a little study showed that the plant was used medicinally for poison oak and other purposes. Florists would use the branches in decorating centerpieces, and because the lasted so long, many people with parrots and other birds would use them as perches.
The red berries are edible; the flowers looked very much like Lily of the Valley. Perhaps its popularity almost led to its extinction, but an experiment in cloning brought the tree (up to 20 feet tall) back and now populated most of the drier range of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is found now from British Columbia to Mexico, and is definitely a western, drought tolerant plant. Take away it's beautiful bark, edible, driftwood looks under the red curls, and medicinable characteristics, and what have you got? Well, what I got the first time I saw it was this picture. I still know where this particular tree is, and it continues to fascinate.
Native Americans in Northern California made a tisane from manzanita leaves to treat poison oak rash.The leaves contain chemicals with a mildly disinfectant quality, and can be used for mild urinary tract infections.
The berries are a good food, as they can be harvested en masse and stored. Once stored and dried, the berries can be ground into a coarse meal.The berries can be eaten ripe (when red) or green for a slightly sour taste. They are good eaten alone, or used as a thickener or sweetener in other dishes. Fresh berries and branch tips can be soaked in water to make a cider. Native Americans used Manzanita leaves as toothbrushes. (Manzanita means little apple in Spanish, and it is a favorite of Cedar Waxwings and Robins. But to my eye, it's just a unique and beautiful thing of art. (Remember, I do not drink: I just have a unique way of looking at things. Imagine the first person to see a birch tree. Then imagine the first person to think that you could make a canoe and not have it sink. That happened shortly after the word "canoe" was invented. That guy DID drink.)
Fun Facts about the Urinary System
Museum of Science and History
1025 Museum Cir, Jacksonville, FL 32207, US
"Jesus Christ!," wrote one observer, "That's the WORST sterile technique I've ever seen!"
Like many other professions, medical/health personnel can have a dark sense of humor.
While working at a Medical College Hospital, I stopped in to the library one afternoon, and began to browse. One of the books I happened upon was one about humor in the medical/healthcare field. I perused the contents, and found it quite fascinating, and the commentary & observations quite erudite, and spot on.
One anecdotal observation I can share from personal experience. Once, while working in a Major City's University Hospital's Level 1Trauma Center, I was performing postmortem care to a male patient. In the process, we pulled the lines & drains from his corpse, and began to clean his Earthly remains before bagging them in a zippered body bag, complete with toe tag, and sending them to the refrigerated mortuary downstairs.
As we pulled the Foley catheter from his penis (that's a bladder access system that enables continuous urinary drainage without needing to go to the toilet or urinal) we noticed a message tattooed lengthwise upon his penis which read "Love lifted me."
Now, bear in mind, that was several years ago - in fact, very nearly a decade - before tattooing & body piercing of various types seemed to be all the rage. What made this observation even more peculiar, was that the decedent was in this 60's. Of course, we called others to see this remarkable intimate "signage," and chuckled about it's message, and postulated various and sundry theories about psychological theories & correlated functions.
While that is true, we must bear in mind that humor must be based in reality in order to be funny.
And as I recollected, there was a joke based upon similarly related material, which was something like this:
A man went to his physician, who ordered an injection which could only be administered in the gluteus (buttocks). A female nurse administered the injection to the patient, which - of course - required lowering his undergarments.
It just so happened, that during the administration, she caught a glimpse of his manhood, and observed that it was tattooed, and read "Shorty." And it was indeed - to all appearances - quite diminished. She commented to her colleagues about it, and they cackled, chortled and gabbled about it.
Some time later, the Nurse and male patient happened upon each other's company outside the professional environment, and as fate would have it, they began courting, and eventually married.
When news of her marriage and honeymoon circulated amongst the office staff, some of her colleagues made mock of her and taunted her about their honeymoon asking, "How could a man with such an obviously short appendage give you any satisfaction?"
"Short!?!," she exclaimed.
Why of course!," replied her colleagues. "You told us all how his penis was tattooed with short."
"Short nothing!," she retorted.
"That tattoo reads Shorty's Bar and Grille, Birmingham, Alabama!"
Second only to Apollo 11 in fame, Apollo 13 was, when it was launched, seen as almost routine: Apollo 11 had put men on the Moon and Apollo 12 had proven it could be done twice. Few people outside of space enthusiasts and NASA were thinking much of Apollo 13 when it was launched on April 11, 1970. Onboard were the three crew: command pilot Jim Lovell (veteran of three previous spaceflights), lunar module (LM) pilot Jack Swigert, and command module (CM) pilot Fred Haise. Their destination was the Fra Mauro highlands on the Moon.
Other than a early engine shutoff on the second stage (which could have been more catastrophic than originally believed), the launch and everything required for Apollo 13 to go to the Moon went smoothly. On April 14, however, not long after a television broadcast--that was watched by no one outside NASA, as none of the networks were interested in carrying it--Mission Control requested Swigert turn on the stirring fans in the service module's oxygen tanks. What no one knew was that the insulation on the wires in Apollo 13's second SM oxygen tank were damaged: when Swigert switched on the fans, the wires shorted. This instantly ignited the oxygen tank, which exploded. While luckily the explosion was vented into space (which also snuffed the fire), it destroyed one oxygen tank and severely damaged the other. Apollo 13 was now in trouble.
No one knew what had happened; Lovell reported "Houston, we've had a problem," and at first it was thought that either the spacecraft had been hit by a meteor or it was an instrument problem. When Lovell spotted oxygen being vented to space, however, both crew and Mission Control knew that the situation was now desperate. There was no thought of landing on the Moon: now it was a fight just to survive. There had been some vague ideas about using the LM as a "lifeboat" for the crew, but it had never really been tried. Now NASA had no choice. To conserve as much power as possible, the CM was shut down and all three men moved into the LM.
Problem after problem began to crop up, each requiring something entirely new to be invented on the spot. Getting the crew back to Earth involved them moving to an new orbit and using the Moon's gravity to slingshot them home--but the LM's engine had to be used, as the SM's might've been damaged. (It was done successfully, and Apollo 13's crew set a record for the furthest human beings have ever gone from Earth--over 248,000 miles away.) Once that was done, the rising levels of carbon dioxide meant that a scrubbing system had to be devised using whatever could be found on the spacecraft. The crew's water had to be rationed, leading to Haise developing a urinary tract infection. Finally, the temperature in the minimally-operating LEM dropped to 38 degrees Fahrenheit: the crew, without any sort of cold-weather clothing, simply had to endure it.
But endure it they did, and all the innovations and improvisations by crew and Mission Control worked: Apollo 13 splashed down safely in the Pacific Ocean on April 17. The near disaster spurred worldwide interest and concern for the astronauts, and for a short time, renewed interest in the Apollo program--though only four of the planned seven additional missions after Apollo 13 were flown, the others cancelled due to budget cuts. Neither Lovell, Swigert or Haise flew in space again; Swigert passed away in 1982.
Interest in Apollo 13, much like the Apollo program itself, waned after the program wound down. Lovell wrote a book in the early 1990s titled "Lost Moon", which spurred interest in a movie, "Apollo 13," which came out in 1995. This made the "successful failure" of the mission, in some ways, more well known than the success of the rest of the Apollo program.
After the mission, the only surviving part of Apollo 13--the Command Module, "Odyssey"--was disassembled and each part examined during the investigation into the accident. The capsule itself was reassembled and placed on display at the Kennedy Space Center; the interior was reassembled later and put in one of the "boilerplate" trainers and displayed at the Museum of Natural History at Louisville, Kentucky. In 1983, Odyssey was sent to the Museum of Air and Space in Paris, France, where it would remain until 1995. After the popularity of "Apollo 13" the film, Odyssey was brought home and moved to the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchinson, where it was reunited with the interior, taken from the boilerplate. A 12-year restoration project resulted, and finally the complete Apollo 13 went on display at the Cosmosphere in 2007.
My 2020 trip was delayed and rescheduled due to coronavirus, but eventually a friend and I decided to go through the Midwest (where the museums were open). I looked into the Cosmosphere, and when I learned it had the real Apollo 13 (to say nothing of Gemini 10 and Liberty Bell 7!), my friend--who is a huge space enthusiast--was onboard for making a planned 3-day trip into a 6-day one. It was worth the extra days, mileage and sore butt to see the real thing. The restoration was beautifully done, and to be able to look inside and see where the real Lovell, Swigert and Haise sat on their mission--words cannot describe it.
Barringtonia racemosa trees have white or pink flowers. And Barringtonia acutangula trees have red flowers.
Cây Barringtonia racemosa có hoa trắng hay hồng, còn Barringtonia acutangula có hoa đỏ.
Vietnamese named : Cây mưng, Lộc vừng hoa chùm, Chiếc chùm, Tam lang.
English names : Stream Barringtonia, Freshwater Mangrove, Indian Oak, Indian Putat, Fish killer tree
Scientist name : Barringtonia racemosa
(L.) Roxb.
Synonyms : Barringtonia racemosa (Linn.) Blume, Eugenia racemosa Linn., Menichea rosata Sonn. Butonica rosata Miers
Barringtonia stravadium Blanco
Family : Lecythidaceae . Họ Lộc Vừng
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Scientific:
Barringtonia acutangula subsp. spicata : Lộc vừng đỏ, Chiếc khế
Barringtonia racemosa: Chiếc, Lộc vừng trắng, hồng
Other names : Indian Oak, Indian Putat, Vừng, Chiếc, Ngọc Nhị Tam Lang.
Hoa Lộc Vừng thuộc loài cây ưa sáng và ẩm, thường mọc ven các ao đầm hồ nước ngọt hay nước lợ. Hoa lộc vừng thường nở vào giữa mùa hè và mùa thu vào khoảng tháng 6 - 7 đến tháng 11. Được xếp vào bộ tứ quý Sanh, Sung , Tùng , Lộc nên Lộc vừng thường được trồng làm cảnh hay Bonsai.
Người miền Nam thì gọi lộc vừng là cây chiếc. Cây chiếc có hai loại, bông màu đỏ và bông màu trắng hồng. Chiếc thường mọc hoang dọc theo bờ biền, đọt chiếc được hái về cuốn bánh xèo, hay ăn với cá lóc nướng.
Ngày xưa ít ai để ý đến bông của nó vì hoa thường nỡ về đêm, trời tờ mờ sáng khoảng 8 giờ là hoa rụng thành thảm quanh gốc và dập dìu theo sóng nước.
Trái chiếc có khía như trái khế. Khi đã già, trái rụng xuống theo con nước, trôi dạt và tấp vào bờ rồi mọc thành cây con. Dòng chuyển hoá của cây chiếc cứ luân lưu tự nhiên từ bao đời như vậy. Sau này, dân trồng bonsai đem cây chiếc về phố, cho vào phòng máy lạnh, từ chú vịt con xấu xí trở thành thiên nga với cái tên mỹ miều lộc vừng , hay mang màu sắc huơng xa một chút : ngọc nhị tam lang. Cây chiếc mọc hoang được tận dụng cả cây lớn lẫn cây nhỏ đem buôn bán vì dân làm ăn tin rằng nó mang lại tài lộc may mắn.
Nhìn cây chiếc trong chậu, sao bỗng dưng nhớ tới thân phận của những nàng thôn nữ bị tiến cung thời xưa. Đẹp, nhưng não nùng, có phải hồng nhan đa truân ?
...Không biết cây chiếc sống trong lầu son gác tía có nhớ về khoảng trời xanh ngát, về dòng sông, bờ biền, con nước ròng nước lớn và tiếng bìm bịp kêu chiều.....
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Lộc vừng hoa chùm, Chiếc chùm, Tam lang - Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Spreng., thuộc họ Lộc vừng - Lecythidaceae.
Mô tả: Cây gỗ có kích thước trung bình. Lá dạng màng, thuôn, xoan ngược hay hình ngọn giáo, thon hẹp rồi thắt lại gần như hình tim trên cuống, có mũi nhọn, dài 10-30cm, rộng 5-10cm, cuống dài 3-7cm. Hoa nhiều, thành bông ở ngọn hay ở bên thòng xuống dài 25-50cm. Quả bằng quả trứng gà, thon hẹp, bao bởi đài hoa tồn tại, có khi có 4 góc thon hẹp, nhẵn. Hạt đơn độc, xoan thuôn.
Hoa tháng 4-7.
Bộ phận dùng: Rễ, vỏ, quả, hạt - Radix, Cortex, Fructus et Semen Barringtoniae Racemosae.
Nơi sống và thu hái: Cây mọc rải rác ở khắp nước ta, thường ở gần bờ biển, hay dựa rạch từ Hoà Bình đến Biên Hoà. Còn phân bố ở các nước Lào, Campuchia, Ấn Ðộ, Malaixia, Philippin.
Thành phần hoá học: Có glucosid saponin vỏ chứa 18% tanin.
Tính vị, tác dụng: Rễ đắng, có tính hạ nhiệt. Hạt thơm.
Công dụng, chỉ định và phối hợp: Rễ được dùng trị bệnh sởi. Quả dùng trị ho và hen suyễn. Nhân hạt giã ra thêm bột và dầu, dùng trị ỉa chảy. Hạt được dùng trị các cơn đau bụng, và bệnh về mắt, còn dùng để duốc cá.
Ở Malaixia, lá hoặc cả rễ và vỏ dùng đắp trị ghẻ và các nốt đậu.
Ở Ấn Ðộ, rễ làm thông, làm mát, quả trị ho, hen và ỉa chảy, nhân hạt cùng với sữa dùng trị bệnh vàng da và các chứng bệnh về mật; hạt dùng trị đau bụng và bệnh về mắt, hạt và vỏ trị giun, đuốc cá, xổ và sát trùng.
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Barringtonia racemosa (L.) Roxb.
This beautiful mangrove tree is easily recognized by its large leaves, delicate white flowers and guava-like fruit that hang in long racemes.
Description
Barringtonia racemosa has a straight, unbranched stem that leads to a rounded crown and is usually 4-8 m tall, but occasionally reaches 15 m. The bark is greyish brown to pink with white blotches and raised dots and lines. The branches are marked with leaf scars.
The leaves are alternate and carried in clusters at the ends of branches, are 180-320 x 55-145 mm, with petioles 5-12 mm long. The midribs are prominent on the lower side of the leaf and the branching veins are visible on both sides.
The flowers are produced on hanging racemes up to 1 m long. The buds are pinkish red and split open to bring forth masses of delicate stamens in white sprays up to 35 mm wide, which are often tinged with pink. The flowers give off a pungent, putrid yet faintly sweet odour in the morning. The fruit are quadrangular, 65 x 40 mm. Each fruit contains a single seed surrounded by spongy, fibrous flesh that provides the buoyancy that allows the fruit to be carried off with the tide.
Distribution and habitat
Barringtonia racemosa is mainly a coastal species that thrives under very humid, moist conditions. It is common along tropical and subtropical coasts in the Indian Ocean, starting at the east coast of South Africa. It is also common in Mozambique, Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, southern China, northern Australia, the Ryukyu Islands of Japan and a number of Polynesian islands. It does grow well under dry conditions but it cannot tolerate even mild frost.
Conservation status
Barringtonia racemosa is not threatened in any way.
Derivation of name and historical aspects
The genus Barringtonia contains 56 species and is named after Daines Barrington, an 18th century botanist, jurist and antiquary. The specific name racemosa refers to the long racemes on which the flowers and fruit are borne. B. racemosa is the only indigenous species of this genus occurring in South Africa. Two Asian species exist in cultivation in the Durban Botanic Gardens- B. asiatica and B. acutangula.
Ecology
Barringtonia racemosa can tolerate salt water and therefore thrives under coastal and estaurine conditions. It also grows well under dry conditions where frost does not occur. The chief dispersal agent for the buoyant seeds is the tide. Although there are no records of animals eating the fruit, the presence of the trees up to 1 000 m above sea level points to an as yet unknown animal as a dispersal agent. It flowers twice a year: in spring and again from January to April. The strong scent produced by the flowers at night attract moths and nectar-feeding bats. After the flowers (petals and stamens) are shed, the inflorescences are often crowded with ants that are attracted to the nectar. It is the larval food plant for the butterfly Coeliades keithloa.
Uses and cultural aspects
The seeds, bark, wood and roots contain the poison saponin and is used to stun fish. The bark, which also has a high tannin content, is frequently used in powdered form for this purpose. Extracts from the plant are effective insectides and are also used medicinally in the East; in South Africa the Zulus use the fruit to treat malaria. In Bengal the seeds are used to poison people and coconut is said to be the antidote. The young leaves are edible and the bark is often used for cordage.
It grows rapidly from the seed or cuttings that are pushed into the ground. The typical substrate on which it grows is the black mud on the banks of the estuaries on South Africa 's east coast.
Split the hard outer covering of the fruit to expose the seed which is about the size of a small chicken egg. Usually a large proportion of the fruits are seedless. Place the seed in a 1:1 mixture of sand and compost kept in a warm, well-ventilated area receiving a lot of light. The seeds generally germinate in 10 to 14 days, depending upon the heat. The seedlings can be planted out into large containers or into the open ground in their second season of growth.
When growing it in a garden (or relatively dry conditions), it is best to water it regularly during the establishment phase and during winter, otherwise the plant is likely to die. In Durban and Sri Lanka the weather is such that it is used as a roadside tree. Generally B. racemosa cannot tolerate even mild frost, however, it has been grown successfully in the Highveld when kept in a greenhouse under permanently well-watered and very humid conditions.
The very large, spear-shaped leaves provide plenty of shade and any plants grown in close proximity to the tree should be shade plants that can tolerate very moist soils. It is well suited for small gardens because the horizontal branching of B. racemosa makes the canopy easy to prune to the required size. B. racemosa is deciduous, dropping its leaves for a short time in early summer before the first rains on the east coast of KwaZulu-Natal.
The wood is susceptible to sap-stain and being attacked by termites and marine borer; the sapwood is prone to attack by Lyctus borers.
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Barringtonia racemosa (Linn.) Blume
FISH-KILLER TREE
Botany
Putat is a smooth, small tree, growing to a height of 10 meters. Branches have prominent leaf-scars. Leaves occur at the ends of the branches, subsessile, oblong-obate, 10 to 30 cm long, pointed at both ends, toothed at the margins. Flowers are white or pink, borne on terminal racemes or on drooping races from axils of fallen leaves, 20 to 60 cm long. Calyx encloses the bud, later splitting irregularly into 2 or 3 ovate, concave segments. Petals are oblong-ovate to lanceolate, 2 to 2.5 cm long, slightly united at the base. Stamens are very numerous, 3 to 4 cm long. Fruit is ovoid to oblong-ovoid, 5 to 6 cm long, somewhat 4-angled, crowned by a persistent calyx. Leathery pericarp of the fruit is green or purplis in color.
Distribution
In thickets and damp places along the seashore and streams, at low altitudes.
Occasionally planted as a roadside ornament for its drooping inflorescences of white and pink flowers.
Constituents
- Study of ethyl acetate extract of stem bark isolated five compounds: 3,3'-dimethoxy ellagic acid, dihydromyticetin, gallic acid, bartogenic acid and stigmasterol.
- Ethanolic extract of roots yielded two novel neo-clerodane-type diterpenoids - nasimalun A and nasimalun B.
Properties
Bark is antirheumatic.
Roots are considered deobstruent and cooling.
Seeds are aromatic.
Parts used
Bark, leaves, fruit, seeds.
Uses
Folkloric
Decoction of bark used as antirheumatic.
Poultices of leaves used for skin itches, chicken pox, alone or with bark or root.
Fruit used for asthma, coughs and diarrhea.
Pulverized fruit used as snuff for hemicrania; combined with other remedies, applied for skin affections.
Seeds, given with milk, used for colic; also used for parturition.
Powdered fruit, used as snuff to clear the nostrils; also applied externally, in combination with other remedies, for throat and skin eruptions.
In Kerala, India, seeds traditionally used to treat cancer-type diseases.
In Malaysia, used as anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer.
Others
Fish poison: Bark is used as a fish poison. Seeds are used for intoxicating fish.
Illuminant: Oil from the seed used as illuminant.
Studies
• Antinociceptive / Toxicological Studies: Study of aqueous bark extract showed antinociceptive activity without producing unwarranted side effects and toxicity. The effect was mediated mainly via opioid mechanisms, probably through phenolic and steroidal constituents in the extract.
• Anti-Tumor / Non-Toxic: Study of methanolic seed extract on mice challenged with Dalton's Lymphoma Ascitic cells showed remarkable dose-dependent anti-DLA activity in mice in an efficacy better than standard drug, vincristine. The extract seemed devoid of acute and short-term toxicity.
• Molluscicidal / Cercaricidal / Mosquito Larvicidal / Antiplasmodial: Study of aqueous extracts of fruit and seed approximately equipotent molluscicidal, cercaricidal, larvicidal and antiplasmodial properties in experimental models used. Biological effects were attributed to the triterpenoid saponins, esp barringtogenol and barringtogenic acid in the fruit and seed of the plant.
• Anti-Arthritic: Study of validates the ethnomedicinal use of fruits of BR in the treatment of pain and inflammatory conditions and establishes its potent anti-arthritic.
• Antifungal: Study of extracts of B racemosa leaves and bark yielded two different phenolic acids (gallic and ferrulic) and four flavonoids (naringin, rutin, luteolin and kaempferol). Results showed antifungal activity against Fusarium sp, Aspergillus sp. and T koningii. Results provide scientifica basis for use of the plants extracts for future development of antifungal, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agents.
• Antioxidant / Anti-Inflammatory / Lycopene: Study showed the crude extracts to be strong inhibitors of NO. Phytochemical analysis showed B racemosa to be an important source of lycopene, long recognized as an important antioxidant, in vivo and in vitro. The study concludes with a correlation between the antioxidant activity and lycopene content of B racemosa.
• Antioxidant: Study of methanolic and ethanolic extracts of all aerial parts exhibited very strong antioxidant properties when compared to BHT, ascorbic acid, and a-tocopherol in free radical scavenging and reducing power assays.
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Résumé / Abstract
Barringtonia acutangula (L.) Gaertn belonging to family Barringtoniaceae was investigated to evaluate In vitro antibacterial activity of aqueous, ethanolic, petroleum ether and chloroform extracts against Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Enterococcus faecalis and Escherichia coli the major urinary tract infection causing pathogens were tested by disc diffusion assay method and the minimum inhibitory concentration was evaluated. Ethanol (95%) extract exhibited broader spectrum of inhibition followed by chloroform, petroleum ether and aqueous extracts against the urinary tract pathogens under test. An attempt has been made to compare the activity of extracts with standard antibiotics against selected urinary tract infection causing pathogens.
Revue / Journal Title
Indian journal of pharmaceutical sciences ISSN 0250-474X
Source / Source
2008, vol. 70, no5, pp. 677-679 [3 page(s) (article)]
Langue / Language
Anglais
Editeur / Publisher
Indian Pharmaceutical Association, Bombay, INDE (1978) (Revue)
Localisation / Location
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This is an evergreen tree of moderate size, called by Sanskrit writers Hijja or Hijjala. The fruit is spoken of as Samudra-phala and Dhātriphala or "nurse's fruit," and is one of the best known domestic remedies. When children suffer from a cold in the chest, the seed is rubbed down on a stone with water and applied over the sternum, and if there is much dyspnoea a few grains with or without the juice of fresh ginger are administered internally and seldom fail to induce vomiting and the expulsion of mucus from the air passages. To reduce the enlarged abdomen of children it is given in doses of from 2 to 3 grains in milk. Rumphius states that the roots are used to kill fish, and this use of the bark is known in most parts of India. The fish are said to be not unwholesome.
Barringtonia racemosa has similar properties, the bark, root and seed being bitter. Ainslie states that in Java and in Ternate the seeds are used for intoxicating fish. The powdered seeds of these plants induce sneezing.
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Saxifraga is the largest genus in the family Saxifragaceae, containing about 440 species of holarctic perennial plants, known as saxifrages or rockfoils. The Latin word saxifraga means literally "stone-breaker", from Latin saxum + frangere. It is usually thought to indicate a medicinal use for treatment of urinary calculi, rather than breaking rocks apart.
Freshly pressed: horsetail, stinging nettles, cleavers and wheatgrass for our spring cleanse!
The younger daughter, the bravest of all of us, drank it without making a face. Mom was the second bravest... the rest of us followed...
Horsetail (Equisetum arvense) is one of the most diuretic plants. It is also effective in removing lead accumulations in the body. It contains silica. Silica helps to fix calcium, so that the body can store more of it and then use it to repair bones, collagen and other body tissues. It is also recommended for anemia and to treat deep-seated lung damage, inflammation or benign enlargement of the prostate gland and the removal of kidney stones. Its toning and astringent action make it of value in the treatment of incontinence and bed-wetting in children.
Stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) are the best blood purifier available and have an influence over the pancreas. Stinging nettles also assist in lowering blood sugar, treat anemia, arthritis and rheumatism, respiratory and urinary problems, eczema, asthma, sinusitis and rhinitis, enlarged prostate, protect against hair loss, kidney stones, allergies, hay fever, osteoarthritis, internal bleeding, uterine bleeding, nosebleeds and bowel bleeding, protect against enlarged spleen, diabetes, endocrine disorders, stomach acid, diarrhea, dysentery, lung congestion, cancer, wound healing.
Cleavers (Galium aparine) promotes lymphatic flow and lymphatic drainage of toxins and wastes so that they can be excreted via the urinary system. It is also excellent for skin problems, including eczema, psoriasis, acne, boils, abscesses, urinary infections. urinary stones and gravel, arthritis and gout. It has anti-tumor activity, particularly when in the skin or breasts, and the lymphatic system.
Wheatgrass is used for removing deposits of heavy metals, and cancer-causing agents from the body and for removing toxins from the liver and blood. It is also used for increasing production of hemoglobin, improving blood sugar disorders, preventing tooth decay; improving wound healing; and preventing bacterial infections. Wheatgrass helps in treatment of urinary tract and prostate, gout; liver; ulcerative colitis; joint pain; and chronic skin problems, cancer and arthritis.
Last weekend, Halley had to be hospitalized for a urinary blockage. At first, the vet thought that Halley just had a UTI, but then they discovered that Halley is a boy! 🙀 The x-ray showed his bladder to be enlarged. He had to get a catheter and fluids pumped thru him for 48 hours. When I was visiting, they let me take the cone off in hopes that he’d eat.
A second urinary catheter was placed in the urethra to help determine that the foreign body in the bladder was indeed a urinary catheter, thus verifying the need for surgery.
Keiko is fifteen years old. A couple months ago she was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism. We are treating with pills and she seems to be tolerating them well.
I noticed the other day that she was having potty problems so took her to the vet and they confirmed she has a mild urinary tract infection so we immediately put her on clavamox [ oral antibiotics].
Unfortunately, it made her sick [vomitiing, diarrhea and loss of appetite] so I emailed my vet last night and she said to take her off right away. Keiko has lost weight the past six months and is quite frail so we hate to see her not feeling well.
I took these pics this morning... Mother's Day [ Sunday- May 12] as she went outside to eat grass. We love Keiko so much and it saddens us to see her have health issues. We are doing all we can to keep her well but we know that given her advanced age, every day is a gift.
After having lost Jasmine in March, we cannot fathom the thought of losing another.....so we have put all day trips on hold and will tend to Keiko as much as possible.
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Streptococcus pyogenes (Group A Streptococcus) growing on ChromID CPS chromogenic agar. Isolate from a 5 year old male child with urinary tract symptoms and pyrexia
Orthosiphon stamineus or Misai Kucing (Malay for "Cat's Whiskers") is a traditional herb that is widely grown in tropical areas. The two general species, Orthosiphon stamineus "purple" and Orthosiphon stamineus "white" are traditionally used to treat diabetes, kidney and urinary disorders, high blood pressure and bone or muscular pain.
Also known as Java tea, it was possibly introduced to the west in early 20th century. Misai Kucing is popularly consumed as a herbal tea. The brewing of Java tea is similar to that for other teas. It is soaked in hot boiling water for about three minutes, before being added with honey or milk. It can be easily prepared as garden tea from the dried leaves. There are quite a number of commercial products derived from Misai Kucing.