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Dogweed (Glechoma Hederacea)
The herb "Dogweed" with its tiny blue flowers is traditionally used for colds, flu, coughs, respiratory infections and a remedy to lower fever as the plant is rich in vitamine C.
It is also effective for cystitis and urinary infections.
The herb is then used in dried form from which one makes tea........
Nasturtium can act as a disinfectant and wound healing plant. All parts of the plant appear to have antibiotic effect, and the herb is used primarily as a means of urinary tract infections and respiratory tract infections.
Tea made from this flower can be used to increase resistance to bacterial infections and to remove cataracts in nose and bronchi. Apparently, the plant works both by damping the cataracts and by helping to dissolve the mucus so that it can be coughed up.
Nasturtium otherwise has the reputation of promoting the formation of red blood cells. The plant has a high content of Ferrum and vitamin C, and can be used in the food to prevent cold and bad throat.
Nasturtium can be eaten;
The leaves, the flowers, the flower buds and the nectar spores on the flower blossom can be eaten raw. They have a crisp, caress-like taste and can put a nice tip on salads and sandwiches.
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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!
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
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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.
I adopted Jimmy and Mack a couple weeks before Christmas 10 years ago. Both had colds (feline herpes) which is contagious to other cats so I kept them in our fully furnished basement away from Ella. In addition to their colds, they also both had coccidia, giardia, congestion, conjunctivitis, diarrhea and neither would eat. And if all that wasn't enough, Jimmy also had a urinary tract infection, crystals in his urine and a horrible eye ulcer. During those first couple getting-to-know-you weeks I had to have a spreadsheet to keep track of all their medications and when each needed to be administered.
So, that Christmas season I spent every minute I was home in the basement medicating sick kittens, cleaning up diarrhea and wracking my brain trying to come up with something tasty and smelly enough to tempt them to eat. They were so sick. Since bringing them home I had never seen them play or heard them purr. I was exhausted and questioning whether everything I was putting them through was worth it to them or if euthanasia would be more humane.
One afternoon, I turned off all the lights in the basement except for the tiny lights on a table-top Christmas tree. I laid down on the couch under a downy comforter to look at the pretty lights and just be near my sick kittens. I closed my eyes and was about to fall asleep when I felt Jimmy's little feet walk up along my body until he settled in the crook of my arm and for the first time, started to purr.
In that dark, quiet moment Jimmy was content, I was at peace and we were together. It was perfect.
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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...
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, also called Ice plant. 'Mesembryanthemum' is derived from the Greek and means 'Noon Flower', from the fact that it opens up in full sunlight; 'crystallinum' is added because in the bright sun the flowers and plants look like (ice) crystals scatttered on coastal sands and rocky grounds (hence its name in English). It is a succulent, and if you look carefully at the photo you can see the 'blisters' (more properly called 'bladders') on the stems and leaves containing water. These remarkable plants are able to absorb salt (other plants, of course, are killed by salt), and they can be used in the kitchen to salten salads or even for pickling. It produces edible reddish berries and for this reason the plants in Afrikaans are called 'vygies' ('figlets'); apparently they were a staple food of the San people.
Native to South Africa, the Mesembryanthema were first described botanically by Jacob Breyne (Breynius) (1637-1697), a Dantzig-born Dutchman of Brabantine stock (his family had fled to Protestant Dantzig to escape Catholic persecution). He was in close contact with botanists and plant collectors in Europe and the Cape Colony; it is thought that the descriptive name was devised by Linnaeus (1707-1777) in 1753.
Soon after 1500, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum was dispersed from the coasts of South Africa at first especially to North America by sailors. Needing ballast for their sailing ships, they bagged sand also containing ice plant seeds. Unloading this for more profittable cargo in the Americas, the seeds germinated and the plants rapidly spread. They have been used to counter erosion of waterways and in modern times of road shoulders. But without natural enemies they have become something of a pest as well (for example, in California).
This specimen was photographed at Paternoster, just to the west of frightfully dangerous Cape Columbine on the coast of the Western Cape. Portuguese mariners named this area Paternoster because they would thank God here after safely rounding the Cape on their way home. They can well be imagined ballasting their ships with sand and ice plant seeds.
The plants' crushed foliage can be used as a soap subsitute. Although Mesembryan-themum also has medicinal uses (it's a diuretic, and can treat pulmonary and genito-urinary inflamations of the mucous membranes), the crystallinum is usually too abrasive and too salty for any good effect.
But it certainly brightens one's day!
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!
Downing Street protesters demand "End the Tampon Tax" - London 02.04.2015
Protesters outside Downing Street adorned with fake tampons and bloodied underwear called for an end to what they say is a "skewed" VAT system which sees 5% paid on tampons which are classed as 'luxury items', yet gambling, houseboat mooring and military aircraft sales are exempted. This week the Salvation Army has reported that in many deprived areas up and down the UK increasing numbers of women can no longer afford to buy sanitary towels, and are having to resort to shockingly primitive and dangerous solutions such as newpaper, old socks or hankies, which makes the women prone to urinary tract infections. In response to this public health issue the Salvation Army has started providing tampons to women unable to afford them, including, of course, homeless women living on the streets.
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The signs were subtle, but--having had a cat get "blocked" around Thanksgiving (requiring emergency surgery)--once I spotted Jimmy squatting unusually long over a piece of dirty laundry instead of the litter box for a second time, Sally and I knew it was time to see our veterinarian. But it was 5 minutes before their "closing" time on a Saturday.
After what was probably a long week for all of them, the veterinarians and staff offered to stay late and told us to bring Jimmy in and they could at least do a cursory exam. They tested his urine and found crystals (I forget the chemical makeup)... the kind that can cause male cats to get a blockage in their urinary system (and die if not treated quickly). He also had bacteria present. We are so grateful. They gave him the whole package: antibiotic injection, fluids to flush out the crystals, & meds to take home. Jimmy only had to stay incarcerated in the bathroom for a few hours--until he peed on his own. Except for the fact that he isn't keen on the prescription food that was recommended, he's back to himself. And it wasn't long before I spotted him in a love sandwich with Otis and Tina.
Thank you, Animal Wellness Center (of Athens). We love you.
I call this picture “The Ugly Truths,” because I feel that there is so much hidden about paralysis, that the average person doesn’t know, or takes for granted. When people see me in my manual wheelchair, they might not realize that I’m paralyzed. I don’t use a trache, so for the most part, my outward appearance looks perfectly normal. For all people know, I could have a twisted ankle. I prefer to go out in a manual chair, versus a power chair, for that precise reason; it draws less attention to my disability, and leaves people guessing as to my condition. Certain disabilities create more drastic physical differences in individuals, like severe contractures, and abnormally small limbs. With the exception of my scars, most of the evidence regarding my paralysis is hidden by my clothing. When people see me, they don’t necessarily know the severity of my injury. No one can see the scar on my stomach, the scars from bed sores, my abdominal binder, my catheter, or my wrist contractures, because I chose to hide it. I want to look, “normal,” like my old self. Our society promotes conformity and bombards us with images, and products related to style and beauty. It’s hard to feel pretty, when you feel so different.
I chose to use the concept of super models to emphasize the contrast between conventional beauty, and the “ugly” truths that my disability forces me to deal with and that are otherwise hidden from the general public. I’ve always been extremely self conscious about my looks, and my accident has robbed the little self esteem I had. I no longer feel sexy, or beautiful, on the outside. I want people to realize that there are so many aspects of paralysis that they don’t see; aspects of life that they take for granted. I drew the model in the foreground with a supra-pubic catheter coming out of her stomach, holding it in place of a purse, and the model in the background has a urinary leg bag, strapped to her leg. Both models are wearing adult diapers. This collage is a juxtaposition of convention beauty and severe disability. Some people might be offended, or not want to see this scene, in real life. Reality is, paralysis isn’t pretty. Incontinence is a reality paralysis forces on many people. It's a basic freedom that most people take for granted. I want people to understand and know about the ugly truths that those of us living with paralysis have to face every day.
Explore ! Highest position: 155 on Thursday, October 1, 2009
My sweet little boy enjoying the sun this morning on the balcony.
During his last visit at the vet last week, she said that the urinary problems he's had since he had some stones removed at easter look like a psychological problem. So from now on, every time he'll have a urinary problem he will have to take a pill for humans (!!) which will help him relax and will have an impact on his prostate as well.. Hoepfully this will work. Since the beginning of July he's had problems every 15/20 days, he's been okay since his last visit so I keep my fingers crossed !
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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At home in a field of Joe Pye Weed where the butterflies congregate.
Joe Pye, an Indian healer from New England, used E. purpureum to treat a variety of ailments, which led to the name Joe-Pye weed for these plants. Folklore says that Joe Pye used this plant to cure fevers. Folklore also states that American colonists used this plant to treat typhus outbreaks. The author Hemmerly writes that the Indians used Joe Pye Weed in the treatment of kidney stones and other urinary tract ailment.
Photo by Corey Lynn Tucker Photography
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
Prostate Cancer is the most common cancer among men, excluding skin cancer. It is the third leading cause of cancer death in men. The American Cancer Society estimates that about 235,000 new cases of Prostate Cancer will occur this year. However, Prostate Cancer can be treated effectively if it is caught in the early stages.
How much you know about Prostate Cancer detection? The following information explains what Prostate Cancer is and how to recognize early warning signs
The prostate gland is about the size of a walnut and is located below the bladder and in front of the rectum. Tumors found in the prostate gland may be benign, or noncancerous, or they may be malignant, or cancerous. Benign tumors can usually be removed, seldom come back, and are not life-threatening. Tumors that are malignant are usually slow-growing, and mostly affect men over age 65. The cancer cells can break away from a malignant tumor and enter the bloodstream, causing the cancer to spread.
In general, all men are at risk for Prostate Cancer. A risk factor is anything that increases a person’s chance of developing a disease. However, having a risk factor does not mean you will get the disease. Some risk factors that cannot be changed are race, genetics, family history, and aging. Other risk factors that can be changed are diet, obesity, and having a vasectomy.
Some men with risk factors never develop Prostate Cancer, while some men without apparent risk factors develop the disease. The Prostate Cancer incidence is higher for African-American men than for any other racial or ethnic group, and conversely, Asian-Pacific Islanders have relatively low rates of Prostate Cancer.
Symptoms Linked To Prostate Cancer Are:
* Frequent urination
* Inability to urinate
* Painful or Burning Urination
* Blood in the urine or semen
* Pain in the lower pelvic area
* Difficulty having an erection
* Having a painful ejaculation
* Frequent pain or stiffness in the lower back, hips, or upper thighs
* Unexplained Weight Loss
A man who has these symptoms should see a physician immediately. Any of these symptoms could be caused by Prostate Cancer or by a benign condition, such as a bladder or urinary tract infection or BPH - Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, a condition where the prostate becomes enlarged - aka: Enlarged Prostate.
Screening for Prostate Cancer usually includes two tests, a blood test for PSA:Prostate-Specific Antigen and a DRE: Digital Rectal Exam.
* A PSA test is sent to the lab to measure for levels of PSA in the blood, which usually is elevated in men with Prostate Cancer (but, sometimes elevated in BPH or infection as well).
* The DRE is a test in which a physician inserts a lubricated, gloved finger into the rectum and feels the prostate through the rectal wall.
Testing for Prostate Cancer may include transrectal ultrasound (TRUS uses sound waves to create an image to visually inspect for abnormal conditions) or computed tomography (CT scan uses a combination of x-rays and computer technology to produce cross-sectional images).
When any of these tests indicate that cancer may be present, a biopsy will be required. A biopsy is a procedure in which tissue samples are removed surgically from the Prostate Gland to determine if cancer cells are present.
Cancer Research continues to add valuable information to the understanding of Prostate Cancer.
* Health experts are looking for new ways to prevent Prostate Cancer, but they are not in agreement on the risks for developing the disease.
* The American Cancer Society recommends that men eat a diet high in plant sources (tomatoes, pink grapefruit, and watermelon) and low in red meat (high-fat and processed).
* A study at the National Cancer Institute is looking at selenium and Vitamin E supplementation as a prevention measure.
* Because obesity is a risk factor, experts recommend exercise to lower the risk of Prostate Cancer.
* Prostate Cancer is often found confined to the prostate gland or regional area, and the majority of patients with this type of cancer can live for years with no problems.
* With early detection and improved treatment, the five-year survival rate for Prostate Cancer found in a local or regional state is 100 percent.
* Over the past 20 years, the five-year survival rate for all stages has increased from 67 percent to 98 percent.
Incorporate your knowledge regarding Prostate Cancer prevention and detection into a healthy lifestyle.
Become knowledgeable about Prostate Cancer risk factors that may apply to you, and take appropriate actions including changing behaviors and being clinically monitored for the disease. Experts recommend that you contact your physician to develop a plan for Prostate Cancer screening based on your personal profile.
You can find more information on Prostate Cancer on the Prostate Cancer Resources Page
Artical From:http://www.cancer.sc/content,prostate-cancer-can-be-treated-effectively-if-it-is-caught-in-the-early-stages/
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From my set entitled “Juniper”
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In my collection entitled “The Garden”
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Junipers are coniferous plants in the genus Juniperus of the cypress family Cupressaceae. Depending on taxonomic viewpoint, there are between 50-67 species of juniper, widely distributed throughout the northern hemisphere, from the Arctic, south to tropical Africa in the Old World, and to the mountains of Central America.
Junipers vary in size and shape from tall trees, 20-40 m tall, to columnar or low spreading shrubs with long trailing branches. They are evergreen with needle-like and/or scale-like leaves. They can be either monoecious or dioecious. The female seed cones are very distinctive, with fleshy, fruit-like coalescing scales which fuse together to form a "berry"-like structure, 4-27 mm long, with 1-12 unwinged, hard-shelled seeds. In some species these "berries" are red-brown or orange but in most they are blue; they are often aromatic (for their use as a spice, see juniper berry). The seed maturation time varies between species from 6-18 months after pollination. The male cones are similar to those of other Cupressaceae, with 6-20 scales; most shed their pollen in early spring, but some species pollinate in the autumn.
Detail of Juniperus chinensis shoots, with juvenile (needle-like) leaves (left), and adult scale leaves and immature male cones (right)
Many junipers (e.g. J. chinensis, J. virginiana) have two types of leaves: seedlings and some twigs of older trees have needle-like leaves 5-25 mm long; and the leaves on mature plants are (mostly) tiny (2-4 mm long), overlapping and scale-like. When juvenile foliage occurs on mature plants, it is most often found on shaded shoots, with adult foliage in full sunlight. Leaves on fast-growing 'whip' shoots are often intermediate between juvenile and adult.
In some species (e.g. J. communis, J. squamata), all the foliage is of the juvenile needle-like type, with no scale leaves. In some of these (e.g. J. communis), the needles are jointed at the base, in others (e.g. J. squamata), the needles merge smoothly with the stem, not jointed.
The needle-leaves of junipers are hard and sharp, making the juvenile foliage very prickly to handle. This can be a valuable identification feature in seedlings, as the otherwise very similar juvenile foliage of cypresses (Cupressus, Chamaecyparis) and other related genera is soft and not prickly.
Juniper is the exclusive food plant of the larvae of some Lepidoptera species including Bucculatrix inusitata and Juniper Carpet and is also eaten by the larvae of other Lepidoptera species such as Chionodes electella, Chionodes viduella, Juniper Pug and Pine Beauty.
Juniper berries are a spice used in a wide variety of culinary dishes and best known for the primary flavoring in gin (and responsible for gin's name, which is a shortening of the Dutch word for Juniper: genever). Juniper berries are also used as the primary flavor in the liquor Jenever and sahti-style of beers. Juniper berry sauce is often a popular flavoring choice for quail, pheasant, veal, rabbit, venison and other meat dishes.
Many of the earliest prehistoric people lived in or near juniper forests which furnished them food, fuel, and wood for shelter or utensils. Many species, such as J. chinensis (Chinese Juniper) from eastern Asia, are extensively used in landscaping and horticulture, and as one of the most popular species for use in bonsai. It is also a symbol of longevity, strength, athleticism, and fertility.
Some junipers are susceptible to Gymnosporangium rust disease, and can be a serious problem for those people growing apple trees, the alternate host of the disease.
Some juniper trees are misleadingly given the common name "cedar"-- including the "red cedar" that is used widely in cedar drawers. True cedars are those tree species in the genus Cedrus, family Pinaceae.
Juniper berries have long been used as medicine by many cultures. Juniper berries act as a strong urinary tract disinfectant if consumed and were used by American Indians as a herbal remedy for urinary tract infections. Western tribes combined the berries of juniperus communis with Berberis root bark in a herbal tea to treat diabetes. Clinical studies have verified the effectiveness of this treatment in insulin-dependent diabetes. Compounds in these plants when combined and ingested have been shown to trigger insulin production in the body's fat cells, as well as stabilize blood sugar levels. Native Americans also used juniper berries as a female contraceptive. [1] The 17th Century herbalist physician Nicholas Culpeper recommended the ripened berries for conditions such as asthma and sciatica, as well as to speed childbirth. [2]
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This sweet boy arrived at C.A.R.E.S. when he developed urinary crystals after he was fed low quality food. His family could not care for him. This boy is shy at first but once given the time to warm up, he's very sweet and very much enjoys the company of humans. His ideal furever home would be indoor only and be the only pet. He does not get along with other cats, young children or dogs.
This sweet girl was sadly surrendered when allergies in the home worsened.
Nova is shy at first but friendly and likes pets. She is a big girl at 12lbs! She is on special food, Royal Canin Urinary SO dry and wet. She has always been an indoor-only kitty.
Nova would like a home with no other cats. She is ok with dogs, it's unknown how she is with children.