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Soldier’s Herb Tea

This common yard weed with green leaves and two seedie spikes was used by the colonials and Indians alike. One teaspoon of seeds per cup of boiling water steeped for 1/2 hour was used to dropsy and jaundice. A tea from fresh leaves (chooped line), one heaping teaspoon per cup of boiling water steeped for 1/2 hour. For the dried powdered leaves, use one level teaspoon and reduce time to 15 mintes. Drunk 4 to 5 times a day until relief was obtained. Used for gout, to help clean out nasal passages and to slow menstruation. Also used to expel worms. A tea cooled made from rainter was used as in eyewash. 

Ginger Tea

Good for naussa and motion sickness. Make a tea using ginger, or add some ginger to a cup of a weak black tea.

Rosemary Tea 

A handfull of rosemary steeped for 10 minutes - this tea is good for headaches.

Herbal Cranberry Apple Tea:

1 part dried cranberries (cut in small pieces)
1 part Dried Apples (cut into small pices)
1 part hibiscus
1 part dried Chamomile

Blend together and add 1 tsp in a teaball to 1 cup of boiling water! This is so fruity and relaxing also.

After studying the lives of hundres of the most successful persons in America, Napoleon Hill and W. Clement Stoune Found the following 17 principles of success:

1. A positive mental attitude

2. Definitiveness of purpose

3. Going the extra mile

4. Accurate thinking

5. Self-discipline

6. The master mind

7. Applied faith

8. A pleasing personality

9. Personal initiative

10. Enthusiasm

11. Controlled attention

12. Teamwork

13. Learning from defeat

14. Creavite vision

15. Budgetting time and money

16. Maintaining sound physical and mental health

17. Using cosmic habit force

There are two major categories of exercise: aerobic and anaerobic. Thses are based on two forms of chemical reaction that produce energy within the human body - one form requiring oxygen, one not. The aerobic form that requires oxygen includes all casual activity as well as all activity that doesn’t exhaust the muscles while anaerobic exercise is the opposite of aerobic exercisse. (Well, actually, no exercise is the opposite of aerobic exercise, but hopefully you get the idea.) it occurs when a part of the body’s muscle tissue runs out of oxygen stores during exertion. The lack of oxygen exhausts and slightly tears apart the muscles, forcing them to rebuild with more mass. Weight lifting is an example of anaearobic exercise.

Signs and Symptoms

• Ticklish sensation & pain in the throat
• Rough, dry feeling & difficuly when swallowing
• Inflamed, swollen & painful glands in the neck
• Flu-like symptoms (cough, headache, fever, etc)

Causes

• Viral infection
• Bacterial infection
• Allery or irritation
• After oral surgery

What your doctor can do for you

• As most sore throats (60%-80%) are caused by virus, a simple remedy (e.g. sore throat rinse/lozenge) will help alleviate symptoms of inlammation, pain and difficulty in swallowing
• May prescribe antibiotics if your sore throat is of baterial origin
• Rule out other serious diseases

What you can do

• Drink plent of fluids to keep throat moist
• Gargle with anti-inflammatory sore throat rinses
• Suck anti-inflammatory sore throat lozenges to soothe throat
• Speak as little as psosible
• Stop smoking

Here’s a solution. Put some tea leaves into a pair of stockings and stuff each into a shoe, leave for a day or two and the smell just vanishes!

Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march see for yourself

Becoming rich and famous does not guaranteed contentment. If it did, multimillionaire athletes would not jeoparize their careers by using illicit drugs. If it did a wealthy lawyer would not have tearfully told me that he would gladly trade everything he had for a change in the behavior of his sons. If it did, the occurrence of multiple marriages among celebrities would not be common place. obviously contentment must come from a source other than wealth and fame.

Body odor is due to bacteria reacting with accumulated sweat in the areas where there are closed skin folds. Popular sites for odor to get a grip on include the underarms and around the groin. Some people at attribute the unpleasan to their body’s chemical reaction to certain food stuffs. Garlic and durian among others have been blamed for thereeking problem. Others may notice a stronger smell with alcohol intake, smoking and stress. An offensive smell may also prevail during times of hormonal changes such as pubery, menstruations and pregnancy.