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Head Lice -

Louse Home Remedies   -

Suggested remedies for Head Lice

Drown the  lice by covering your skin in olive oil for several hours.

Head Lice Remedies

For head lice problems rinse your hair with vinegar. Vinegar  helps in killing all the lice nits in a matter of days.

Coconut oil for massaging hair scalp after helps.

For head lice use Listerine (original flavor): Another remedy for treating head lice is rubbing listerine mouth wash on your head. This will kill all the lice.

Massage your head with mayonnaise and comb it after 2 hours. This will kill all the lice and their eggs. Apply a mixture of lemon and butter on your head, wait for 15 seconds and then rinse your head.

An anti-lice oil can be mixed with coconut (or mustard) oil and 0.2 per cent lindane (BHC) or 0.1 per cent pyrethrum essence. This oil can be rubbed well into the scalp to kill lice. (Ingredients can be purchased from a chemical dealer).

Mix talcum powder with 0.2 per cent prethrum dust in it (or add 10 per cent DDT). Sprinkle this powder on the hair before going to bed and rub it vigorously so that it reaches the roots. Cover your mouth, nose and eyes to protect them from the powder.

Anti-louse lotion, either gammabenzene hexachloride lotion or cream (Lorexane, Gammaexane) or Malathion (Prioderma) will kill the eggs which can be removed by a comb with very fine teeth. One treatment is enough but all the family who are infested should be treated and the hair examined regularly for a while. You may consult a doctor for the treatment.

To remove head lice and their nits. put any common lotion on your  skin generously and then comb your hair out with a regular comb to get any knots out then comb out with a fine tooth comb.

Some people swear by using a common cheap hair gel put on generously & left on under a shower cap for several hours or overnight to smother the bugs etc

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Are these mushrooms a fix it for many ailments?

Ganoderma has its own genus because it has a dimitic hyphal system, causes a white rot, and has unusual brown spores with a double wall, as you can see in the picture above left  .

On the picture to the left you can see the enormous numbers of brown basidiospores that have been shed by the Ganoderma fruiting bodies. This is a common sight in the fall when the spores are dispersed by the wind to new substrates.

The species to the left is Ganoderma lucidum, which is an interesting story in itself. It is as hard as G. applanatum, but is annual rather than perennial. When not covered with spores it has a bright shiny reddish brown top surface and is rather beautiful.

It is used in Oriental herbal medicine, where it is ground up and made into a tea, which is reported to cure everything from colds to impotence to AIDS. Like much oriental medicine, it must be taken over a long period of time to have it’s desired effects–

Very different from out western concept of medicine where we think it should take just a few pills to cure a disease or malady. Western medicine is slowly but surely discovering the wonders to be found in Oriental medicines made from fungi and herbs. Of course, most of the drugs used in western medicine came originally from fungi, plants, and bacteria, so there shouldn’t be too much of a stretch in our imaginations here. But please don’t write to me and ask about what medicines you should take for your particular malady– I’m not a medical doctor.

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Acnistus arborescens. [Cancer plant]

Natives use for cancer treatments

Medium sized shrubby tree with soft cork-like bark. Small flowers are followed by little orange tomato-like fruits. Plant is used for its anti-cancer properties.

Description: Small or medium sized shrubby tree to 10-20ft. Small orange fruits are very popular with birds, but have little taste and may not be palatable for humans. Despite its name, it does not contain any nicotine compounds. The common name Wild Tobacco is a misnomer.

Hardiness: Subtropical, will survive brief frosts

Uses: Plant contains Withaferin A and Withacnistin, both having anti-tumor properties. Extracts from this plant have historically been used by natives as an herbal treatment for cancer. Can also be used as a diuretic.

Native Range: Native to Central and South America and the Caribbean.

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Some Common MISDIAGNOSIS
Can Land You In A Nursing Home!

HERE’S HOW TO PROTECT YOURSELF AND YOUR LOVED ONES

It’s absolutely heartbreaking. All over the world, nursing homes are filled with frail, feeble residents suffering from dementia. In many cases, these folks are so far gone they don’t even recognize their own children.

But I’m going to let you in on a dark, dirty secret: Many of these patients do not have dementia at all.

Their memory loss, confusion, and delirium are caused by prescription drugs!

And so are many of their other problems.

This is not just speculation on my part. It’s fully documented in the medical journals. In fact, it’s so common that there are even medical terms for it. Like “polypharmacy,” which means giving a patient too many different drugs. And “iatrogenic illness,” which means any illness caused by doctors.

According to the medical journals, polypharmacy and iatrogenic illness are rampant throughout the globe.

• One study determined that one of the major causes of falls in nursing homes is the side effects caused by medications.
• Another study found that 97% of nursing home patients take at least one drug, with 17% taking 5 or more!
• Yet another study concluded that many drugs can cause Parkinson’s-like symptoms and concluded that “drug-induced parkinsonism is frequent.”
• And still another study listed 22 different categories of drugs that can cause symptoms that mimic Alzheimer’s… plus 14 differentover-the-counter drugs that can cause those symptoms!

Here’s a typical scenario. A healthy person goes to the doctor for a checkup and is told his cholesterol or blood pressure is high. So he starts taking medication, which causes side effects. This leads his doctor to give him a second drug to treat those side effects. But, of course, that second drug causes new side effects. So the doctor prescribes a third drug to treat the side effects of the second one!

Before you know it, the person’s health is spiraling downward and  soon needs people to take care of him. And everyone just chalks it up to “old age.”

But you can fight back against this system of medicine prescriptions becoming rampant.  First of all, make sure you always try natural remedies first. Pharmaceuticals should be a last resort, not a first option. Secondly, if you have a loved one in a nursing home, talk to a naturally minded physician about possibly weaning them off the drugs. This single step may make a huge difference to their health and well-being.

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New study shows placebos have positive effects

It’s the miracle cure Big Pharma hopes you never hear about – proven to beat antidepressants, painkillers, anxiety meds and more.

This amazing pill can stop headaches cold, end stomach problems, beat arthritis pain and even give you the bedroom boost you’ve been looking for (and that goes for the ladies, too).

It’s cheap, comes with no side effects, has withstood the test of time and regularly destroys some of the world’s best-selling drugs in gold-standard studies.

So what are you waiting for? Ask you doctor about placebo – and as soon as he stops laughing, tell him you’re serious… because a new study proves you don’t even have to duped into taking one to enjoy its benefits.

It can even work if it says “placebo” right on the bottle!

Researchers divided 80 irritable bowel patients into two groups: One got zippo, the other got a placebo.

These patients were told up front that they were getting a placebo, and docs didn’t hype it with any New Age mumbo- jumbo – they told the patients that it didn’t matter if they “believed” or any of the other hokum that’s often associated with the placebo effect.

After three weeks, 59 percent of the placebo patients showed significant symptom relief, versus just 39 percent of the do-nothings. The placebo patients also had double the rate of overall improvement, according to the study in PLoS ONE.

That means placebo isn’t just “right” for irritable bowel syndrome – it’s actually on par with some of the most powerful drugs that have been approved for the condition.

Since those meds come with some awful side effects – including a possible worsening of IBS symptoms – the question has to be asked: When will the FDA pull those meds and replace them with this new wonder drug, placebo?

Answer: Never.

Of course, placebos work for far more than IBS – they’ve been proven to be effective for all the conditions I mentioned earlier and then some. In fact, short of a flesh wound, broken bone or bout with deadly bacteria, there’s no reason not to consider a placebo.

After all, what’ve you got to lose?

And if your doc isn’t interested in playing along, show him the wallet effect – and take your business elsewhere.

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Teeth pulled out & being saved for their stem cells

MIAMI (UPI) — A new medical movement has U.S. dentists extracting teeth for their stem cells they believe can someday be used to cure any number of ailments, experts say.

Stem cells are spun out of extracted baby teeth, wisdom teeth and even healthy adult teeth, frozen to 100 degrees below zero and stored for possible future use, The Miami Herald reported Tuesday.

Florida resident Naidelys Montoya is one of those taking advantage of the process.

The Hialeah woman didn’t wait for her son’s baby teeth to fall out but took the boy to an oral surgeon to have two of the loose ones extracted for their stem cells in case her son Raul Estrada, 6, might need them for a future illness, she says.

“I believe in this,” Montoya said. “I did as a precaution against things that could happen in the future.”

Many question the procedure.

It’s expensive, costing $590 upfront and $100 a year to store stem cells from up to four teeth for up to 20 years.

And it’s speculative, with the first FDA-approved practical use of such stem cells likely years away.

Still, supporters are confident in the worth of the process.

“I can’t help but feel excitement for their potential use in regenerating different tissues in the human body,” Dr. Jeremy Mao, director of the Regenerative Medicine Laboratory at Columbia University, said.

Mao also is chief science adviser to StemSave, a New York City company that freezes the stem cells and stores them for later use, the Herald reported.

The American Dental Association, while cautiously optimistic about the potential of dental stem cells, urges parents to consider both the cost and the rarity of use.

“That’s the question people have to ask themselves,” said Dr. Jeffrey Blum, the Miami Beach oral surgeon who pulled Raul Estrada’s teeth.

“Am I saving this for no reason? Is it worth what I’m paying? Essentially it’s an insurance policy.”

Copyright 2011 by United Press International

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Axolotl eggs could provide a potent

weapon in fight against cancer tumours

A common cause of cancer is when cells are altered or mutated and the body’s tumor suppressor genes are switched off. Scientists at the University of Nottingham have managed to bring cancer cells back under control by reactivating the cells’ cancer suppressor genes using an extract from axolotl oocytes. The scientists say the discovery could form a powerful new technology platform for the treatment of a variety of cancers.

The process of cell division is controlled by specific genes and these are turned “on” or “off” depending on their function. Among the most important of these genes are tumor suppressor genes. These genes repress the development of cancers and normally act as a control point in the cell division cycle. Therefore, the switching off of tumor suppressor genes is a common cause of cancers.

The on/off switch in genes is controlled by the modification of proteins that are bound to the DNA in a cell, which are known as epigenetic modifications. Tumour suppressor genes in many cancers are switched off by epigenetic marks, which is the underlying cause of tumors.

In an effort to reverse this process the researchers looked to the axolotl salamander – an animal well known for its ability to regenerate most of its body parts. The scientists found that humans evolved from animals that closely resemble axolotls and therefore, proteins in axolotls are very similar to those in humans. Axolotl oocytes – eggs prior to ovulation – are also packed with molecules that have very powerful epigenetic modifying activity and a powerful capacity to change epigenetic marks on the DNA of human cells.

By treating the cancerous cells with axolotl oocyte extract, the researchers were able to reactivate the tumor suppressor genes and stop the cancer from growing. After 60 days there was still no evidence of cancerous growth.

The researchers say the identification of the proteins in axolotl oocytes responsible for this tumor reversing activity is a major goal of future research, and could form a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer.

The University of Nottingham team’s research appears in the journal Molecular Cancer.

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After drinking this tea,
THIS WOMAN IS  ASTHMA-FREE!

Hasn’t had an attack in several years!

“How on earth do you find all these remedies?” I asked them. “Actually,” they replied, “some of the best ones find us! For example…

“A woman phoned in to our radio show with a wild-sounding asthma remedy. She’d been suffering for years, but she said her life has been totally changed by…

WILD CHERRY-BARK TEA! “She swore she hasn’t had an asthma attack since she started drinking it 5 years ago. Still, we wondered…

“WILL IT WORK FOR ANYONE ELSE?”

“Does it ever! Ever since that radio show, folks with breathing problems have been telling us THANK YOU! They say it’s great for asthma, bronchitis and coughs.”

NOTE: This unusual tea can be hard to find.

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