The Wonders of Onion

Do you know  Onion curing effect?

They say Onion has this anti bacterial,  anti septic properties that can cure some illnesses. Read on.

A friend of mine told me a story about when he was a kid and he was in hospital, nearly dying.  His grandmother came to the hospital and told a family member to go buy her a large onion and a new pair of white cotton socks.  She sliced the onion open then put a slice on the bottom of each of his feet and put the white cotton socks on him.  In the morning, when he awoke they removed the socks.  The slices of onion were black and his fever was gone.  The following story that someone sent to me might have some truth in it and we are going to try it this winter.

In 1191, when the flu killed 40 million people there as this Doctor that visited the many farmers to see if he could help them combat the flue.  Many of the farmers and their family had contracted it and many died.

The doctor came upon this one farmer and to his surprise, everyone was very healthy.  When the doctor asked what the farmer was doing that was different the wife replied that she had placed an unpeeled onion in a dish in the rooms of the home, (probably only two rooms back then).  The doctor couldn’t believe it and asked if he could have one of the onions and place it under the microscope.   Se gave him one and when he did this, he did find the flue virus in the onion.  It obviously absorbed the bacteria, therefore, keeping the family healthy.

Now I heard this story from my hairdresser in AZ.  She said that several years ago, many of her employees were coming down with the flue and so were many of her customers.  The next year she placed several bowls with onions around in her shop.  To her surprise, non of her staff got sick. It must work.. (And no, she is not in the onion business.)

The moral of the story is , buy some onions and place them, in bowls around your home.  If you work at a desk, place one or two in your office or under your desk or even on top somewhere.  Try it and see what happens. We did it last and we never got flu.

For flu cure: cut both ends off an onion, put one end on a fork and then place the forked end into an empty jar.. placing the jar next to the sick patient at night.  It said the onion would be black in the morning from germs ,..sure enough it  happened just like that.. the onion was a mess and I began to feel better.

Onions and garlic placed around the room saved many from the black plague years ago. They have powerful antibacterial, antiseptic properties.

One more thing, never store cut onions and consume the next day.

Curing effect of Papaya - Gout

Good News for those with Gout problem

Curing effect of Papaya – if you have Uric Acid

No harm trying if you have gout

What is gout?

 Just try it if you got uric acid

 

This is a really effective, just mix green papaya cubes to the ordinary green tea, my friend tried and found it very effective.
I have also shared with a friend with gout to try this (his "toe joints" started to deform).  After a week of drinking this formula there is significant improvement, and after two weeks the toe joints heal and revert to normal state.

It is almost three years now, the joint pain is gone, but he maintains the intake between 1-3 times monthly to avoid relapse.

Other friends suffering from years of gout problem have also recovered.
It is good for all, even those without gout.

Good formula! Do share with the people in need!

An improved sequence by Professor Lai from the China School of Pharmacy :

Cut green papaya into small cubes, place into the water, bring to boil, then add tea leaves, similar to the tea-making process. 

 
Clinical tests show that this brings better effects for treatment of gout, subject to frequent drinking of this formula.

 
The story goes that a Mr. Liu Qing, Chief of the Rende Town in Tainan, was suffering for years from severe stomach pain around the posterior wall of stomach.
He used green papaya as a tea pot to prepare the family tea daily, after a month, his chronic disease condition was much improved.
His family members with high uric acid were also healed by the same papaya tea.
For this Mr. Liu planted a lot of papaya to share with relatives and friends with similar sickness.

According to Mr. Liu, in selecting the green papaya as tea pot, pick those the shape of which is fat and short, with larger capacity. 

Cut off the top part of the papaya, clear away the seeds, open a small hole at the upper side wall to facilitate pouring of tea. 

Create a small ventilation hole at top cover, put in the tea leaves, pour in boiling water, place the top cover back onto the papaya, you may also use the toothpicks to secure the top cover. 

Similar to normal process of preparing tea.

Liu like to use Oolong tea as the taste is good. 

He was pleasantly surprised that the stomach pains he suffered for many years was healed after a month of drinking tea from the green papaya pot, without taking any other medication. 

He passed some green papaya leaves to a friend who worked at a Medical Center to test and analyse the content. 

The tests confirmed that the healthy enzyme present in papaya is beneficial to human health.

Now as papaya in Mr. Liu's orchard is yielding suitable size fruits, he would share the fruits with family and friends.

Xu Fuchang, an experienced papaya farmer, said green papaya means to unripe papaya, where the skin is still green in colour.
Generally, the papaya takes about four months to fully mature and ripen, but the healing effect would be lost after it is fully ripe.

Green papaya should be harvested when the papaya is approximately three months old, when the fruit is still firm, and the "papaya milk" contains high papaya enzyme and other healthy ingredients.

Not only the green papaya can be used in tea drinking, you may also cut them into cubes, and boil with the ribs, or even slicing the green papaya into fine long pieces and fried with garlic, very tasty, and no adverse effects on the human body.

So this story goes on and if you have the same illness above, why not try this out.  After all, it is just a fruit, papaya with green tea leaves.    

 Please leave a comment if you find this useful in curing your illness.

Dengue Fever

Dengue fever is a common illness , especially in the tropical countries. What Is Dengue Fever? A lot of people is ignorant about Dengue, and the symptoms that come with it when someone is inflicted with dengue. According to Wikipedia, " Dengue fever, also known as breakbone fever, is an infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue virus. Symptoms include fever, headache, muscle and joint pains, and a characteristic skin rash that is similar to measles. In a small proportion of cases the disease develops into the life-threatening dengue hemorrhagic fever, resulting in bleeding, low levels of blood platelets and blood plasma leakage, or into dengue shock syndrome, where dangerously low blood pressure occurs. Dengue is transmitted by several species of mosquito within the genus Aedes, principally A. aegypti. The virus has four different types; infection with one type usually gives lifelong immunity to that type, but only short-term immunity to the others. Subsequent infection with a different type increases the risk of severe complications. As there is no vaccine, prevention is sought by reducing the habitat and the number of mosquitoes and limiting exposure to bites. Treatment of acute dengue is supportive, using either oral or intravenous rehydration for mild or moderate disease, and intravenous fluids and blood transfusion for more severe cases. The incidence of dengue fever has increased dramatically since the 1960s, with around 50–100 million people infected yearly. Early descriptions of the condition date from 1779, and its viral cause and the transmission were elucidated in the early 20th century. Dengue has become a global problem since the Second World War and is endemic in more than 110 countries. Apart from eliminating the mosquitoes, work is ongoing on a vaccine, as well as medication targeted directly at the virus " Dengue fever is extremely fatal, with no known cure, except to leave it to the own body defense system to strengthen its defense and recover. I have seen many families who lost 2 or 3 members of the family within a short span. One day, I found out that the wife of my immediate neighbours was hospitalised due to dengue. 2 days later, she passed away because of the virus. How sad and pitiful that even doctor and hospital cannot do anything.

Last week, someone send me an email article about KIWI Fruit or Kiwifruit that its juice can cure Dengue fever. And it came like below; " KIWI Juice - for dengue fever Something to share. My husband and I just recover from dengue, my husband symptom is a bit different from me. My husband dengue system is high fever, shivering, nausea, rashes, body pain, while my symptom is high fever, vomit, shivering, body pain and bad rashes. The biggest difference is that my pallet did not drastically drop but my husband pallet drop until 18 and the doctor had to do transfusion. All advices came from friend and family to try to help increase my husband pallet, crab soup and etc but all this didn't work. Until one day, one of the nurses told us to drink Kiwi Juice. Luckily, during dinner time, the hospital serve Kiwi juice for my husband and slice of Kiwi fruit for me. The next day, my hubby pallet increase to 82 and my pallet increase from 150 to 169. And the doctor allowed us to discharge. Actually, I was not really well, the next 2 days I do blood test again and my pallet drop again to 141. The doctor was quite surprise and told me if I still feel weak, and wanted me to be admitted again. My husband bought for me Kiwi juice and force me to drink. Luckily after 2 days, my pallet increase to 300. Another fresh story, my husband's aunty was also infected with dengue fever. Her pallet dropped to 76. I bought her Kiwi juice and the next day, her pallet increase to 170 and the doctor allow her to discharge. The reason for this eamil is to share the miracle of Kiwi juice, and please share this email with friends, especially kids...." So you might never know that this knowledge might come handy when we have this same symptom. For those who loves Kiwi fruit or Kiwi juice, this is another good side of Kiwi juice as treatment for dengue fever.

How To Drink Tea

Drinking Tea is a tradition of both the eastern and western culture.  To the East,  we have the Chinese Tea, the Japanese Tea.  To the Western culture, we hear of the High Tea,  where the variety of western tea are served.  Again aside from these general categorization, there are many other different variation.

Sometimes,  we are told that the caffeine content in tea is higher than coffee, but I know a lot of people have the mistaken idea that coffee contains higher caffeine.    But for today,  my question is about where we are drinking the right tea.  Apparently, different tea serves at different time, can have a different effect, and the important thing is that we are drinking the right tea.  So the next time you want to drink tea, perhaps, you can consider what I have to say in the following, before you order the type of tea, and not just base on your liking or dislikes. 

The following was being told,  and I am not sure how true this is.  Perhaps, you can try it out as it does not pose any side-effect.  But like anything else,  we must be moderate in the consumption, as excessive indulgence will also bring about some side effect. 

Point 1  - People who use their "brain" to work or students who study hard day and night - should drink more chrysanthemum tea

Point 2 - People who need a lot of body energy to work or those people that do a lot of exercise everyday - should drink Wu Loong Tea (a type of Chinese Tea)

Point 3 - People who travel on a bike or work in dirty and polluted places - should drink Green Tea

Point 4 - For people who likes to sit down all day long and not doing anything even exercising - must drink Green Tea and Flower Tea

Point 5 - People who smoke and drink a lot of alcoholic drinks - should drink more Green Tea

Point 6 - Carnivore, i.e. those who must eat meat at least once a day, or feel sick or not feeling well - try to drink some Wu Loong Tea

Point 7 - People who go to the washroom too often or too less - should drink more Honey Tea

Point 8 - People with high cholesterol and high blood pressure - should drink Wu Loong Tea or Green Tea

Point 9 - Those who work with computers everyday - need to drink a lot of Tea (any tea will do)

Whenever you are working with the computer, you should make some tea, drink it when you are free.  Drinking tea is healthy, it can protect and prevent the harmful Ultraviolet light from harming you i.e. when using the computer. 

Furthermore, it cal also cure us when we are tired and help making our body feel fresh again.

What is Good Coffee

Believe it or not, Drinking Coffee with milk or sugar is good for you. This is DRINK for thought!

(Minus the cream, milk and sugar) I am a frequent coffee drinker, was used to drinking several cups of coffee a day. Office workers would probably attest to that the a meeting with coffee is not really complete. We are so used to drinking the local coffee, Nescafe two in one, or three in one. However a recent internet article that apparently stemmed from one name, Sylvia Booth Hubbard, Newsmax goes like this; "For many years, coffee was considered a vice, linked with sleepless nights and cigarettes. But scientists have discovered that coffee contains potent antioxidant that can fight numerous ailments, including heart disease and diabetes. According to the American Coffee Association, 54% of Americans drink coffee on a daily basis, and they drink, on average, over 3 cups each. The diseases coffee can benefit include; Dementia - Drinking moderate amounts of coffee during middle age, classified as 3 to 5 cups daily, can decrease the risk of dementia by 65%, according to a 2009 study by Swedish and Finnish researchers. Liver disease - In those who drink too much alcohol, those who drank the most coffee, more than 4 cups very day, reduced their risk of developing alcoholic cirrhosis by 80% . Heart disease - Research associated with the Nurses Health Study, found that women who drank 2 - 3 cups of coffee daily had a 25% lower risk of dying from heart disease. Along the same line, a Spanish study found that men who drank more than 5 cups of coffee each day lowered their dying from heart disease by 44% and that women who drank 4 - 5 cups each day reduced their risk by 34%. Prostate cancer - A recent study from Harvard Medical School found that men who drank the most coffee slashed their risk of developing the fastest growing and most difficult to treat prostate cancers by more than half when compared to men who drank no coffee. Gout - Drinking 4 or more cups of coffee each day dramatically reduces the incidence of gout, say US. and Canadian researchers. Men who drank 4 - 5 cups daily lowered their risk by 40%, and those who drank 6 or more cups daily reduced their risk of developing gout by 59% when compared to men who didn't drink coffee. Breast Cancer - coffee can either reduce the risk of developing breast cancer or delay its onset, according to Swedish studies. They found that coffee alters a woman's metabolism and produces a safer balance of estrogen. Women who drank 2 or 3 cups of coffee a day reduced their cancer risk by as much as two-thirds, depending on the specific type of breast cancer. Diabetes - Enjoying 6 or more cups of coffee daily can cut chances of Type 2 diabetes by 54% in men and 30% in women over those who don't drink coffee. Parkinson's disease - Several studies show that drinking coffee lowers a man's risk of developing Parkinson's up to 80% - and the more the better. Colon cancer - A Japanese report found that women who drank 3 or more cups of coffee every day slashed their risk of developing colon cancer in half. What's responsible for coffee's healthy benefits? Most researchers believe it's the antioxidant ( polyphenol or flavonoid ) in coffee, but there are hundreds of compounds in coffee that may be partially responsible. So bear in mind, Drinking coffee - minus the milk and sugar, does have its health and benefits.

Watercress - The Miracle Food

Sai Yeong Choy Miracle

Watercress is called "sai yeong choy" in cantonese. It is infact one of my favorite vegetable, which I enjoy as soup. Sai yeong choy is popularly used by the chinese to boil as soup, and taste extremely good when consume slowly in extremely hot serving. In the later part of the years, I came across some serving Watercress as fried vegatable which I enjoy equally. However, when you fry it, you must use the young shoot which will be crispy and easy to bite in.

Now I came across this scientific discovery article to share with you. The articles reads as follows;

"UK Scientists say watercress is the new super food, able to prevent certain types of cancer. According to a study published this week in the British Journal of Nutrition, the consumption of a three ounce portion of watercress reduced the presence of a key tumor growth factor six and and eight hours after eating the watercress in healthy patients who had previously been treated for breast cancer.

The study was conducted by the Cancer Research Center at the School of Medicine, Soputhamption General Hospital in the United Kingdom. The study concluded watercress is as therapeutic as traditional drug treatments with tamoxifen and herceptin, commonly used chemotherapy drugs.

The study also said that through regular consumption, watercress "has the potential to confer valuable protection against cancer in general." Watercress has the ability to turn off HIF 1, a signal sent out by cells calling for blood supply," said noted aging scientist Dr. Nicholas Perricon. When HIF1 becomes incorrectly regulated, otherwise harmless precancerous clusters of cells have the opportunity to grow to form invasive tumors. "Scientists have been looking for anti-angiogenesis agents for years because if we can turn off the blood supply, we can kill the cancer," said Perricone. "And it looks like watercress can do that."

Another study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition in February 2007 showed that, in addition to reducing DNA damage, a daily dose of watercress increased the ability of cells to further resist DNA damage that may be caused by free radicals.

In thre study, 60 men and women, half of whom were smokers, consumed their usual diet plus 85 grams of raw watercress daily for eight weeks. Blood samples were analyzed for plasma antioxidant status and DNA damage in lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell. Watercress consumption significantly reduced lymphocyte DNA damage.

In the time of the Romans, Greeks and Persians watercress was used as a natural medicine, prescribed for migraines, anemia, eczema, kidney and liver disorder and tuberculosis.

So don't know what soup to cook for the family? Make it watercress soup once a week"

I would strongly recommend you try this if you have not taken watercress soup before. One thing I can be sure is that I have been taking watercress since childhood and it is cheap and easy to obtain in a lot of places. And while consuming is as part of food, it brings in these miracle value that the scientists now say.

Healing and Cleansing with Barley

Ever wonder the healing and cleansing power with barley.  
From an early age,  my mother has always been boiling barley soup at home and  drinking barley soup has been a regular affair at home.  

High in fibre, barley is also a kidney cleanser. Better yet, regular intake of it helps  prevent heart disease. BARLEY water was always a regular drink  when we were still living at home. Whenever we had to go for a medical exam that included a urine test, my mum would make us drink barley water a day before it to make sure we got a positive result!

My mother was a wise woman. I later found out from an Australian naturopath that barley is known to be a kidney cleanser, and he happily downed glasses of it at a meal we had in a coffee-shop here.

Barley is good for your intestinal health too. Try to eat the barley grains you find in your drink or sweet broth with fu chook (beancurd skin) and ginkgo nuts.

It's high in fibre which feeds the friendly bacteria in the colon and helps speed up the transit of fecal matter in it. In this way it helps prevent haemorrhoids and colon cancer.

The propionic acid and beta glucan from barley's insoluble fibre also help lower cholesterol and prevent the formation of gallstones.

Eating barley regularly is a preventive step against heart disease as, besides the fibre content, it is also high in niacin, a B vitamin good for lowering cholesterol.

Diabetics should eat more barley as the fibre will prevent blood sugar levels from rising too high. It also provides relief from constipation or diarrhoea for those suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome.

Barley is rich in selenium which prevents cancer and relieves symptoms of asthma and arthritis. It is a good source of manganese, copper and phosphorous.

Malt sugar comes from sprouted barley which, when fermented, is an ingredient in beer and other alcoholic beverages.

Barley, whose Latin name is hordeum vulgare, has been cultivated for more than 10,000 years.

Since ancient times, barley has been used for healing purposes and has been known to the Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Athletes in
Greece and Rome in those days were known to eat barley bread to give them strength.

Besides the usual things we do with barley, I enjoy having it in a western soup. The larger pearl barley is used and I love the sticky bite of it. Here's a recipe for barley soup:

Barley soup with roasted garlic

1 cup pearl barley
5 cloves whole garlic, roasted
2 litres chicken stock, steeped from 1 chicken breast simmered in three litres water
2 tbsps vegetable oil
2 large onions, diced
2 carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
150g turkey ham, cut up
1 tsp ground white pepper
1 tsps sea salt or to taste
1 tbsp chopped parsley

 Method
 1. Wash barley and soak it in a bowl of water for three hours. Drain.

2. Heat oil in pan and fry onions. Add carrots and celery, then the barley and fry for three minutes.

3. Add chicken stock, pepper and roasted garlic and simmer over low heat for at least an hour, or until barley is soft.

4. Add salt to taste and serve the soup garnished with chopped parsley.

Try this out, you have nothing to lose.

Posted by : Ivan

Simple Cure for Cancer

The following came through my mail last week.  Given that we hear of so many cases of people afflicted with cancer,  I think it is good idea to spread this.


There is nothing to lose in trying this,. when everything seem lost.


The message begins; 

Three types of asparagus on a shop display, with white asparagus at the back and green asparagus in the middle. The plant at the front is Ornithogalum pyrenaicum, is commonly called wild asparagus,

Several years ago, I had a man seeking asparagus for a friend who had cancer. He gave me aphotocopied copy of an article,entitled,`Asparagus for cancer ' printed in Cancer NewsJournal, December 1979.

I will share it here, just as it was shared with me: 'I am a biochemist,and have specialized in the relation of diet to health for over 50 years.

Several years ago, I learned of the discovery of Richard R.Vensal, D.D.S. that asparagus might cure cancer. Since then, I have worked with him on his project.. We have accumulated a number of favourable case histories.
Here are a few examples: 


Case No. 1,
A man with an almost hopeless case of Hodgkin's disease (cancer of the lymph glands) who was completely incapacitated. Within 1 year of starting the asparagus therapy, his doctors were unable to detect any signs of cancer, and he was back on a schedule of strenuous exercise.

Case No. 2,
A successful businessman 68 years old who suffered from cancer of the bladder for 16 years. After years of medical treatments,including radiation without improvement, he went on asparagus. Within 3 months, examinations revealed that his bladder tumor had disappeared and that his kidneys were normal.

Case No. 3,
A man who had lung cancer. On March 5th 1971, he was put on the operating table where they found lung cancer so widely spread that it was inoperable. The surgeon sewed him up and declared his case hopeless. On April 5th he heard about the asparagus therapy and immediately started taking it. By August, x-ray pictures revealed that all signs of the cancer had disappeared. He is back at his regular business routine. *

*Case No. 4,
A woman who was troubled for a number of years with skin cancer. She finally developed different skin cancers which were diagnosed by asking specialist as advanced. Within 3 months after starting on asparagus, her skin specialist said that her skin looked fine and nomore skin lesions. This woman reported that the asparagus therapy also cured her kidney disease, which started in 1949. She had over 10 operations for kidney stones, and was receiving government disability payments for an inoperable, terminal, kidney condition. She attributes the cure of this kidney trouble entirely to the asparagus.

 

I was not surprised at this result, as `The elements of Materia Medica', edited in 1854 by a Professor at the University of Pennsylvania , stated that asparagus was used as a popular remedy for kidney stones. He even referred to experiments, in 1739, on the power of asparagus in dissolving stones.

We would have other case histories but the medical establishment has interfered with our obtaining some of the records. I am therefore appealing to readers to spread this good news and help us to gather a large number of case histories that will overwhelm the medical skeptics about this unbelievably simple and natural remedy. For the treatment, asparagus should be cooked before using, and therefore canned asparagus is just as good as fresh.

I have corresponded with the two leading canners of asparagus, Giant Giant and Stokely, and I am satisfied that these brands contain no pesticides or preservatives.

* * PROCEDURE:

1) Place the cooked asparagus in a blender and liquefy to make a puree, and store in the refrigerator.

2) Give the patient 4 full tablespoons twice daily, morning and evening.

Patients usually show some improvement in from 2-4 weeks. It can be diluted with water and used as a cold or hot drink. This suggested dosage is based on present experience, but certainly larger amounts can do no harm and may be needed in some cases.

As a biochemist I am convinced of the old saying that `what cures can prevent'. Based on this theory, my wife and I have been using asparagus puree as a beverage with our meals. We take 2 tablespoons diluted in water to suit our taste with breakfast and with dinner. I take mine hot and my wife prefers hers cold.

For years we have made it a practice to have blood surveys taken as part of our regular checkups.

The last blood survey, taken by a medical doctor who specializes in the nutritional approach to health, showed substantial improvements in all categories over the last one, and we can attribute these improvements to nothing but the asparagus drink...

As a biochemist, I have made an extensive study of all aspects of cancer, and all of the proposed cures. As a result, I am convinced that asparagus fits in better with the latest theories about cancer. Asparagus contains a good supply of protein called histones, which are believed to be active in controlling cell growth. For that reason, I believe asparagus can be said to contain a substance that I call cell growth normalizer. That accounts for its action on cancer and inacting as a general body tonic. In any event, regardless of theory, asparagus used as we suggest, is a harmless substance.

The FDA cannot prevent you from using it and it may do you much good.. It has been reported by the US National Cancer Institute, that asparagus is the highest tested food containing glutathione, which is considered one of the body's most potent anticarcinogens and antioxidants.

That ends the Email message.

I don't know about you.  But it is just vegetables, and does not add more harm.  So I think I would try this out as a preventive measure.

Posted: Ivan

    

Life lesson from a Tale of Two Seas

Making Life lesson from A Tale of Two Seas

We learn things along in life, and many a times, it comes from simple things around us. The following email I received recently, aptly depicts the situation today, when we look around and see that many people only know how to take and forgotten about giving and sharing.
This is food for thought and reflection.

To give credit to the original author, I thought I would reproduce text in entirety as follows;

Sitting in the Geography class in school, I remember how fascinated I was when we were being taught all about the Dead Sea. As you probably recall, the Dead Sea is really a Lake, not a sea (and as my Geography teacher pointed out, if you understood that, it would guarantee 4 marks in the term paper!) Its so high in salt content that the human body can float easily. You can almost lie down and read a book! The salt in the Dead Sea is as high as 35% - almost 10 times the normal ocean water. And all that saltiness has meant that there is no life at all in the Dead Sea. No fish. No vegetation. No sea animals. Nothing lives in the Dead sea. And hence the name: Dead Sea.

While the Dead Sea has remained etched in my memory, I don't seem to recall learning about the Sea of Galilee in my school Geography lesson. So when I heard about the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea and the tale of the two seas - I was intrigued. Turns out that the Sea of Galilee is just north of the Dead Sea. Both the Sea of Galilee and the Dead Sea receive their water from river Jordan.

And yet, they are very, very different.Unlike the Dead Sea, the Sea of Galilee is pretty, resplendent with rich, colorful marine life. There are lots of plants. And lots of fish too. In fact, the sea of Galilee is home to over twenty different types of fishes. Same region, same source of water, and yet while one sea is full of life, the other is dead. How come?Here apparently is why. The River Jordan flows into the Sea of Galilee and then flows out. The water simply passes through the Sea of Galilee in and then out - and that keeps the Sea healthy and vibrant, teeming with marine life.But the Dead Sea is so far below the mean sea level, that it has no outlet. The water flows in from the river Jordan, but does not flow out. There are no outlet streams. It is estimated that over a million tons of water evaporate from the Dead Sea every day. Leaving it salty. Too full of minerals. And unfit for any marine life.

The Dead Sea takes water from the River Jordan, and holds it. It does not give.
Result? No life at all.Think about it.Life is not just about getting. Its about giving.

We all need to be a bit like the Sea of Galilee. We are fortunate to get wealth, knowledge, love and respect. But if we don't learn to give, we could all end up like the Dead Sea.

The love and the respect, the wealth and the knowledge could all evaporate. Like the water in the Dead Sea.If we get the Dead Sea mentality of merely taking in more water, more money, more everything the results can be disastrous.

Good idea to make sure that in the sea of your own life, you have outlets. Many outlets.For love and wealth - and everything else that you get in your life. Make sure you don't just get, you give too. Open the taps. And you'll open the floodgates to happiness. Make that a habit.

To share. To give.And experience life. Experience the magic!

Posted by: Ivan

EGGs Promotes Growth

Much has been said and written about the effect of eating to much egg. How it contributes to cholesterol and associated heart disease. So much so, till today, I have this tendency to avoid eggs even though I like them so much. This came into my mail the other day and I thought to share it with you.,

EGGS......HARVARD STUDIES.....PROMOTES GROWTH
AND LESSENS RISK OF CATARACTS.

(Any egg expert around to comment?)

One egg a day should be OK ?

Great news for those of us who love eggs!


10 Health Benefits of Eggs :


1. Eggs are great for the eyes. According to one study, an egg a day may prevent mascular degeneraton due to the carotenoid content, specifically lutein and zeaxanthin. Both nutrients are more readily available to our bodies from eggs than from other sources.

2. In another study, researchers found that people who eat eggs every day lower their risk of developing cataracts, also because of the lutein and zeaxanthin in eggs.

3. One egg contains 6 grams of high-quality protein and all 9 essential amino acids.

4. According to a study by the Harvard School of Public Health, there is no significant link between egg consumption and heart disease
.
In fact, according to one study, regular consumption of eggs may help prevent blood clots, stroke , and heart attacks .

5. They are a good source of choline. One egg yolk has about 300 micrograms of choline. Choline is an important nutrient that helps regulate the brain, nervous system, and cardiovascular system.


6. They contain the right kind of fat. One egg contains just 5 grams of fat and only 1.5 grams of that is saturated fat.

7. New research shows that, contrary to previous belief, moderate consumption of eggs does not have a negative impact on cholesterol. In fact, recent studies have shown that regular consumption of two eggs per day does not affect a person's lipid profile and may, in fact, improve it.

Research suggests that it is saturated fat that raises cholesterol rather than dietary cholesterol.

8. Eggs are one of the only foods that contain naturally occurring vitamin D .

9. Eggs may prevent breast cancer . In one study, women who consumed at least 6 eggs per week lowered their risk of breast cancer by 44%.


10. Eggs promote healthy hair and nails because of their high sulphur content and wide array of vitamins and minerals. Many people find their hair growing faster after adding eggs to their diet, especially if they were previously deficient in foods containing sulphur or B12.

Well whether you believe this or not, I think I'll stick to prudence that always to take things in moderation, more so especially when it comes to food.

Posted by : Ivan

Self Detoxification

Many people resort to detoxification in order to combat the negative and harmful effects of drugs or alcohol on the body, or simply to strengthen the immune system. By starting a detoxification process a person can flush out unwanted toxins from the body and begin the cleansing process.

There are many different ways in which a person can detoxify himself, and the primary determining factors for deciding what kind of detoxification process will suit an individual best will depend on the type of intoxicant that was being consumed, and the length of time it was consumed for. It is fair to assume that once a person has decided to undergo the process of detoxification, he/she will be discontinuing the consumption of intoxicants.

This is very true!

Follow this few easy and simple steps, and soon, you will be on the way to a healthier you.


Before you go to bed at night, prepare this magic portion. Finely chop or use the food blender to chop up two cloves of fresh garlic and let it expose to the air for a few minutes while you wash up your blender or chopping board.

The chopping releases the enzyme allinase in the garlic. Gather the chopped garlic on a spoon and swallow it with water.

The garlic will travel your entire digestive tract while you sleep and scavenge and neutralize all the toxins, carcinogens, harmful bacteria, fungi, viruses, foreign chemical before they can harm your healthy cell.

Swallowing the chopped garlic will not give you garlic breath, as long as you don't chew it. You brush your teeth and rinse your mouth before you go to bed anyway.

In the morning, drink a big glass of water. Your first bowel movement have a strong garlic odor and you will know that the harmful stuff have been eliminated from your body. Try it, especially if you have had a bad eating day.

Facts to know about Chemotherapy

New facts that you should know about chemotherapy.

We are told that once a person is diagnosed with cancer, the likely treatment is chemotherapy. I have first hand experience with chemotherapy, having taken my mother to frequent dosage of chemotherapy to cure her cancer in her stomach. Much as there were Hope in the initial stage, I must say that in the finality, just as I observed in many other cancer cases, the treatment brought with it many side-effects before the patients succumb to the cancer at the end.

It seems that there is so much to the treatment of chemotherapy that we do not know about. So when I received the following from the email, I felt the need to share it with you. So, below are some more facts that you should know about the treatment of chemotherapy.

The Mail goes....

AFTER YEARS OF TELLING PEOPLE CHEMOTHERAPY IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRY ('TRY', BEING THE KEY WORD) TO ELIMINATE CANCER, JOHNS HOPKINS IS FINALLY STARTING TO TELL YOU THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE WAY.

Cancer Update from Johns Hopkins :

Fact 1
Every person has cancer cells in the body. These cancer cells do not show up in the standard tests until they have multiplied to a few billion.. When doctors tell cancer patients that there are no more cancer cells in their bodies after treatment, it just means the tests are unable to
detect the cancer cells because they have not reached the detectable size.


Fact 2.
Cancer cells occur between 6 to more than 10 times in a person's lifetime.

Fact 3
When the person's immune system is strong the cancer cells will be destroyed and prevented from multiplying and forming tumors.

Fact 4

When a person has cancer it indicates the person has multiple nutritional deficiencies. These could be due to genetic, environmental, food and lifestyle factors.

Fact 5

To overcome the multiple nutritional deficiencies, changing diet and including supplements will strengthen the immune system.

Fact 6
Chemotherapy involves poisoning the rapidly-growing cancer cells and also destroys rapidly-growing healthy cells in the bone marrow, gastrointestinal tract etc, and can
cause organ damage, like liver, kidneys, heart, lungs etc.

Fact 7
Radiation while destroying cancer cells also burns, scars and damages healthy cells, tissues and
organs.

Fact 8.
Initial treatment with chemotherapy and radiation will often reduce tumor size. However prolonged use of chemotherapy and radiation do not result in more tumor destruction.

Fact 9.

When the body has too much toxic burden from chemotherapy and radiation the immune system is either compromised or destroyed, hence the person can succumb to various kinds of infections and complications.

Fact 10.
Chemotherapy and radiation can cause cancer cells to mutate and become resistant and difficult to destroy. Surgery can also cause cancer cells to spread to other sites.

Fact 11.

An effective way to battle cancer is to starve the cancer cells by not feeding it with the foods it needs to multiply.


*CANCER CELLS FEED ON:

a) Sugar is a cancer-feeder. By cutting off sugar it cuts off one important food supply to the cancer cells. Sugar substitutes like NutraSweet,
Equal, Spoonful, etc are made with Aspartame and it is harmful. A better natural substitute would be Manuka honey or molasses, but only in very small amounts. Table salt has a chemical added to make it white in color. Better alternative is Bragg's aminos or sea salt.


b. Milk causes the body to produce mucus, especially in the gastro-intestinal tract. Cancer feeds on mucus. By cutting off milk and substituting with unsweetened soy
milk cancer cells are being starved.

c. Cancer cells thrive in an acid environment. A meat-based diet is acidic and it is best to eat fish, and a little chicken rather than beef or pork. Meat also contains livestock antibiotics, growth
hormones and parasites, which are all harmful, especially to people with cancer.


d. A diet made of 80% fresh vegetables and juice, whole grains, seeds, nuts and a little fruits help put the body into an alkaline environment. About 20% can be from cooked food including beans.. Fresh vegetable juices provide live enzymes that are easily absorbed and reach down to
cellular levels within 15 minutes to nourish and enhance growth of healthy cells.. To obtain live enzymes for building healthy cells try and drink fresh vegetable juice (most vegetables including bean sprouts) and eat some raw vegetables 2 or 3 times a day. Enzymes are destroyed at temperatures of 104 degrees F (40 degrees C).

e. Avoid coffee, tea, and chocolate, which have high caffeine. Green tea is a better alternative and has cancer fighting properties. Water-best to drink purified water, or filtered, to avoid
known toxins and heavy metals in tap water. Distilled water is acidic, avoid it.

Fact 12.

Meat protein is difficult to digest and requires a lot of digestive enzymes. Undigested meat remaining in the intestines becomes putrefied and leads to more toxic buildup.

Fact 13.
Cancer cell walls have a tough protein covering. By refraining from or eating less meat it frees more enzymes to attack the protein walls of cancer cells and allows the body's killer cells to destroy the cancer cells.

Fact 14.
Some supplements build up the immune system (IP6, Flor-ssence, Essiac, anti-oxidants, vitamins, minerals, EFAs etc.) to enable the bodies own killer cells to destroy cancer cells..Other supplements like vitamin E are known to cause apoptosis, or programmed cell death, the body's normal method of disposing of damaged, unwanted, or unneeded cells.

Fact 15.
Cancer is a disease of the mind, body, and spirit. A proactive and positive spirit will help the cancer warrior be a survivor. Anger, un-forgiveness and bitterness put the body into a stressful and acidic environment. Learn to have a loving and forgiving spirit. Learn to relax and enjoy life.


Fact 16.
Cancer cells cannot thrive in an oxygenated environment. Exercising daily, and deep breathing help to get more oxygen down to the cellular level. Oxygen therapy is another means employed to destroy cancer cells.


1.
No plastic containers in micro.

2. No water bottles in freezer.

3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially breast cancer. Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the plastic. Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Cast le Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic containers. This especially applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into the food and ultimately into the cells of the body. Instead, he recommends using glass, such as Corning Ware, Pyrex or ceramic containers for heating food You get the same results, only without the dioxin. So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc. He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons.

Also, he pointed out that plastic wrap, such as Saran, is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous toxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food. Cover food with a paper towel instead.

This is an article that should be sent to anyone important in your life.

Hope this article helps, do spread this around.

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Diabetics Treatment

Finally Good New for All Diabetics.

Recently, I went for a routine blood test. The test was for the cholesterol monitoring as I have been taking the ZOCOR medicine for quite some time. When the result came back, I was in a bit of shock when the doctor told me that the sugar level is too high, exceeding the threshold.

As this was the first time, the doctor asked me to go back to the Clinic for another test on the glucose the following day. During the subsequently test, I asked to provide the urine and a blood sample was taken. After this, I was given a drink, which I think was glucose. I was asked not to eat anything and can only drink water, and to go back in an hours time.

When I returned an hour later, again I was asked to provide a urine test, and blood sample taken. This was repeated for a second time for the next hour. When the report came out, it was a relieve that it was a false alarm and I was told that I do not have to take any medication. When I checked further into this diabetic treatment, only then did I realise how important it is not to be inflicted with diabetic conditions as this tend to lead to many complications.

So when I received this in an email about a treatment for diabetics, I thought to share this with you immediately. Below is the detail of the Treatment for Diabetics.

Diabetic ! Finally good news for all Diabetics.

A woman (65) was diabetic for the last 20+ years and was taking insulin twice a day, she used the enclosed homemade medicine for a fortnight and now she is absolutely free of diabetes and taking all her food as normal including sweets.....

The doctors have advised her to stop insulin and any other blood sugar controlling drugs. I request you all please circulate this email to as many people as you can and let them take the maximum benefit from it.

Dr. Tony Almeida (Bombay Kidney Speciality expert) made the extensive experiments with perseverance and patience and discovered a successful treatment for diabetes. Nowaday, a lot of people, old men and women in particular suffer a lot due to diabetes.

Ingredients;

1) Wheat flour 100 gm
2) Gum (of tree) (gondh) 100 gm
3) Barley 100gm
4) Black seeds (Kalunji) 100 gm

Method of preparaton : PUt all the above ingredients in 5 cups of water. Boil it for 10 minutes and put off the fire. Allow it to cool down by itself. When it has become cold, filter out the seeds and preserve the water in a glass jug or bottle.

How to use it?
Take one small cup of this water every day early morning when your stomach is empty.
Continue this for 7 days. Next week, repeat the same but on alternate days. With these 2 weeks of treatment, you will wonder to see that you have become normal and can eat normal food without problem.

Note : A request is to spread this to as many as possible so that others can also take the benefit out of it.

Since these are all natural ingredients, taking them is not harmful. So those who a sceptical about this treatment may still try it without any harm. Worst case scenario will be that you remain still the same as you were before.

So if you are thinking of trying this, do it in addition whatever medication you are taking now. Do not stop your medication unless your doctor advise you to so.

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Hot Cocoa For High Blood Pressure

Could hot cocoa be the new "wonder drug" for High Blood Pressure

According to recent estimates, nearly 1 in 3 American adults has high blood pressure. But for the Kuna Indians living on a group of islands off the Caribbean coast of Pananma, hypertension does not even exist. In fact, after age 60, the average blood pressure for Kuna Indian islanders is a perfect 110/70.

Is it because they eat less salt? No, Kuna Indians who eat as much, if not more salt, than people in the US.

Is it due to their genes? No. Kuna Indians who moved away from the islands are just as likely to suffer from high blood pressure as anyone else!

So what makes these folks practically "immune" to hypertension - and lets them enjoy much lower death rates from heart attacks, strokes, diabetes, and cancer?

Harvard researchers were stunned to discover it's because they drink aout 5 cups of cocoa each day. That's right, cocoa!

Studies show the flavonois in cocoa stimulate your body's production of nitric oxide - boosting blood flow to your heart, brain, and other organs. In fact, one study found cocoa thins your blood just as well as low-dose aspirin!

But that's not all. A Harvard Medical School professor claims cocoa can also treat blocked arteries, congestive heart failure, stroke, dementia, and even impotence!

Cocoa - A hot cup of cocoa with marshmallows

So if you enjoy your cocoa drink, you can enjoy it much better now knowing what good it can bring. If you don't drink cocoa, maybe it's time you start to a cup of cocoa a day, to keep hypertension away. This maybe a cure to control your hypertension and high blood pressure
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Value of Banana

The Banana King. Who would imagine, banana, a kind of very cheap fruit and available in abundant has anti-cancer property. I came across this circulation that says that eating banana can help prevent cancer. With today's lost of many lives to cancer, I hope spreading this knowledge will help the mass.

The fully ripe banana produces a substance call TNF which has the ability to combat abnormal cells. TNF apparently stands for Tumor Necrosis Factor, some very technical and medical term.

So don't be surprised very soon the shop will go out of stock of bananas. As the banana ripens, it develops dark spots or patches on the skin. The more dark patches it has, the higher will be its immunity enhancement quality.



Hence the Japanese love bananas for a good reason. According to a Japanese scientific research, banana contains TNF which has anti-cancer properties.

The degree of anti-cancer effect corresponds to the degree of ripeness of the fruit, that is the riper the banana, the better the anti-cancer quality.

In an animal experiment carried out by a professor in Tokyo U comparing the various health benefits of different fruits, using banana, grape, apple, water melon, pineapple, pear and persimmon, it was found that banana gave the best results. It increased the number of white blood cells, enhanced the immunity of the body and produced anti-cancer substance TNF.

The recommendation is to eat 1 to 2 bananas a day to increase your body immunity to diseases like cold, flu and others.

According to the Japanese professor, yellow skin bananas with dark spots on it are 8 times more effective in enhancing the property of white blood cells than the green skin version.

Like the saying an apple a day, keeps the doctor away. Likewise, a banana a day, keeps cancer away.

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Water Benefit

DRINK WATER ON EMPTY STOMACH

From small, we are trained by our parents in our routine. When it comes to food and drink, our behavior is shaped by our home habit and education.

When I first started to work, I came across some advice that says that when we first wake up in the morning, we should drink a lot of water before we do anything and this helps in our body system. Water benefits, that's what they say. Plain water, who would have believed in water benefits. More so, people are talking about nutrients, and what is there in water that will support the notion that drink water benefits.

It’s been some 20 plus years that I have faithfully kept to that, when the amount of water varies, the first thing I try to get hold of is to drink a lot of water. Right or wrong, I am today still strong and healthy apart from the cholesterol and high blood pressure that I have to bear with, which I know stems from my bad lifestyle of consuming food without restraints and inadequate sleep.

So this message being spread about the goodness of Drinking Water on an Empty Stomach does resemble in a way, what I have been doing the years.

The Message is “Drink Water on Empty Stomach”

It is popular in Japan today to drink water immediately after waking up, every morning. Furthermore, scientific tests have proven its value. We publish below a description of use of water for our readers. For old and serious diseases as well as modern illnesses the water treatment had been found successfully by a Japanese medical society as a 100% cure for following diseases;

• Headache, body ache, heart system , arthritis, fast heart beat, epilepsy, excess fatness, bronchitis, asthma, TB, meningitis, kidney and urine disease, vomiting, gastritis, diarrhea, piles, diabetes, constipation, all eye diseases, womb, cancer and menstrual disorders, ar nose and throat diseases.

Method of Treatment

1. As you wake up in the morning before brushing teeth, drink 4 x 160 ml
glasses of water
2. Brush and clean the mouth but do not eat or drink anything for 45 minutes
3. After 45 minutes you may eat and drink as normal
4. After 15 minutes of breakfast, lunch and dinner do not eat or drink anything
for 2 hours
5. Those who are old or sick and are unable to drink 4 glasses of water at the
beginning, may commence by taking little water and gradually increase it to
4 glasses per day
6. The above method of treatment will cure diseases of the sick and others can
enjoy a healthy life

The following list gives the number of days of treatment required to cure/control/reduce main diseases;

1. High Blood Pressure – 30 days
2. Gastric – 10 days
3. Diabetes – 30 days
4. Constipation – 10 days
5. Cancer – 180 days
6. TB – 90 days
7. Arthritis patients should follow the above treatment only for 3 days in the
1st week, and from 2nd week onwards – daily.

This treatment method has no side effects, however at the commencement of treatment you may have to urinate a few times.

It is better if we continue this and make this procedure as a routine work in our life. Drink Water and Stay healthy and Active.

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Diabetes Natural Treatment

A Wonder Drink to cure your Diabetes.
Thanks to the wonder of Lady Finger. A common item for cooking to the chinese, lady finger is common vegetables for food. Never do I realise the good properties of it, that can control and reduce the sugar level in our blood, and as a result can cure diabetes.

Diabetes is becoming a very common disease afflicting the mass and especially those are can live off better in life. For those who have diabetes, will know the inconvenience and problem and hassle of taking insulin injections. Of course, nowadays, there are tablets that can be taken instead. Having diabetes is dangerous, as this can lead to other illness easily.

Lady Finger - this is how it looks like.


The following email arrive just a couple of days ago, and I thought it good to share this. Here the story goes,


"Quote"

Please note that another name for Lady Finger (Bhindi) is "OKURA". Last month, in one of the TV program I learnt of a treatment of Sugar (Diabetes).

Since I am diabetic, I tried it and it was very useful and my Sugar is in control now. In fact I have already reduced my medicine. Take two pieces of Lady Finger (Bhindi) and remove/cut both ends of each piece.

Also put a small cut in the middle and put thse two pieces in glass of water. Cover the glass and keep it at room temperature during night.

Early morning, before breakfast simply remove two pieces of lady finger (bhindi) from the glass and drink that water. Keep doing it on daily basis.

Within two weeks, you will see remarkable results in reduction of your Sugar.

My sister has got rid of her diabetes. She was on INsulin for a few years, but after taking the lady fingers every morning for a few months. She has stopped Insulin but continues to take the lady fingers every day.

But she chops the lady fingers into fine pieces in the night, adds the water and drinks it all up the next morning.

Please try it as it will not do you any harm even if it does not do much good to you, but U have to keep taking it for a few months before U see results, as most cases might be chronic. "Unquote"

Looks like it is not the food that we eat is important, but rather how the food is handle and process plays an important part.

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On the Brick

The Brick Story

The story was told as below;

A young and successful executive was travelling down a neighborhood street, going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar.

He was watching for kids darting out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something. As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the spot where the brick had been thrown.

The angry driver then jumped out of the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are your doing! That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost a lot of money. Why did you do it?

The young boy was apologetic. "Please, mister ..please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," he pleaded, "I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." with tears dripping down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a parked car. "It's my brother," he said. " He rolled off the curb and fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up."

Now sobbing, the boy asked the stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me".

Moved beyond words, the driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look told him everything was going to be okay. "Thank you and may God bless you, " the grateful child told the stranger. Too shock up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk towards their home.

It was a long, slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to remind him of this message: "Don't go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at you to get your attention!". God whispers in our souls and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not. End of Story.

The point is due to the need to make a living, we rush our daily lives through, most of the time on a very fast lane. In the process, we overlook many people and happenings around us. And sometimes, things happened along the way that serve as wake-up call to ourselves. Let's us pause for a while and give time to our lives to see, feel and appreciate things that are there. And hopefully, we will never need such a story on the brick to wake us up.

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Pretty Lady

Lesson from the Story of the Pretty Lady

Very often, when our feelings are hurt by others, whether over something that people have done or not done, we harbor the hurt for a long time and suffer in silence for a long time. In the process, the hurt extends beyond a long long time, something very unwise and can bring untold damage. Perhaps the following story of the Pretty Lady brings home the point.

Here goes the story

Once upon a time, a big monk and a little monk were travelling together. They came to the bank of a river and found the bridge was damaged. They had to wade across the river. There was a pretty lady who was stuck at the damaged bridge and couldn’t cross the river. The big monk offered to carry her across the river on his back. The lady accepted. The little monk was shocked by the move of the big monk. “How can big brother carry a lady when we are supposed to avoid all intimacy with females?” though the little monk. But he kept quiet.

The big monk carried the lady across the river and the small monk followed unhappily. When they crossed the river, the big monk let the lady down and they parted ways with her. All along the way for several miles, the little monk was very unhappy with the act of the big monk. He was making up all kinds of accusations about the big monk in his head. This got him madder and madder. But he still kept quiet. And the big monk had no inclination to explain his situation.
Finally, at a rest point many hours later, the little monk could not stand it any further, he burst out angrily at the big monk. “How can you claim yourself a devout monk, when you seize the first opportunity to touch a female, especially when she is every pretty? All your teachings to me make you a big hypocrite.”
The big monk looked surprised and said, “I had put down the pretty lady at the river bank many hours ago, how come you are still carrying her along?”

(This very old Chinese Zen story reflects the thinking of many people today. We encounter many unpleasant things in our life, they irritate us and they make us angry. Sometimes, they cause us a lot of hurt, sometimes they cause us to be bitter or jealous..But like the little monk, we are not willing to let them go away. We keep on carrying the baggage of the ‘pretty lady’ with us. We let them keep on coming back to hurt us, make us angry, make us bitter and cause us a lot of agony. Why? Simply because we are not willing to put down or let go of the baggage of the ‘pretty lady’. We should let go of the pretty lady immediately after crossing the river, that is after the unpleasant event is over. This will immediately remove all our agonies. There is no need to be further hurt by the unpleasant event after it is over. Science is organized knowledge, Wisdom is organized life.

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Barley Benefits

Ever wonder the healing and cleansing properties of barley

One of the common problem affecting us is having to remove stones from our body. Over times, whether we like it or not, stones get accumulated within some organs in our body. Many years back, I remember trying out a formula to help remove stones from our gall bladder. I was told that we all have stones within us. It is a matter of few or many. The more water we drink, the better it is for us. Recently, I have come across 2 friends who unfortunately, have to remove stones from their kidney. So when I received the following internet mail, I thought of sharing the goodness of barley and drinking barley water. Apparently, this came from someone in Australia.

For the Chinese, drinking barley water is a common habit. Here goes the content of the internet story

“High in fibre, barley is also a kidney cleanser. Better yet, regular intake of it helps prevent heart disease. BARLEY water was always a regular drink when we were still living at home. Whenever we had to go for a medical exam that included a urine test , my mum would have us drink barley water a day before it to make sure we got a positive result!

My mother was a wise woman. I later found out from an Australian naturopath that barley known to be a kidney cleanser, and he happily downed glasses of it at a meal we had in the coffee shop here.

Barley is good for your intestinal health too. Try to eat the barley grains you find in your drink or sweet broth and fu chook (bean curd skin) and gingko nuts.

It’s high in fibre which feeds the friendly bacteria in the colon and helps speed up the transit of fecal matter in int. In this way it helps prevent haemorrhoids and colon cancer.

The propionic acid and beta glucan from barley’s insoluble fibre also help lower cholesterol and prevent the formation of gallstones.

Eating barley regularly is a preventive step against heart disease as, besides the fibre content, it is also high in niacin, a B vitamin good for lowering cholesterol.

Diabetics should eat more barley as the fibre will prevent blood sugar levels from rising too high. It also provides relief from constipation or diarrhea for those suffering from Irritational Bowel Syndrome.

Barley is rich in selenium which prevents cancer and relieves symptoms of asthma and arthritis. It is a good source of manganese, copper and phosphorous.

Malt sugar comes from sprouted barley which, when fermented, is an ingredient in beer and other alcoholic beverages.

Barley, whose Latin name is Hordeum vulgare, has been cultivated for more than 10,000 years.
Since ancient times, barley has been used for healing purposes and has been known to the Chinese, Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans. Athletes in Greece and Rome in those days were known to eat barley bread to give them strength.

Besides the usual things we do with barley, I enjoy having it in a western soup. The large pearl barley is used and I love the sticky bite of it.

Here’s a recipe for barley soup:

Barley soup with roasted garlic
- 1 cup pearl barley
- 5 cloves whole garlic, roasted
- 2 litres chicken stock, steeped from 1 chicken breasts simmered in 3 litres water
- 2 tbsps vegetable oil
- 2 large onions, diced
- 150g turkey ham, cut up
- 1 tsp ground white pepper
- 1 tsps sea salt or to taste
- 1 tbsp chopped parsley

Method
1. Wash barley and soak it in a bowl of water for 3 hours. Drain.
2. Heat oil in pan and fry onions. Add carrots and celery, then the barley and fry for 3 minutes
3. Add Chicken stock, pepper and roasted garlic and simmer over low heat for at least an hour, or until barley is soft.
4. Add salt to taste and serve the soup garnished with chopped parsley.


Well, I have not tried this recipe. But I do drink a lot of barley water and can tell that it has many good properties. Like many people used to ask me whether the things that I consumed is effective, I would say that the fact that I am still around and healthy is good enough evidence.

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