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2007-01-30 Thread David in Ballarat
DON'T KNOW WHAT DOCTOR WROTE THIS, BUT I LIKE HIM! .. HEALTH QUESTION ANSWER SESSION Q: I've heard that cardiovascular exercise can prolong life; is this true? A: Your heart is only good for so many beats, and that's it. Don't waste them on exercise. Everything wears out eventually. Speeding

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2003-08-01 Thread Scott
Jean said: if the sinuses don't drain with your head in the normal upright position, why not try standing on your head? Why won't it work then? Because there are people like me with chronic bronchitis and sinus problems whose phlegm is way to sticky - gross answer but that is the way it is

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2003-08-01 Thread Scott
Thanks Martha, that explains so much. I don't have any sinuses under my eyes (mine never developed, the good news about that is that although the upper ones can be excruciating, I won't get bags under my eyes). Now if I could only get a piercing to drain the lungs I wouldn't do too bad. Lynn in

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2003-08-01 Thread Toni Hawryluk
try a few of David's remedies. Lynn in Wollongong, Australia Gotta 'get some *spice* into your life' - jalapeno, cayenne, etc. and work on that from the inside, 'cell' level - steam from the outside-inside added to the *hot*-spiced foods 'through' the skin from inside . . . ? Toni in Seattle

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2003-08-01 Thread Liz Beecher
Also, don't use this in a bowl you EVER want to use again for anything as it coats the bowl - if possible use a throw away plastic bowl Regards Liz Beecher -Original Message- From: W N Lafferty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 31 July 2003 22:38 To: lace-chat Subject: Re: [lace-chat

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2003-07-31 Thread David Collyer
Dear Thurlow, Anyone in lace-land have any other old-fashioned (or new-fashioned) aids to getting bronchitisi/sinusitis to hurry up and go away? If you need to sing or perform on stage, then gargling cider vinegar will give you instant voice!! If you love it, as I do, then by all means swallow

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2003-07-31 Thread W N Lafferty
David wrutes One great old remedy for sinuses is to make an inhalation of Frair's Balsam (Tinc. Benz Co.) We can still get this at all our Chemists (Drug Stores). Simply put a large spoonful in a bowl of boiling water, throw a towel over your head and breathe in the fumes. Highly

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2003-07-31 Thread Martha Krieg
I've never suffered with sinus trouble, but to my *totally* logical way of thinking, if the sinuses don't drain with your head in the normal upright position, why not try standing on your head? Why won't it work then? Jean in Poole To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the

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2003-07-30 Thread Thurlow Weed
I know amongst are ranks are many experts on almost everything, and now I am seeking suggestions for anything that can help me with bronchitis. I caught a cold about a week ago, and just as it was about to go away, it was very rude and turned into acute sinusitis and acute bronchitis. My doctor

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2003-07-30 Thread Toni Hawryluk
(snip) Anyone in lace-land have any other old-fashioned (or new-fashioned) aids to getting bronchitisi/sinusitis to hurry up and go away? I do want to thank Dr. Tamara Duvall, however, with providing us with the usual humour almost everyday to read -- laughter is excellent medicine!! (Even

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2003-07-30 Thread Scotlace
For the sinusitis try inhaling the steam from boiling water (or as hot as you can stand - sub boiling, probably) with something like menthol dissolved in it - *if* you have a nostril sufficiently unblocked for the steam to penetrate. (I usually can't breathe through my nose when I have full

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2003-07-30 Thread Dearl Kniskern
particia just told of how to use steam and menthol to open up nostrils to open up the nostrils before you use the above method use any brand of hot sauce on any snack and get them open for the mentholated steam it works great hope it does for you yours in lace Dearl Christiansburg, Virginia, USA