Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-13 Thread ltully
my thought was could it work with Group B strep? - Original Message - From: Marilyn Kleidon [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 11:32 AM Subject: [ozmidwifery] catslyst I am wondering if any of you saw a segment on the ABC TV program Catalyst last

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-12 Thread Rhonda
PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst Wow, Lois did it really contract the uterus? u. interesting. What wasinteresting to me was that it was used for a couple of hundred years as aspermicide (by the known sexually promiscuous Cassanova et al

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-12 Thread Lynne Staff
what they do control - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 11, 2002 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst Hi Marilyn,yes I too saw this program...found it really interesting...thought of doing a test

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-12 Thread TinaPettigrew
In a message dated 11/10/02 9:41:45 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The pH of the vagina is low for vaginal health as it inhibits the growth of microrganisims etc... Hi Lynne, Marilyn and all, according to Stables (2000 p. 24), the pH of the vagina is 4.5 The acid

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-12 Thread Aviva Sheb'a
Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst In a message dated 11/10/02 9:41:45 PM AUS Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The pH of the vagina is low for vaginal health as it inhibits the growth of microrganisims etc...Hi Lynne, Marilyn and all,according to Stables (2000 p. 24), the pH

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-11 Thread Lois Wattis
Hmn thought provoking. I remember reading MANY MANY YEARS ago, in an ANCIENT medical encyclopaedia (pre 1900 I think) about the use of a cut lemon inserted into the vagina and applied with pressure to the cervix of a woman who was experiencing PPH to instigate contraction of the uterus.

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-11 Thread TinaPettigrew
Hi Marilyn, yes I too saw this program...found it really interesting...thought of doing a test for myself with a lemonfor what potential irritation it may cause...what is the pH of lemon juice...anyone know?? The pH of the vagina is low for vaginal health as it inhibits the growth of

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-11 Thread DebSlater
In a message dated 10/11/02 7:41:45 PM W. Australia Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What I found interesting though Marilyn, was that most of the opposition that came against this doctor's proposal for lemon juice was from large pharmaceutical / drug companies with vested interests to

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-11 Thread Marilyn Kleidon
, October 11, 2002 4:34 AM Subject: Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst Hmn thought provoking. I remember reading MANY MANY YEARS ago, in an ANCIENT medical encyclopaedia (pre 1900 I think) about the use of a cut lemon inserted into the vagina and applied with pressure to the cervix

Re: [ozmidwifery] catslyst

2002-10-11 Thread Mary Murphy
My Grandmother taught me to always rub the cutting board with the cut half of a lemon to kill the germs and to soak slightly off meat in a weak solution of vinegar and water for the same reason... works a treat. Must be the acid changing the Ph. No quite the same as the vagina I know. MM --