| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #775761] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 09:37 |
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Cane wrote:
>I've got some, what our beauty therapist neighbour calls, some
>'lifestyle' boils on my right cheek. She says I'm run down and need to
>take it easy for a while.
Wot she said.
Try homoepathic Silica 6, available from bigger Boots or Holland and
Barrett. Sometimes spelt Silicea 6.
However, Silica has the power to eject things from the body, so if you
have anything screwed together, a pacemaker, a plate in the head, or
the like, don't use it.
Silica is great for getting splinters out, it takes about a day before
the affected site starts itching and the splinter just falls out.
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #775788 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 11:38 |
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:37:21 +0100, Kim Bolton wrote
(in article <l0l6b2tjli1jq1rvsh18vc5caamj8n62se [at] 4ax.com>):
> Silica is great for
IT'S FUCKING SAND, FOR FUCK'S SAKE
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #776014 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 18:14 |
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simonk wrote:
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> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:37:21 +0100, Kim Bolton wrote
> (in article <l0l6b2tjli1jq1rvsh18vc5caamj8n62se [at] 4ax.com>):
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> > Silica is great for
>
> IT'S FUCKING SAND, FOR FUCK'S SAKE
No it's not. It *was* sand, now it's water with the *memory* of sand.
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ogden
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #776026 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 18:25 |
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On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:14:45 +0100, ogden <ogden [at] pre.org> wrote:
>simonk wrote:
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>> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:37:21 +0100, Kim Bolton wrote
>> (in article <l0l6b2tjli1jq1rvsh18vc5caamj8n62se [at] 4ax.com>):
>>
>> > Silica is great for
>>
>> IT'S FUCKING SAND, FOR FUCK'S SAKE
>
>No it's not. It *was* sand, now it's water with the *memory* of sand.
It amazes me how any rational person can believe in this nonsense. A
fellow Ski Club rep is a homeopathist, with whom many people were
always polite, not openly calling hima a gullible fool and con-man. He
now know not to mention his 'profession' when I'm around :-)
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #776031 ] |
Tue, 11 July 2006 18:30 |
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Ace wrote:
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> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:14:45 +0100, ogden <ogden [at] pre.org> wrote:
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> >simonk wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:37:21 +0100, Kim Bolton wrote
> >> (in article <l0l6b2tjli1jq1rvsh18vc5caamj8n62se [at] 4ax.com>):
> >>
> >> > Silica is great for
> >>
> >> IT'S FUCKING SAND, FOR FUCK'S SAKE
> >
> >No it's not. It *was* sand, now it's water with the *memory* of sand.
>
> It amazes me how any rational person can believe in this nonsense. A
> fellow Ski Club rep is a homeopathist, with whom many people were
> always polite, not openly calling hima a gullible fool and con-man. He
> now know not to mention his 'profession' when I'm around :-)
I think most people are wholly unaware of the 'memory of water' thing
and confuse homeopathy with herbal medicine. Mind you, if I had to
choose between homeopathy and having needles stuck in me, I'd go for the
former every time.
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ogden
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #776391 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 10:29 |
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In article <44B3D23A.618E4B96 [at] pre.org>, ogden wrote:
> Ace wrote:
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>> On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:14:45 +0100, ogden <ogden [at] pre.org> wrote:
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>> It amazes me how any rational person can believe in this nonsense. A
>> fellow Ski Club rep is a homeopathist, with whom many people were
>
> I think most people are wholly unaware of the 'memory of water' thing
> and confuse homeopathy with herbal medicine. Mind you, if I had to
*Ding*
My dad (formerly an industrial pharmacist) used to have a lot of time
for herbal medicine (or at least *some* herbal medicine). After all -
most of the modern pharmacopea is either made from - or derived from
analogues of - compounds found in plants.
Of course the main problem with herbal medicine is standardised dosage
- you can't guarentee how much active compound that you get in a dosage
because that will depend on variations in preparation, on variations in
growing conditions etc etc.
Interestingly it looks like (in some circumstances) having a
multi-compound herbal medicine rather than a mono-compound drug may
actually be more effective due to synergy effects between the different
compunds.
> choose between homeopathy and having needles stuck in me, I'd go for the
Needles - hmmm.. acupuncture. Which does seem to work in some
circumstances but I suspect it has more to do with having a needle
stuck into a nerve median rather than having your 'energies
rebalanced'[1].
Phil
[1] Direct quote from one of my team who is very much into 'new age'
stuff - she has crystals round her desk and believes in having her
chakras rebalanced regularly..
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Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
Triumph Tiger 955i
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #776479 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 12:27 |
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #776493 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 12:27 |
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In article <kil9b2l693nk5aq4i2djl7ln2mo48shdpv [at] 4ax.com>, Halla wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:29:58 +0100, Phil Launchbury
><phill [at] launchbury.org.uk> blethered:
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><snip>
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>>[1] Direct quote from one of my team who is very much into 'new age'
>>stuff - she has crystals round her desk and believes in having her
>>chakras rebalanced regularly..
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> I wonder where she got the crystals - newagey types seem to think
The 'Crystal energy' shop in Swindon.. which has reams and reams of
data about each crystal including things like which hour of the day
they are most active at..
> very gentle for them to be gouged out of a big hole in the ground
> somewhere. Yay for environmental carelessness!
Also not gentle is their formation process..
Phil
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Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
Triumph Tiger 955i
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #779031 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 14:34 |
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Phil Launchbury wrote:
> The 'Crystal energy' shop in Swindon.. which has reams and reams of
> data about each crystal including things like which hour of the day
> they are most active at..
<snort>
you couldn't make it up
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Hog
'96 Bastard12 '89 R100RS '81 XS650 '78 RD400
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #779061 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 16:53 |
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #779066 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 16:51 |
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In article <4hk8ibF1runa8U1 [at] individual.net>, Hog wrote:
> Phil Launchbury wrote:
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>> The 'Crystal energy' shop in Swindon.. which has reams and reams of
>> data about each crystal including things like which hour of the day
>> they are most active at..
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><snort>
> you couldn't make it up
Well - they do[1]..
Phil.
[1] Given that the 'properties' of crystals vary wildly depending on
whether you follow the European or Chinese traditions..
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Phil Launchbury, IT PHB
Triumph Tiger 955i
'I'm training the bats that live in my cube
to juggle mushrooms'
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #779183 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 21:05 |
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On Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:47:44 +0100, Phil Launchbury <phill [at] launchbury.org.uk>
wrote in <slrneb9ob0.ogd.phill [at] tabby.launchbury.org.uk>:
> In article <kil9b2l693nk5aq4i2djl7ln2mo48shdpv [at] 4ax.com>, Halla wrote:
>> I wonder where she got the crystals - newagey types seem to think
> The 'Crystal energy' shop in Swindon.. which has reams and reams of
> data about each crystal including things like which hour of the day
> they are most active at..
>> very gentle for them to be gouged out of a big hole in the ground
>> somewhere. Yay for environmental carelessness!
> Also not gentle is their formation process..
Depends. A lot of them have a hydrogeological basis which can
take a while. (I heard of someone who grew a red selenium crystal out of
carbon disulphide(IIRC) at dry-ice temperatures and it took a couple of years.)
In general, the bigger the crystal the slower the cooling too (see granite
vs. basalt).
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| Re: FOAK: Boils [message #779235 ] |
Wed, 12 July 2006 23:15 |
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Phil Launchbury <phill [at] launchbury.org.uk> wrote in
news:slrneb9co6.5sn.phill [at] tabby.launchbury.org.uk:
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> Interestingly it looks like (in some circumstances) having a
> multi-compound herbal medicine rather than a mono-compound drug may
> actually be more effective due to synergy effects between the different
> compunds.
>
I had a herbalist as a tenant for a couple of years. Many of his recipes
used alcohol as a solvent. He was convinced many of his supposedly
abstemious clients only bought his medicines as a legitimate way to knock
back the equivalent of a couple of large gins each day. As you say, multi-
compound medicines work best :)
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