As I worked on a patient the other day, we were having so much fun. I was putting on some strong liniment for some deeper ligaments. I mentioned that Chinese Woodlock had turpentine oil in it. She came back with, "we used to use turpentine or kerosene to kill the lice." The thought of turpentine on the hair brought up quite a laugh. Then she said they found an easier way to fight them -- simply put mayonnaise on your hair for 4-5 minutes which will kill the lice because they can't breathe. Only you'll need a plastic bag because it is so oily and messy. Then you comb it out for the knits and they come out like crazy. Now that is the gross part.
After a few days she comes back and repeats the process because with lice they can hatch later so you need to get the hatching eggs.
Lice and mayonnaise -- now seriously, can you top that? If so, I'd like to hear it!
Thursday, November 20, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Life's Madness In the Trenches
Life's madness is that we keep trenching through time looking for a passageway
one foot at a time with our shovels and picks. All we had to do was lift
ourselves up out of the trench and go our way but it seemed easier to do the
task at hand. We are so serious!
Do you have any favorite trench stories? My favorite is from "Stories for the Heart"
compiled by Alice Gray. An author unknown shared the following story of courage in
the chapter on compassion. It is paraphrased in my own words below.
Did you read about the thick of battle in World War I when the trenches of
Germans and Americans were separated by a barb wire fence. There was shelling
and constant battles to cross over. This was a snowy, cold day early in December
of 1917.
A German soldier had jumped out of the trench to fire down on the Americans.
He was gunned down and fell over the barb wire. For the longest time he
called out for anyone to help him to no avail. Finally, the American fire
stopped and a lone soldier crawled toward him amidst the German fire trying
to pick him off. As he neared the German solder the fire stopped. The American
stood up and helped the wounded soldier off the barb wire. He crossed over
to the German trench and helped him down to his own men.
As he turned to go back, he felt a hand on his shoulder. A German officer
pulled an iron cross off his uniform and gave it to him. It was the highest
award given a German soldier for meritorious duty in battle. The American
returned in silence to the American trench -- no one fired on him and peace
ensued for the breadth of the rescue. The fighting and shelling resumed. For
one moment the bravery and unselfish behavior of one soldier touched them all.
un-paraphase
May we all find the courage to lift out of the trench especially to help those
around us caught up in the spectra of life.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Home Again from Iraq
Welcome Home Mike Reynolds
Thank you and many others for service to God and our country!
Looking inside at the driver to an Iraqi tank ...
Heading out to Iraq ...
The thrill of coming home again!
A relaxed patient whose son was in Iraq ...
Jim Reynolds in July 2008
Marianne Reynolds in July 2008Dearest Brother Scott & Family,
Just thinking of earth angels while watching General Conference with the Trainees at Lackland AFB today...my hip has remained stable since departure from San Diego, and I have not returned to my back brace as yet. Your skill and generosity in sharing it with us, was a direct answer to my personal prayer to be rid of my cane. Goodness, I think of it everyday as I climb stairs or visit the troops...such a blessing for my life.
Wishing you well as you return wellness to others...
Our Fond Regards,
Sister Reynolds
Here is a general note from the Reynolds to friends and family:
Dearest Family & Friends,
Senior Airman Reynolds touched his boot down on US soil 9 days early!! We were thrilled to receive his text message. They were lifted out of Iraq to Qatar, then flown to Ireland for refueling and then a 9 hour non-stop flight to Hill AFB.
God Bless the USA and our son. He is readily jumping back into life supporting little brother Daniel at his first concert, with Craig Jessop as director, no less.
I will pass along my favorite photos....most, you have already seen and yet a small acknowledgment of Mike's journey to Iraq.
We are Grateful,
Elder & Sister Reynolds
Military Relations Missionaries
Lackland AFB, Texas
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
From the Sidelines
Remember High School and being on the sidelines of something? I remember being in the band and playing tuba. It was ridiculously too big for me. I was never number one in my section because I had a penchant for playing my own notes. Oh they sounded okay, I would write alternate parts that fit the music, but the band teacher would not always appreciate the new arrangement. I was on the sidelines and I was supposed to be playing the part written.
Then I found the pep band for the football games. That was the funnest time. We all would mimic the popular commercials of the day and use them to spurn the game on with renewed excitement. Somehow we thought that themes from T.V. would help them tackle and move the ball. I don't know that it worked but I do know that it was exciting -- the audience roared or laughed as we engaged their minds in fun directions ... all from the sidelines. Since the parts were from memory and made up it was a perfect fit.
Life doesn't always work from the sidelines. Sometimes one must step up to the plate and strike back to send the ball into play. When that times comes, and it always will, step up with confidence, be firm and direct. Send that ball flying and make your turn around the bases like it is your time to play ... because it is. I believe we are all given a gift for life. Finding that gift and pursuing it is the most wonderful part of living.
Then I found the pep band for the football games. That was the funnest time. We all would mimic the popular commercials of the day and use them to spurn the game on with renewed excitement. Somehow we thought that themes from T.V. would help them tackle and move the ball. I don't know that it worked but I do know that it was exciting -- the audience roared or laughed as we engaged their minds in fun directions ... all from the sidelines. Since the parts were from memory and made up it was a perfect fit.
Life doesn't always work from the sidelines. Sometimes one must step up to the plate and strike back to send the ball into play. When that times comes, and it always will, step up with confidence, be firm and direct. Send that ball flying and make your turn around the bases like it is your time to play ... because it is. I believe we are all given a gift for life. Finding that gift and pursuing it is the most wonderful part of living.
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Ah Ha, This Works
Ah Ha -- now that is a moment to remember. Some say we have only a few defining moments in our lives and that we should know them. They build our character and shape who we are. I know I've found many such moments. In medicine I find there are many defining moments in a patient relationship. Only two people share it. Ah ha, this works!
I sincerely encourage you to keep seeking care for problems that are difficult or undefinable until you begin to have some ah ha moments. Remember to take an active part in that journey. Patients who feel the problem can often know more about it than the practitioner. I love the story of Thomas Edison on his death bed who began to read all about his physical problems. He was on a journey to know all about it. I think that is healthy. Today we have radically different treatments between the various models of medicine. You can easily learn several different approaches. That is a good thing. Go at it from several different angles. Don't give up. Remember always that hope helps fuel the immune system. Mentally be on top of your problem. It does make a difference. Ah ha -- this works.
This week I began to work on a lupus patient and usually worked on the front. I went through all the alarm points and they all were like 10 out of ten -- bad news. So I turned them over and worked on the back with moxa across the ming men (the source of fire for the water element) to boost yang. They were weak and almost unable to move. After a good back treatment I turned them over and re-checked the alarm points. All were strong. I finish with a qi threading session through all their major (and some minor) chakras of the body. I called them later in the week to check out how it worked out. Ah ha -- that worked.
So what is your defining moment? Follow your passion in life!
I sincerely encourage you to keep seeking care for problems that are difficult or undefinable until you begin to have some ah ha moments. Remember to take an active part in that journey. Patients who feel the problem can often know more about it than the practitioner. I love the story of Thomas Edison on his death bed who began to read all about his physical problems. He was on a journey to know all about it. I think that is healthy. Today we have radically different treatments between the various models of medicine. You can easily learn several different approaches. That is a good thing. Go at it from several different angles. Don't give up. Remember always that hope helps fuel the immune system. Mentally be on top of your problem. It does make a difference. Ah ha -- this works.
This week I began to work on a lupus patient and usually worked on the front. I went through all the alarm points and they all were like 10 out of ten -- bad news. So I turned them over and worked on the back with moxa across the ming men (the source of fire for the water element) to boost yang. They were weak and almost unable to move. After a good back treatment I turned them over and re-checked the alarm points. All were strong. I finish with a qi threading session through all their major (and some minor) chakras of the body. I called them later in the week to check out how it worked out. Ah ha -- that worked.
So what is your defining moment? Follow your passion in life!
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Hybrid Means Synergistic Life
How I love that name -- the hybrid. Today there are many hybrid cars with plenty of new designs. We live in a time when many people want to invest in renewable sources of energy ... or in highly accessible non-polluting sources of energy. Wind, solar, compressed air, steam, hydrogen, bio fuels, electricity, nuclear power, brown's gas -- are but a few of them.
See the hybrids most advertised today here.
I love the air compressed car they plan to release in the United States for about $18,000 with a seating of six passengers. It gets 106 MPG and has half the pollution of a Toyota prius. I'm told it goes up to 96 miles per hour on the highway. Under 35 MPG it runs solely on compressed air. It needs oil changes only once every 50,000 miles.
Is this only more compressed air? Judge for yourself here.
I love the idea of 20 percent of our energy coming from giant wind turbines that span the middle of the United States. This would free up natural gas for trucks and reduce our dependence on foreign oil while we improve renewable resources. George Pickens has a distant cousin, T. Boone Pickens, who heads up an initiative to do it. He is already spending his own resources and building fields of mega-wind mills in Texas. Anyone of us can join this effort in our own way -- he has a grand web of sites to organize. On my web site I keep a link. I invite you to join us and begin fighting a renewable energy future.
I love the idea of using more solar and wind for electrical generation. Did you see the car in the 2007 Time inventions of the year that ran on a windmill (on the roof) and solar panels. What a crackup. It used electricity with batteries. I love it! Check it out.
I love the idea of hydrogen with hydride storage which reduces hydrogen to 4 X less space. It used to take a 60 gallon tank to hold what 15 gallons of gasoline provides -- no longer. With hydride storage you can shoot a bullet through the tank and it will simply create a momentary flicker of flame and go out. No explosion! Thank you Roger Billings for yet another hydrogen related invention. Hydrogen could now become a reality. I noticed a recent invention with hydrogen cartridges for hydrogen cars -- printer anyone?
Check an an early article on Roger Billings drinking water from the exhaust!
Or how about the new hydrogen fuel cell released by Honda -- invented by Roger Billings years a go but Honda has worked out a hydrogen plan that can work from your home storage system using natural gas. Okay, I think there are better renewable energy sources for hydrogen in our oceans with wave action. Isn't that obvious? Others have converted water to hydrogen with solar, wind, and even pulsed sound generation.
See the California effort with hydrogen cars.
See many hydrogen options here.
Did you love that Hybrid that works on electricity designed by a physics inventor for Volvo? The engine is in the wheels and so the brakes are actually removed. Why use brakes if you can do breaking with an engine that puts the energy back into the car. Look ma -- no engine!
I see them using the radiator steam to put back 40 percent more power to the engine from an inventor in San Diego. I heard that the Germans had done the same thing only with a 15 percent recycling rate and 14 percent additional horsepower. Don't you love American inventors? He did it without using a radiator and making it six strokes. Talk about a hot run!
Many of these cars are running on the fuel of your choice. It reminds me of camper stoves in days past. Bruce Crower, an American Steam Engine inventor, says this will run on almost any fuel! What an advantage. A veritable montage of choices.
Brown's gas is a gas -- almost hydrogen. No storage at all but a conversion of water to brown's gas which has more hydrogen in it. And then it boosts your car's output with plain water. And the conversion kits are often done at home by everyday ordinary people. American ingenuity. I was so sad the day that inventor died. If you ever see his youtube demonstrations -- he'll win you over in a moment.
What an age to live in.
I used to say that cars were 76 percent of the pollution that we have in the United States. But that can change. We have the ability to change it. And the ability to reduce allergies, asthma, cancer, and many other diseases from it. It is not the only area that needs a hybrid solution.
How about all the pollution from our pharmaceuticals entering the water stream by throwing pills in the trash? Or from batteries with mercury in the trash? Or by strong lobbyists who put the run-off aluminum manufacturing waste into our water? Be informed, fight for a cleaner environment. Make manufacturers offer a synergistic self-feeding system of renewable energy. Better yet, start buying from those who do it now.
In all of this I see hope. Great pollutions are filling up the air, the water, the ground fills, and many areas but we have a choice. Even local organic food can be a choice we make. I live in a senior complex where we have over 60 plots of gardens. Some of them live out of their gardens for 100 percent of their food. Amazing. Many local growers actually deliver locally grown vegetables weekly for a fee -- direct marketing for local, organic food.
Enter your zip code and food basket at this website. Or check out all the links in your area.
Life needs synergy. Maybe that is why I'm so intrigued with hybrids. They use the best of what we have got and improve upon it. Every tree we grow has the synergy of microbials and fungi all around it. This symbiotic relationship gives more to life. Food grown with the same rich microbial environment gives back to us many fold. Bio-intensive farming actually increases the loam of soil 12 to 60 times each year. Over the years it is richer, not poorer. Pests are not controlled, they are condoned and pick off the weaker plants we should not be eating. Companion planting helps control the life cycle of pests in a positive way.
It is ironic that the Chinese who had to feed a billion figured this all out long before we did and created renewable energy resources, acupuncture for healthy animals, and a self-feeding system that fed the cycle of life upon itself. It is ironic that we polluted them with our cars, our style of agriculture, and crazy need to put TVs, radios, electronics, and noise in every home. Today we import their style of farming to over 100 countries through Stanford University.
Even in our lifestyle, the hybrid design can be an incredible tool. My brother now takes tai chi chuan in classes and herbs. I wake up early to an hour of Qi Qong every day. It is my hybrid design with American ingenuity. We can make this life synergistically better in every way.
I plan to give my life to hybrids and a synergistic life and I hope you will join me.
See the hybrids most advertised today here.
I love the air compressed car they plan to release in the United States for about $18,000 with a seating of six passengers. It gets 106 MPG and has half the pollution of a Toyota prius. I'm told it goes up to 96 miles per hour on the highway. Under 35 MPG it runs solely on compressed air. It needs oil changes only once every 50,000 miles.
Is this only more compressed air? Judge for yourself here.
I love the idea of 20 percent of our energy coming from giant wind turbines that span the middle of the United States. This would free up natural gas for trucks and reduce our dependence on foreign oil while we improve renewable resources. George Pickens has a distant cousin, T. Boone Pickens, who heads up an initiative to do it. He is already spending his own resources and building fields of mega-wind mills in Texas. Anyone of us can join this effort in our own way -- he has a grand web of sites to organize. On my web site I keep a link. I invite you to join us and begin fighting a renewable energy future.
I love the idea of using more solar and wind for electrical generation. Did you see the car in the 2007 Time inventions of the year that ran on a windmill (on the roof) and solar panels. What a crackup. It used electricity with batteries. I love it! Check it out.
I love the idea of hydrogen with hydride storage which reduces hydrogen to 4 X less space. It used to take a 60 gallon tank to hold what 15 gallons of gasoline provides -- no longer. With hydride storage you can shoot a bullet through the tank and it will simply create a momentary flicker of flame and go out. No explosion! Thank you Roger Billings for yet another hydrogen related invention. Hydrogen could now become a reality. I noticed a recent invention with hydrogen cartridges for hydrogen cars -- printer anyone?
Check an an early article on Roger Billings drinking water from the exhaust!
Or how about the new hydrogen fuel cell released by Honda -- invented by Roger Billings years a go but Honda has worked out a hydrogen plan that can work from your home storage system using natural gas. Okay, I think there are better renewable energy sources for hydrogen in our oceans with wave action. Isn't that obvious? Others have converted water to hydrogen with solar, wind, and even pulsed sound generation.
See the California effort with hydrogen cars.
See many hydrogen options here.
Did you love that Hybrid that works on electricity designed by a physics inventor for Volvo? The engine is in the wheels and so the brakes are actually removed. Why use brakes if you can do breaking with an engine that puts the energy back into the car. Look ma -- no engine!
I see them using the radiator steam to put back 40 percent more power to the engine from an inventor in San Diego. I heard that the Germans had done the same thing only with a 15 percent recycling rate and 14 percent additional horsepower. Don't you love American inventors? He did it without using a radiator and making it six strokes. Talk about a hot run!
Many of these cars are running on the fuel of your choice. It reminds me of camper stoves in days past. Bruce Crower, an American Steam Engine inventor, says this will run on almost any fuel! What an advantage. A veritable montage of choices.
Brown's gas is a gas -- almost hydrogen. No storage at all but a conversion of water to brown's gas which has more hydrogen in it. And then it boosts your car's output with plain water. And the conversion kits are often done at home by everyday ordinary people. American ingenuity. I was so sad the day that inventor died. If you ever see his youtube demonstrations -- he'll win you over in a moment.
What an age to live in.
I used to say that cars were 76 percent of the pollution that we have in the United States. But that can change. We have the ability to change it. And the ability to reduce allergies, asthma, cancer, and many other diseases from it. It is not the only area that needs a hybrid solution.
How about all the pollution from our pharmaceuticals entering the water stream by throwing pills in the trash? Or from batteries with mercury in the trash? Or by strong lobbyists who put the run-off aluminum manufacturing waste into our water? Be informed, fight for a cleaner environment. Make manufacturers offer a synergistic self-feeding system of renewable energy. Better yet, start buying from those who do it now.
In all of this I see hope. Great pollutions are filling up the air, the water, the ground fills, and many areas but we have a choice. Even local organic food can be a choice we make. I live in a senior complex where we have over 60 plots of gardens. Some of them live out of their gardens for 100 percent of their food. Amazing. Many local growers actually deliver locally grown vegetables weekly for a fee -- direct marketing for local, organic food.
Enter your zip code and food basket at this website. Or check out all the links in your area.
Life needs synergy. Maybe that is why I'm so intrigued with hybrids. They use the best of what we have got and improve upon it. Every tree we grow has the synergy of microbials and fungi all around it. This symbiotic relationship gives more to life. Food grown with the same rich microbial environment gives back to us many fold. Bio-intensive farming actually increases the loam of soil 12 to 60 times each year. Over the years it is richer, not poorer. Pests are not controlled, they are condoned and pick off the weaker plants we should not be eating. Companion planting helps control the life cycle of pests in a positive way.
It is ironic that the Chinese who had to feed a billion figured this all out long before we did and created renewable energy resources, acupuncture for healthy animals, and a self-feeding system that fed the cycle of life upon itself. It is ironic that we polluted them with our cars, our style of agriculture, and crazy need to put TVs, radios, electronics, and noise in every home. Today we import their style of farming to over 100 countries through Stanford University.
Even in our lifestyle, the hybrid design can be an incredible tool. My brother now takes tai chi chuan in classes and herbs. I wake up early to an hour of Qi Qong every day. It is my hybrid design with American ingenuity. We can make this life synergistically better in every way.
I plan to give my life to hybrids and a synergistic life and I hope you will join me.
Tenacity
I think that tenacity is a quality that is quite often needed in hard times. Do we stick to the task at hand and complete it. And when it fails do we adaptively do better. Kaizen, some would say, is the Japanese secret to a step-wise incremental improvement process that comes from a time when warriors were known for their fastidious attention to the details.
Most of the time I believe it is best to create win - win scenarios in business, family, or even in personal relationships. Still, at times, it requires more. That is when negotiation breaks down and the other side is pointing fingers.
I feel like I'm in a hole with no where to go but one thing I do know. The other side of the coin is someone who is dying from chemical restraint. So my efforts, however frustrating to me, will be as much as I can do in this lifetime. And that is a price I have to pay.
I now understand the idea of secret combinations where a committee or group get together and plot to do their work behind the scenes without any view of the consequences to others. The hidden agenda is this case is the money they think they gain. What a sad day for humanity. So I wake up each day to do more, to say more, to be more than I am today.
Most of the time I believe it is best to create win - win scenarios in business, family, or even in personal relationships. Still, at times, it requires more. That is when negotiation breaks down and the other side is pointing fingers.
I feel like I'm in a hole with no where to go but one thing I do know. The other side of the coin is someone who is dying from chemical restraint. So my efforts, however frustrating to me, will be as much as I can do in this lifetime. And that is a price I have to pay.
I now understand the idea of secret combinations where a committee or group get together and plot to do their work behind the scenes without any view of the consequences to others. The hidden agenda is this case is the money they think they gain. What a sad day for humanity. So I wake up each day to do more, to say more, to be more than I am today.
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