Joseph Campbell
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| My nose is the nose of Khenti-khas. My lips are the lips of Anpu. My teeth are the teeth of Serget. My neck is the neck of the divine goddess Isis. My hands are the hands of Ba-neb-
Fig. 20. The Serpent Kheti in the Underworld, Consuming with Fire an Enemy of Osiris
Tattu. My forearms are the forearms of Neith, the Lady of Sais. My backbone is the backbone of Suti. My phallus is the phallus of Osiris. My loins are the loins of the Lords of Kher-aba. My chest is the chest of the Mighty One of Terror. . . . There is no member of my body that is not the member of some God. |
Andreas Moritz
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 Horizontal wrinkles across the bridge of the nose. These are a sign of pancreatic disorders due to gallstones in the liver. If a line is deep and pronounced, there may be pancreatitis or diabetes.
Green or dark color of the temple area at the sides of the head. This shows that the liver, gallbladder, pancreas, and spleen are underactive because of deposits of gallstones in both the liver and gallbladder. This may be accompanied by a green or blue color on either side of the bridge of the nose, which indicates impaired spleen functions. |
Joseph Campbell
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| My ears are the ears of Apuat. My nose is the nose of Khenti-khas. My lips are the lips of Anpu. My teeth are the teeth of Serget. My neck is the neck of the divine goddess Isis. My hands are the hands of Ba-neb-
Fig. 20. The Serpent Kheti in the Underworld, Consuming with Fire an Enemy of Osiris
Tattu. My forearms are the forearms of Neith, the Lady of Sais. My backbone is the backbone of Suti. My phallus is the phallus of Osiris. My loins are the loins of the Lords of Kher-aba. My chest is the chest of the Mighty One of Terror. . . . |
Paula Begoun
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 Bangs that are too long or too thick de-emphasize the eyes, accentuate the nose, and generally make your face look smaller. If you wear long, thick bangs that conceal your forehead and eyes, the next feature in line is your nose. Lighten up on the bangs and make sure they don't ride heavily below the eyebrows.
Parting your hair in the middle is another way to give the nose center stage (although it isn't as bad as dense bangs). A center part divides the face severely in half. This median line creates a linear movement down the face. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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 Workers who apply Bt sprays reported eye, nose, throat, and respiratory irritation. The frequency of symptoms correlated with the degree of exposure.27 The allergic symptoms associated with Bt spray exposure (allergic rhinitis (sneezing, running nose, watery eyes), dermatitis (skin inflammation), pruritis (itching), swelling, erythema (redness) with conjunctival infection (red eye), exacerbations of asthma, angioedema (facial swelling), and rash)28 are nearly identical to those of Bt cotton workers in section 1.5. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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 Close your eyes and take 10 deep breaths: first 5 in and out of your nose; second 5 in through your nose and out through your mouth.
If you're alone, throw your arms up into the air and exclaim from deep inside with lots of breath, "Aarggh." Repeat four or five times. Standing up straight with feet shoulder-width apart, starting with your hands, clench all your muscles tight (hands to arms to shoulders to neck to jaw then clenching stomach to legs to feet) and hold for a count of 3. Release, bending forward into a shrug until you are completely limp. Repeat. |
Dr. Sharon Moalem
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 It explained the development of our prominent nose and zuu SURVIVAL, ur inc iiv-rscoi downward-facing nostrils, which allowed us to dive. The only other primate with a prominent nose (that we know of) is the aptly named proboscis monkey—which just so happens to be semi-aquatic itself and can also be seen wading in the water on two legs or going for a swim.
Finally, the aquatic theory may explain why our fat is attached to our skin. Like other aquatic mammals, such as dolphins and seals, it allows us to flow smoothly through the water using less energy. |
| If you want a funny-sounding example of an environmental defense turned environmental hazard, you need look no further than your nose. ACHOO syndrome—its full name is autosomal dominant compelling helioopthalmic outburst syndrome—is the name of a "disorder" that causes uncontrolled sneezing when someone is exposed to bright light, usually sunlight, after being in the dark. Well, way back when our ancestors spent more time in caves, this reflex helped them to clear out any molds or microbes that might have lodged in their noses or upper respiratory tract. |
Andreas Moritz
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| This may be accompanied by a green or blue color on either side of the bridge of the nose, which indicates impaired spleen functions. A horizontal line across the bridge of the nose implies weakness of the pancreas.
Oily skin in the area of the forehead. This reflects poor liver performance due to gallstones. The same applies to excessive perspiration in this part of the head. A yellow color of the facial skin indicates disorders of the bile functions of the liver and gallbladder, and a weakness of the pancreas, kidneys, and excretory organs.
Hair loss in the central region of the head. |
Paula Begoun
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| If you wear long, thick bangs that conceal your forehead and eyes, the next feature in line is your nose. Lighten up on the bangs and make sure they don't ride heavily below the eyebrows.
Parting your hair in the middle is another way to give the nose center stage (although it isn't as bad as dense bangs). A center part divides the face severely in half. This median line creates a linear movement down the face. The next feature that lines up with this central lineup is the nose. Center parts also tend to look childish or pubescent, instead of sophisticated and polished. |
Richard Bartlett
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 Assuming resonance with his morphic field, I reached up to Dave's nose and "saw" and felt myself as John of God. Without hesitation, in my mind's eye I inserted John's surgical clamp right up the man's nose and into his brain, just as I had seen in the video. Note, I didn't say that I imagined it; that would not be enough. Instantly, Dave slumped into unconsciousness, and I lowered him to my table on his back.
He came back to our world perhaps ten minutes later, finding himself staring up at the ceiling with absolutely no sign of his former condition. The vertigo was gone! |
Amarjit S. Basra
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 A water infusion of the bark or roots is administered into eyes, nose, ears, and mouth. The positive reac-
PHOTO 5.9. The diagnostic oracle tongbiloli is administered orally.
PHOTO 5.10. The positive reaction to tongbiloli is a yellowish, slightly bloody secretion that oozes out of the patient's eyes, mouth, and nose. tion, which shows that a treatment will be successful, follows few minutes later. A yellowish, slightly bloody secretion oozes out of the patient's eyes, mouth, and nose. Characteristically the eyes are closed in a cramp. |
Dr. Steven R. Gundry
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 Along with most of my colleagues, I was taught this simplistic approach, but if it is so right, why have you never heard of someone having a "nose attack"? That's right, if this crud is building up all over the place, in every artery, why doesn't a patient's nose drop off?
Ridiculous? Of course, but it makes perfect sense if the crud-accumulating-throughout-the-body explanation of heart disease is correct. But it's not correct in the vast majority of cases. Arterial blockages occur only in areas specifically designated as appropriate targets for your killer genes. |
Wendy Bazilian, DRPH, MA, RD, Steven Pratt, MD, Kathy Matthews
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| Close your eyes and take 10 deep breaths: first 5 in and out of your nose; second 5 in through your nose and out through your mouth.
If you're alone, throw your arms up into the air and exclaim from deep inside with lots of breath, "Aarggh." Repeat four or five times. Standing up straight with feet shoulder-width apart, starting with your hands, clench all your muscles tight (hands to arms to shoulders to neck to jaw then clenching stomach to legs to feet) and hold for a count of 3. Release, bending forward into a shrug until you are completely limp. Repeat. |
Jeffrey M. Smith
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| The allergic symptoms associated with Bt spray exposure (allergic rhinitis (sneezing, running nose, watery eyes), dermatitis (skin inflammation), pruritis (itching), swelling, erythema (redness) with conjunctival infection (red eye), exacerbations of asthma, angioedema (facial swelling), and rash)28 are nearly identical to those of Bt cotton workers in section 1.5.
One farmer who splashed a liquid Bt formulation in his eye developed an infection and an ulcer on his cornea.29 Another splashed a Bt solution on his face and eyes and developed skin irritation, burning, swelling, and redness. |
Bottom Line Health
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| These cavities have tiny holes (ostia) that drain into the nose. Anything that interferes with normal drainage causes mucus to accumulate. This includes colds, allergies and other conditions that trigger congestion.
Many people have anatomical abnormalities, such as a deviated septum, that inhibit drainage. When the mucus builds up, it provides a rich medium for bacterial growth and infection.
Most cases of sinusitis are acute, lasting one to two weeks, and get better on their own without medical treatment. Less often, sinusitis is chronic, lasting three months or more. |
| It is used to flush a saline solution through the nose, nasal passages and sinuses.
Flushing these areas once or twice daily when you're congested can improve drainage and reduce symptoms—or prevent sinusitis when you have a cold or allergies.
How to Use a Neti Pot
Mix approximately one-third teaspoon of salt and a pinch of baking powder in one cup of lukewarm water. Pour the solution into the neti pot.
Rotate and tip your head over a sink, and pour the solution into one nostril. Keep pouring until it flows out of the other nostril.
Spit out any fluid that enters the mouth. |
| Alcohol dehydrates the skin and can cause broken or distended capillaries on the nose and face.
•Get plenty of exercise. It promotes healthy blood circulation and stimulates hormones that help build muscle, which indirectly improves the appearance of the skin.
•Hydrate. Drink plenty of water to keep skin hydrated from the inside out. Keep skin topically hydrated by using a good moisturizer.
Tom Diaz, MD, medical director, Lifestyle Center, The Diaz Clinic, Irving, TX.
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Jeffrey M. Smith
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| Glyphosate is toxic
According to the Journal of Pesticide Reform, "Symptoms of exposure to glyphosate include eye irritation, burning eyes, blurred vision, skin rashes, burning or itchy skin, nausea, sore throat, asthma and difficulty breathing, headache, lethargy, nose bleeds, and dizziness. Glyphosate and glyphosate-con-taining herbicides caused genetic damage in laboratory tests with human cells, as well as in tests with laboratory animals. ... |
| Bt cotton workers in India reported sneezing, runny nose, watery eyes, skin eruptions, itching and burning, red skin and red eyes, facial swelling, and fever. Some people required hospitalization. The two lists are nearly identical. Only "exacerbations of asthma" was in one list (spray) and not the other (cotton).
Asthma and breathing difficulties were reported by Filipinos who inhaled Bt corn pollen. They also described swollen faces, flu-like symptoms, fever, and sneezing—all symptoms listed above. Some individuals in both India and the Philippines reported long-term effects after exposure. |
| In another study, Bt exposure via the nose and rectum induced antibody responses ("IgM, IgG, and IgA in all the mucosal surfaces analyzed").40
Expert advisors to the EPA said that the mouse and farm worker studies above "suggest that Bt proteins could act as antigenic and allergenic sources.... Only surveillance and clinical assessment of exposed individuals will confirm the allergenicity of Bt products."41
GMO proponents claimed that since mammals (including humans) don't have receptors in their gut for ifr-toxin, it will not create a reaction. |
| The mouth is also at risk, and the nose and lungs may be impacted if protein is expressed in GM pollen.
We do not understand all the ways in which plant viruses overcome host defenses and we do not know which viral proteins are involved. Thus, we cannot identify in advance which viral transgenes are hazardous.
Viral proteins may be toxic
In addition to disturbing viral defenses, viral proteins are often toxic to their hosts. They attack fundamental processes, such as the cycle by which a cell divides and the mechanism for creating proteins from RNA. |
Joerg Gruenwald, Ph.D.
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 INDICATIONS AND USAGE
The drug is used for dysmenorrhea, nose bleeds, and skin disorders.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction with the proper administration of designated therapeutic dosages. The young mushroom is edible.
DOSAGE
Preparation: Puff Ball is available ground or in alcoholic extracts.
LITERATURE
Gasco A et al., (1974) Tetrahedron Lett 38:3431. |
| Symptoms of poisoning include vomiting, uterine bleeding, intestinal colic, bloody diarrheas, hematuria, severe schwere purpuras, hemorrhaging of skin of the nose, lips and eyelids, attacks of dizziness, stupor, yellowing of the skin and the mucous membranes (through inclusion of the apocarotino-dermas), and central paralysis.
The treatment consists of stomach and intestinal emptying (gastric lavage, sodium sulfate) and the administration of activated charcoal; convulsions to be treated with diazepam, colics with atropine, and any eventual acidosis with sodium bicarbonate infusions. |
| INDICATIONS AND USAGE
Taumelloolch is used for dizziness, nerve pain, nose bleeds, sleeplessness and stomach cramps.
PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS
The drug can be toxic. In earlier times, poisonings were frequently caused by the presence of the berries of the plant in grain. No cases of poisoning are known in recent times.
The plant has now become extremely rare through intensive seed-corn purification. |
| An inflamrnation of the air passages usually involving the nose, throat, or lungs. catkin A cattail-like inflorescence bearing scaly bracts. cauline Growing on the upper portion of a stem. cholagogue An agent that stimulates the flow of bile from the gallbladder to the duodenum. choleretic An agent that stimulates the production of bile by the liver. climacteric The syndrome of physical and psychic changes that occur during the transition to menopause. comminuted To break or crush into small pieces. cordate A heart-shaped leaf. coriaceous Tough, strong, and leather-like. |
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| Caffeinated or decaffeinated tea increases the speed of nasal cilia, tiny hairs in the mucus membranes, to rid the nose of allergy-triggering dust that has accumulated during sleep.
Helpful: Fill a thermos with hot tea at night and drink a cup in the morning before getting out of bed.
Murray Grossan, MD, otolaryngologist and head and neck surgeon, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles. www.ent-consult.com.
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Bill Sardi
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 The preacher's son smeared bloodroot paste on his own nose and stated it encourages a process called apoptosis that causes cancer cells to die off slowly.
Bloodroot (sanguinarine extract) has been shown to be nontoxic to animals after oral intake. [Journal Toxicology Environmental Health 20: 199-208, 1987] It does indeed induce a process called cellular apoptosis. [Molecular Cancer Therapies 3: 933-40, 2004] It also has antiseptic properties. |
Mehmet C. Oz., M.D. and Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
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 And since it's located in the highest concentration in the back of your nose, deep breathing is also the best way to increase NO to help your lungs and blood vessels open up better and function more efficiently. Essentially, taking deep breaths helps your lungs go from 97 percent saturation of oxygen to 100 percent saturation of oxygen, and that little 3 percent can sometimes make a difference in how you feel.
While we're certainly concerned about how you breathe in, we're also concerned about what you breathe in. |
Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan
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 In virtually every age and culture, people have tried to please and appease their gods, saints, and even demons by burning fragrant incense. The nose had a prominent role in the Bible: according to the book of Genesis, God created humankind by blowing the "soul of life" into Adam's nostrils. Later, Jacob asked God to send humans a sign so they would know when they were fatally ill, giving them enough time to repent before dying. Jacob's wish was granted: God created the sneeze. No wonder ancient Israelites believed sneezing portended a medical disaster. |
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