Neal Barnard, M.D.
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 PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS
Gertrude Stein said, "A rose is a rose is a rose." Roses are fragile and need a lot of attention. Given full sunlight, the right amount of water, and protection in winter, even a century-old rosebush will prove Ms. Stein right. Without that care, a rose is a wilted rose is dusr is gone.
Sexuality is a rose. It is the most fragile of all human functions. It is the first to go when we are ill or out of sorts. With any kind of stress, the sex drive is altered, usually decreased.
Depression eliminates sexual feelings along with every other spark of life. |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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 Sure, if everything goes perfectly, "A rose is a rose is a rose" comes out as "A rose is a rose is a rose." More often, though, it comes out as "Madonna's latest movie stinks."
The Thermodynamic View, known as the energy balance theory, has been the dominant theory of weight loss for years. The entire low-fat movement has been built on it: take in fewer calories and burn more, and you will lose weight. You have probably been hearing this advice for years. While this view is not entirely without merit, it's so far from the whole picture as to almost constitute dietary malpractice. |
Stacy Malkan
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 I'll go to my grave not knowing how somebody sucked him into synthetic rose scent in a bottle of rose oil that said it was completely natural. David made our rose bar smell more like a rose than a rose. That's a symbol of David turning our business around." The products are now made entirely of organic food-grade ingredients, and the company gives 40-70% of profits to social and political causes. The highest paid employee makes no more than five times the lowest paid employee.
"We live the label," said Ralph. None of the above would be possible if they put the company on the stock market. |
Gary E. Schwartz and Linda G. S. Russek
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 If the soul of the rose is contained within the alcohols, then the effects of rose memory alcohols should be different from laboratory memory alcohols. Even though the rose and the laboratory alcohols will have the same physical structure, they will not contain the same information and energy. The info-energy systems that live on in the rose memory alcohols will be "rose" info-energy systems, whereas info-energy systems that live on in the laboratory memory alcohols will be "laboratory" info-energy systems. |
Mike Adams
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 To make a tincture that will make your hair look and smell great, mix herbs like chamomile, rose, lavender, rosemary, burdock, sandalwood, evening primrose oil, cedarwood, rose geranium, and calendula with any of the above oils or aloe vera gel. All of the above herbs promote healthy hair, as does ten drops of tea tree oil mixed with the organic, all-natural shampoo of your choice. Experiment with these ingredients and make an aromatic blend that soothes your hair and makes you smell better than any artificial perfume or cologne. |
Stacy Malkan
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| David made our rose bar smell more like a rose than a rose. That's a symbol of David turning our business around." The products are now made entirely of organic food-grade ingredients, and the company gives 40-70% of profits to social and political causes. The highest paid employee makes no more than five times the lowest paid employee.
"We live the label," said Ralph. None of the above would be possible if they put the company on the stock market. "It sounds really nice, go public. Ask Ben and Jerry what it's like," Ralph commented. "Tom's is going to find this out by selling to Colgate. |
Gary Null and Amy McDonald
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 When 1 stopped and looked at a rose, apinkrose, it wasn't just a pink rose, there were shades of pink within it. Everything seemed like the best vision I'd ever had.
I thought this was really strange. I kept walking, noticing patterns, windows, more flowers. It seemed that my perception had increased. Instead of just going up to my normal 2 mile mark and turning around, I kept walking and walking. I did six, seven or eight miles, came home, put on some music and the music even sounded better.
The next day I didn't take any pregnenolone. |
Mike Adams
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| To make a tincture that will make your hair look and smell great, mix herbs like chamomile, rose, lavender, rosemary, burdock, sandalwood, evening primrose oil, cedarwood, rose geranium, and calendula with any of the above oils or aloe vera gel. All of the above herbs promote healthy hair, as does ten drops of tea tree oil mixed with the organic, all-natural shampoo of your choice. Experiment with these ingredients and make an aromatic blend that soothes your hair and makes you smell better than any artificial perfume or cologne. |
Stacy Malkan
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| The Swiss-based company is the largest user of organic rose oil in the world, and the company meets its large demand for organic ingredients through fair-trade projects with farmers in several countries. "Originally we started working with 120 farmers who were growing roses conventionally, and we helped buy the equipment and helped to teach them the ways of organic agriculture," Jennifer said. "Now they are producing the rose petals that we need for all of our products. So we benefit, they benefit and it's just a great partnership. |
Earl Mindell, R.Ph., Ph.D.
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 Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
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For centuries, rose ma rv lias been known as the herb for remembrance, but it soon may also become equally well known as the herb that fights cancer. The Rosemary Study, a fascinating research project conducted at Penn State and reported in the May 1996 Journal of Nutrition, revealed that rosemary could significandy reduce the risk of cancer in rats given a powerful carcinogen. In one experiment, researchers fed laboratory rats a diet supplemented with 1 percent rosemary for two weeks, using the same dried rosemary leaves available at supermarkets. |
Stacy Malkan
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| David made our rose bar smell more like a rose than a rose. That's a symbol of David turning our business around." The products are now made entirely of organic food-grade ingredients, and the company gives 40-70% of profits to social and political causes. The highest paid employee makes no more than five times the lowest paid employee.
"We live the label," said Ralph. None of the above would be possible if they put the company on the stock market. "It sounds really nice, go public. Ask Ben and Jerry what it's like," Ralph commented. "Tom's is going to find this out by selling to Colgate. |
Pam Montgomery
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 The Rosicrucians or Brotherhood of the rose Cross was originally a secret society that held their alchemical and spiritual truths in a sacred trust among themselves. Likewise, the Jacobites of the Scottish rebellion against the British had a white rose as their emblem, symbolizing the sacred oath they had taken with each other. In more recent times, a bouquet of roses is given as an expression of love and is received with a fullness of heart. |
| Since time immemorial rose has been the flower symbolizing love, beauty, and joy. Cultivated roses are thought to have originated in Persia where nightingales would sing when they first bloomed. However, in Greece, legend tells that the rose sprang from the combined effort of the Three Graces, Aphrodite, and Dionysus who bestowed joy, beauty, and perfumed scent to make it the "Queen of Flowers," as the Greek poetess Sappho writes. |
Gary E. Schwartz and Linda G. S. Russek
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| Even though the rose and the laboratory alcohols will have the same physical structure, they will not contain the same information and energy. The info-energy systems that live on in the rose memory alcohols will be "rose" info-energy systems, whereas info-energy systems that live on in the laboratory memory alcohols will be "laboratory" info-energy systems.
This implication may help explain why aromatherapy and other natural remedies such as herbs work. |
Connie Bennett, C.H.H.C. with Stephen T. Sinatra, M.D.
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 To combat cravings, visualize the color pink, which is associated with love, or wear rose quartz. It's a way of consciously doing something healing and loving for yourself," suggests herbalist Brigitte Mars, A.H.G., author of Addiction-Free Naturally. "Sugar is used at times as a love substitute. The color rose is associated with sweetness, safety, and friendliness."
"Use fruit-flavored lip gloss or brush your teeth," Dr. Appleton suggests. "The sugar in the toothpaste is not enough to do you any harm, but it's just enough to possibly satisfy your craving. |
Walter Last
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 If taken on an empty stomach, the blood pressure rose 9 to 10 mm Hg for one to two hours. After sucrose ingestion, there is also an increase in uric acid levels. Uric acid is produced in the liver from breakdown products of fructose. A raised uric acid level in the blood is a feature of gout, some forms of arthritis, and heart disease. Men generally produce more uric acid after eating than women do.
Experimental studies on animals and humans have shown that sucrose is possibly the most caries-producing substance in our diet. Plaque bacteria convert sucrose to polymers that stick to the teeth. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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 It can reach a height of 2 feet and bears yellow flowers that smell fragrantly like roses, hence the folk name arctic rose. The plant is dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are borne on different plants. It thrives in well-drained soil, can tolerate drought once established, and requires lots of sun.
RHUBARB
Botanical Name
Rheum officinale (Chinese rhubarb), R. palmatum (turkey rhubarb)
Family
Polygonaceae (Buckwheat Family) Etymology
The genus name Rheum is believed to derive from the Greek rheo, "to flow," in reference to the plant's purgative properties. |
David Winston, RH(AHG), and Steven Maimes
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 RHODIOLA
Botanical Name: Rhodiola rosea Family: Crassulaceae
Common Names: rose root, golden root, artic root, hong jing tian (Chinese)
Taste/Energy: Sweet, slightly bitter, spicy, cool, dry Part Used: Root
Location/Cultivation: Rhodiola is native to the northern circumpo-lar regions of Canada, Scandinavia, and Siberia. It also is found at higher elevations in the Alps, Pyrenees, and Carpathian Mountains in Europe. It now is being cultivated in Finland, Sweden, and Russia. It prefers dry, sandy soil, cool temperatures, and full sun.
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Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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| What usually happens is that you start out with something like "A rose is a rose is a rose" and you wind up with "Gardenias don't grow on the planet Mars." Applied to weight loss, the theory goes something like this: the stuff that goes on in between the calories coming in and the calories going out is much more important than the actual number of calories involved. |
Pam Montgomery
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| I called on rose to help clear Julia's Heart chakra and sent her home with rosewater to splash on her heart. Her homework was to begin to take the shame and turn it into loving-kindness for both herself and her husband. Julia now had both energy centers available to her for letting in sexual and loving energy—the combination of which was desperately needed in her marriage. This was the beginning of a long healing process that Julia has become fully engaged in. This process is much like peeling layers of an onion, and each time a new layer is reached another level of growth takes place. |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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| What usually happens is that you start out with something like "A rose is a rose is a rose" and you wind up with "Gardenias don't grow on the planet Mars." Applied to weight loss, the theory goes something like this: the stuff that goes on in between the calories coming in and the calories going out is much more important than the actual number of calories involved. |
Sophie D. Coe and Michael D. Coe
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 It is a tall, fine-looking tree with a white flower that looks like a dog-rose, and has a rose scent and flavor (Francisco Ximenez, writing in 1615, remarks that it is fit to be "the pride of the garden of His Majesty the King"). Sahagun directs us to use it in chilled chocolate.33
There were still other things that the Aztecs added to their chocolate. Achiote, which could be used for flavor as well as color, and chillis have already been mentioned, and allspice (Pimienta dioica), a New World contribution to the spice shelf, was also used. |
Jonny Bowden, M.A., C.N.S.
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| What usually happens is that you start out with something like "A rose is a rose is a rose" and you wind up with "Gardenias don't grow on the planet Mars." Applied to weight loss, the theory goes something like this: the stuff that goes on in between the calories coming in and the calories going out is much more important than the actual number of calories involved. |
Gabriel Cousens
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 Rosenthal and Ziegler found that when 50 grams of raw starch was administered to patients their blood sugar rose only 1 mg and then decreased, but when the starch was cooked, there was a dramatic increase of 56 mg in one-half hour, 51 mg in 1 hour, and 11 mg in 2 hours after the meal. Researchers also gave raw starch to diabetics to whom no insulin had been given for several days. Average increase in blood sugar in these diabetics from eating the raw starch was just 6 mg in one-half hour, then a decrease of 9 mg in 1 hour, and a decrease of 14 mg in 2.5 hours after the raw starch meal. |
Brigitte Mars, A.H.G.
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| If you've collected rose hips yourself, remove their seeds before drying them or brewing them as tea.
ROSEMARY
Botanical Name
Rosmarinus officinalis
Family
Lamiaceae (Mint Family) Etymology
The genus and common name derive from the Latin ros, "dew," and marinus, "of the sea," in reference to the origins of the plant on the Mediterranean coast. |
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