iPeace.us2024-03-29T07:58:23ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLanghttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/63677684?profile=RESIZE_48X48&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1https://ipeace.us/group/treelife/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=2akrhwb1twwp4&feed=yes&xn_auth=noSignificance of Trees as Mentioned in Vedas and Puranas - 11 & 12tag:ipeace.us,2011-03-16:2217368:Topic:28016032011-03-16T14:09:54.178ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
<p>Dear All,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>O Tree! You bear the burden of flowers, leaves and fruits, give relief to the people from sun, and give them succour during winter. Thus you dedicate your entire life in helping others. That is why you are greater than a gentleman. Therefore O Tree! Please accept my regards.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>----Bhamini Vilasa-86</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p> Where there is tulsi vana (forest of Indian basil), god Vishnu is nearby. Brahma, Lakshmi, and all other gods are also…</p>
<p>Dear All,</p>
<p> </p>
<p>O Tree! You bear the burden of flowers, leaves and fruits, give relief to the people from sun, and give them succour during winter. Thus you dedicate your entire life in helping others. That is why you are greater than a gentleman. Therefore O Tree! Please accept my regards.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>----Bhamini Vilasa-86</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p> Where there is tulsi vana (forest of Indian basil), god Vishnu is nearby. Brahma, Lakshmi, and all other gods are also with god Vishnu there.</p>
<p> </p>
<p><strong>----Padma purana, Srishti Khand, Ch. 26, Shloka 38</strong></p>
<p> </p>
<p> !!! Will Continue!!!<br/><br/>Regards<br/><strong>Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare</strong><br/><strong>Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare</strong></p>
<p>---------------------------------</p> History recorded in Tree-Ringstag:ipeace.us,2011-03-10:2217368:Topic:27975822011-03-10T16:22:36.972ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
<p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><strong><span class="font-size-4"><a href="http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/wendysalter/Trees/tree-3.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/wendysalter/Trees/tree-3.jpg?width=500" width="500"></img></a> Fluctuations in climate, recorded in the rings of Trees,<a href="http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/wendysalter/Trees/tree-3.jpg" target="_blank"><br></br></a> coincide with historical 'rise and fall' events.</span></strong></p>
<p class="introduction">An extensive study of tree growth rings says there…</p>
<p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1"><strong><span class="font-size-4"><a target="_blank" href="http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/wendysalter/Trees/tree-3.jpg"><img class="align-full" src="http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/wendysalter/Trees/tree-3.jpg?width=500" width="500"/></a>Fluctuations in climate, recorded in the rings of Trees,<a target="_blank" href="http://i998.photobucket.com/albums/af104/wendysalter/Trees/tree-3.jpg"><br/></a> coincide with historical 'rise and fall' events.</span></strong></p>
<p class="introduction">An extensive study of tree growth rings says there could be a link between the rise and fall of past civilisations and sudden shifts in Europe's climate.</p>
<p>A team of researchers based their findings on data from 9,000 wooden artifacts from the past 2,500 years.</p>
<p>They found that periods of warm, wet summers coincided with prosperity, while political turmoil occurred during times of climate instability.</p>
<p>The findings have been <a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/content/early/2011/01/12/science.1197175">published online by the journal Science</a>.</p>
<p>"Looking back on 2,500 years, there are examples where climate change impacted human history," co-author Ulf Buntgen, a paleoclimatologist at the Swiss Federal Research Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape, told the Science website.</p>
<p><strong>Ring record</strong></p>
<p>The team capitalised on a system used to date material unearthed during excavations.</p>
<div class="story-feature narrow"><a class="hidden" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12186245#story_continues_2"></a><blockquote><p class="first-child">"Distinct drying in the 3rd Century paralleled a period of serious crisis in the western Roman empire".</p>
</blockquote>
</div>
<div class="story-feature narrow"><em><span class="quote-credit">Ulf Buntgen</span></em></div>
<div class="story-feature narrow"><em><span class="quote-credit"><br/></span></em></div>
<p id="story_continues_2">"Archaeologists have developed oak ring width chronologies from Central Europe that cover nearly the entire Holocene and have used them for the purpose of dating artefacts, historical buildings, antique artwork and furniture," they wrote.</p>
<p>"Chronologies of living and relict oaks may reflect distinct patterns of summer precipitation and drought."</p>
<p>The team looked at how weather over the past couple of centuries affected living trees' growth rings.</p>
<p>During good growing seasons, when water and nutrients are in plentiful supply, trees form broad rings, with their boundaries relatively far apart.</p>
<p>But in unfavourable conditions, such as drought, the rings grow in much tighter formation.</p>
<p>The researchers then used this data to reconstruct annual weather patterns from the growth rings preserved in the artefacts.</p>
<p>Once they had developed a chronology stretching back over the past 2,500 years, they identified a link with prosperity levels in past societies, such as the Roman Empire.</p>
<p>"Wet and warm summers occurred during periods of Roman and medieval prosperity. Increased climate variability from 250-600 AD coincided with the demise of the western Roman empire and the turmoil of the migration period," the team reported.</p>
<p>"Distinct drying in the 3rd Century paralleled a period of serious crisis in the western Roman empire marked by barbarian invasion, political turmoil and economic dislocation in several provinces of Gaul."</p>
<p>Dr Buntgen explained: "We were aware of these super-big data sets, and we brought them together and analyzed them in a new way to get the climate signal.</p>
<p>"If you have enough wood, the dating is secure. You just need a lot of material and a lot of rings."</p>
<p>( <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12186245">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12186245</a> )</p> Pandas and old bamboo foreststag:ipeace.us,2011-03-10:2217368:Topic:27971192011-03-10T16:09:53.628ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
<p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">(from BBC News <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12161671">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12161671</a> )</p>
<p class="introduction"> </p>
<p class="introduction"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>China's endangered giant pandas thrive in old forest that has never been logged</strong></span>, research shows.</p>
<p>The finding comes ahead of a decision on whether to end or renew a 12-year logging ban in the…</p>
<p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">(from BBC News <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12161671">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12161671</a> )</p>
<p class="introduction"> </p>
<p class="introduction"><span class="font-size-3"><strong>China's endangered giant pandas thrive in old forest that has never been logged</strong></span>, research shows.</p>
<p>The finding comes ahead of a decision on whether to end or renew a 12-year logging ban in the area.</p>
<p><a href="http://rsbl.royalsocietypublishing.org/">Writing in the journal Biology Letters</a>, the researchers - from China and the US - tell the government that continuing protection would be cost-effective.</p>
<p>They based their finding on data collected during a five-year forest survey in Sichuan Province.</p>
<p>There are thought to be fewer than 2,500 adult giant pandas in the wild, scattered across mountain ranges in small, fragmented populations.</p>
<p>They are classifed as a "conservation-dependent species", meaning that without protection, they would be on their way to extinction.</p>
<span class="cross-head">Roots of the issue</span><br />
<p>In Sichuan - the animals' main homeland - teams of observers gathered all kinds of data on forests during the State Forestry Administration's Third National Survey, which ran from 1999 to 2003.</p>
<p>This database has now been mined to see which aspects are most closely associated with the presence of pandas.</p>
<div class="caption body-narrow-width"><img src="http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50743000/jpg/_50743751_z926002-giant_panda_%28ailuropoda_melanoleuca%29_eating_bamboo-spl.jpg" alt="Giant panda eating bamboo" width="304" height="505"/> <span style="width: 304px;"> </span></div>
<div class="caption body-narrow-width"><span style="width: 304px;">Old forests may stimulate growth of new bamboo, whcih is easier for the pandas to eat</span></div>
<p>Having bamboo in the area is a key factor that researchers had previously known and understood - hardly surprising, as the plants constitute 99% of the panda's diet.</p>
<p>However, the researchers - led by Zejun Zhang from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing - discovered that the age of the trees also strongly predicted the existence of pandas.</p>
<p>They suggest this link has not been found before because previous studies looked at small areas only.</p>
<p>Why old-growth forest should be so important is not clear, and data of this type cannot yield the answer.</p>
<p>"One possibility is that the bamboo that grows underneath old growth [trees] is more nutritious," they write.</p>
<p>"Another intriguing possibility is that only old-growth trees grow large enough to form cavities suitable for maternity dens.</p>
<p>"This raises the question: are birth dens a factor-limiting panda population size in reserves with a history of logging?"</p>
<p>Iain Valentine, Director of Animals, Conservation and Education for the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) who has worked on giant pandas with Chinese colleagues for abour five years, commented that understanding the animals' ecological needs was crucial for their long-term survival.</p>
<p>"It could be as simple as that old stands of bamboo produce large new shoots of bamboo at their bases, which are rich in sugars," he told BBC News.</p>
<p>"These large shoots are softer too, and are therefore easier to eat than hard stalks.</p>
<p>"But conversely it could be far more complicated than this and involve complex seasonal nutritional needs of the panda which themselves vary as a result of the bamboo forest structure and age."</p>
<p>RZSS has just concluded an agreement with the Chinese Wildlife Conservation Association to host two giant pandas in its Edinburgh Zoo - the first pandas in the UK for 17 years.</p>
<p>The Chinese authorities have implemented a number of policies aimed at conserving the species - banning trade in skins, setting up reserves, and, in 1998, banning logging throughout the panda's range.</p>
<p>But the logging ban is up for review this year.</p>
<p>The scientists on this study stop short of calling for a continuation; instead, they observe: "It may be more cost-effective to protect the existing old growth than to open it up to logging while protecting an equivalent area of secondary growth forest".</p> Significance of Trees as Mentioned in Vedas and Puranas - 9 & 10tag:ipeace.us,2011-02-12:2217368:Topic:27753302011-02-12T02:11:04.672ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
Dear All,<br></br><br></br>Trees fulfill the desires of human beings by their leaves, flowers, shade, root, bark, wood, fragrance, gum, ash, charcoal, buds and new leaves.<br></br><br></br><strong>---Srimadbhagvat, Skandh, a-22 Shloka 34</strong> <br></br><br></br>By planting one pepul (ficus religiosa), One neem (Azadiracht indica), one bargad (ficus bengalensis), ten Imli (Tamarindus indica), Three Kaith ( (Limonia acidissima), Three vilva (aegle marmalos), Three aonla (Indian gooseberry- Phyllanthus embilica), and…
Dear All,<br/><br/>Trees fulfill the desires of human beings by their leaves, flowers, shade, root, bark, wood, fragrance, gum, ash, charcoal, buds and new leaves.<br/><br/><strong>---Srimadbhagvat, Skandh, a-22 Shloka 34</strong> <br/><br/>By planting one pepul (ficus religiosa), One neem (Azadiracht indica), one bargad (ficus bengalensis), ten Imli (Tamarindus indica), Three Kaith ( (Limonia acidissima), Three vilva (aegle marmalos), Three aonla (Indian gooseberry- Phyllanthus embilica), and five mango (mangifera indica), one can never go to hell.<br/><br/><strong>----Bhahvishya Purana, Rajdharma Kaustubh Khand)</strong><br/><br/><br/>!!! Will Continue!!!<br/><br/>Regards<br/><strong>Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare</strong><br/><strong>Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare</strong><br/><br/> Tree Leaf,...tag:ipeace.us,2011-02-04:2217368:Topic:27656392011-02-04T03:59:14.332ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
A Tree leaf falls,silently floating down to the ground. The Tree leaf is spent Growth,discarded by the Tree because it is no longer needed. But the Tree it'sself is still very much Alive but going Dorment to save up energy over the Autum and Winter Months. Even though the discarded Tree leaf is spent Growth,and no longer needed by the Tree,it still has it's own Beauty and others like it have inspired Artists that paint and draw the Wonders of Nature. And in the Spring,the Tree grows delacate…
A Tree leaf falls,silently floating down to the ground. The Tree leaf is spent Growth,discarded by the Tree because it is no longer needed. But the Tree it'sself is still very much Alive but going Dorment to save up energy over the Autum and Winter Months. Even though the discarded Tree leaf is spent Growth,and no longer needed by the Tree,it still has it's own Beauty and others like it have inspired Artists that paint and draw the Wonders of Nature. And in the Spring,the Tree grows delacate new leaves to start the Wonderful cycle all over again. So Trees bing Beauty to every Season with Beautiful new Growth every Spring,shade and more Beauty in the Summer,nice pretty colors and majestic leaves gracefully floating down in the Autum Months,and Beatiful Snow covered "works of Art"in the Winter.Only to start the same wonderful and beautiful cycle all over again in the Spring. Non è troppo tardi - www.marioragagnin.nettag:ipeace.us,2010-12-14:2217368:Topic:27201002010-12-14T08:49:08.801ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Riusciamo ancora a salvarci</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Attraverso l'incrociarsi di ideologie opposte ci si inserisce nelle Nazioni</p>
<p>Gli intellettuali devono passare dalla parte delle masse</p>
<p>Le cattedre pluralistiche sostituiranno i congressi di vertice</p>
<p>Le cattedre pluralistiche diverranno camere di compensazione, come erano finora i congressi di vertice: che seguivano alle guerre e definivano le condizioni di…</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Riusciamo ancora a salvarci</span></p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p> </p>
<p>Attraverso l'incrociarsi di ideologie opposte ci si inserisce nelle Nazioni</p>
<p>Gli intellettuali devono passare dalla parte delle masse</p>
<p>Le cattedre pluralistiche sostituiranno i congressi di vertice</p>
<p>Le cattedre pluralistiche diverranno camere di compensazione, come erano finora i congressi di vertice: che seguivano alle guerre e definivano le condizioni di pace.</p>
<p>Ora le cattedre dal basso anticiperanno le cause delle guerre e dei conflitti,</p>
<p>prevenendoli.</p>
<p>Le contestazioni e le proteste confermano la necessità dei capi: che, col solo loro esistere, tengono separate e conflittuali le collettività umane</p>
<p>Per liberarci dai capi dobbiamo sostituirli nelle loro funzioni</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Controproporremo progetti in positivo</p>
<p>di autogestione a livello mondiale</p>
<p>Si apriranno tutti i recinti, fisici e mentali,</p>
<p>in cui i capi ci tengono rinchiusi abusivamente</p>
<p>Dalla nuova situazione deriveranno i nuovi principi del Diritto internazionale .</p>
<p>Le associazioni, facendo sistema, si autogestiranno secondo il principio della</p>
<p>"autonomia operandi" (sovranità individuale: che non impedirà agli altri di fare altre cose e diversamente).</p>
<p>Le associazioni di base sostituiranno i capi.</p>
<p> Mario Ragagnin</p>
<p> </p> The Traditional Solstice Tree, or Christmas Treetag:ipeace.us,2010-12-13:2217368:Topic:27199692010-12-13T22:55:05.725ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
<p>There are many versions of the story behind the Christmas Tree,</p>
<p>Do you have a story to tell?</p>
<p>I can remember sitting under our Christmas Tree when I was a small child - sitting in the dark but with the little lights on the tree sparkling through the tinsel and baubles. I was mesmerised by the magical world that lived in our Christmas Tree and to me every thing was real. It was a magical world where anything could happen - and all of it was wonderful.</p>
<p>Now, I love to go out…</p>
<p>There are many versions of the story behind the Christmas Tree,</p>
<p>Do you have a story to tell?</p>
<p>I can remember sitting under our Christmas Tree when I was a small child - sitting in the dark but with the little lights on the tree sparkling through the tinsel and baubles. I was mesmerised by the magical world that lived in our Christmas Tree and to me every thing was real. It was a magical world where anything could happen - and all of it was wonderful.</p>
<p>Now, I love to go out to the woods and stand under the evergreen trees and smell their fragrance, and they are just as magical as my childhood Christmas Tree when they are covered with sparkling frost in the early morning sunlight - or even snow!</p>
<p>It is easy to get lost in the commercial trappings of Christmas, but every culture around the world has a reverence for the tree and many indigenous people put prayers in the tree at the winter solstice, to pray for the return of the sun. The evergreen tree in particular gives us hope that the green and vibrant world that disappears in the winter will return with a dependable regularity in the spring. And in the desert countries, the solitary tree gives hope that there is water beneath the parched land, and that life will go on.</p>
<p><a href="http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr299/OnnovdS/Winter/IMG_5615.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://i493.photobucket.com/albums/rr299/OnnovdS/Winter/IMG_5615.jpg?width=500" alt="" width="500"/></a><a href="http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/Jagger444/Joshua_Tree_Sunset_Mojave_Desert_Ca.jpg" target="_blank"><img class="align-full" src="http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd7/Jagger444/Joshua_Tree_Sunset_Mojave_Desert_Ca.jpg?width=500" alt="" width="500"/></a></p> Significance of Trees as Mentioned in Vedas and Puranas - 7 & 8tag:ipeace.us,2010-12-05:2217368:Topic:27163652010-12-05T13:09:22.319ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
<font size="3" style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;">Dear All,<br></br>
<br></br>
The five biggest favours bestowed by trees are like five mahayagyas.<br />
They give fuel to the families, shade and resting place to the<br />
travellers, nests to the birds, and medicines form their leaves, roots<br />
and bark.<br></br>
<br></br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">----Varaha Purana 162-41-42</span><br></br>
<br></br>
Eunuchs, snakes, rakshas (Demons), gods, dancing communities, human beings and sages all seek shelter…</font>
<font style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;" size="3">Dear All,<br/>
<br/>
The five biggest favours bestowed by trees are like five mahayagyas.<br />
They give fuel to the families, shade and resting place to the<br />
travellers, nests to the birds, and medicines form their leaves, roots<br />
and bark.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">----Varaha Purana 162-41-42</span><br/>
<br/>
Eunuchs, snakes, rakshas (Demons), gods, dancing communities, human beings and sages all seek shelter of the trees.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">----Mahabharat Anu Parva-58/29</span><br/>
<br/>
!!! Will Continue!!!<br/>
<br/>
Regards<br/>
<span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 0);">Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare</span><br style="color: rgb(255, 127, 0);"/><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 0);">Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare</span></font> Health and Long Life by Swami Sivanandatag:ipeace.us,2010-11-25:2217368:Topic:27107572010-11-25T00:46:46.471ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
Dear All,<br></br><br></br>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Grapes</span><br></br>
<br></br>
Grapes are one of the best blood-purifiers. They are a valuable general tonic. The functional activity of all the organs of the body is stimulated by eating grapes. They cause general improvement and the tone of the body.<br></br>
<br></br>
Grapes contain citric and tartatic acids. These acids are converted into alkalis after digestion and increase the alkalinity of the blood. Citric acid helps the absorption of uric acid…
Dear All,<br/><br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Grapes</span><br/>
<br/>
Grapes are one of the best blood-purifiers. They are a valuable general tonic. The functional activity of all the organs of the body is stimulated by eating grapes. They cause general improvement and the tone of the body.<br/>
<br/>
Grapes contain citric and tartatic acids. These acids are converted into alkalis after digestion and increase the alkalinity of the blood. Citric acid helps the absorption of uric acid deposits. Grapes can be taken as a laxative in constipation. They are useful in swelling of the feet and abdomen, dysentery, diarrhea.<br/>
<br/>
Grape juice is a delicious health-giving, refreshing beverage. It allays thirst in fever. It can be given in all fevers, influenza, pneumonia, malaria, typhoid fever, etc. It gives nutrition in wasting diseases like<br/>
consumption, chronic diarrhoea, etc. Of all the delicious fruits, one of the most nutritious and luscious are the grapes. They produce a keen appetite and promote digestion. They are highly beneficial for the invalids and the convalescents.<br/>
<br/>
The grapes contain Vitamin B in abundance which helps physical growth and development and removes malnutrition. There is a small quantity of Vitamin A also which can remove many kinds of eye-diseases like chronic sore-eyes, night-blindness, etc. The grapes abound in Vitamin C which<br/>
acts as an anti-scorbutic.<br/>
<br/>
Grapes contain several mineral salts which help to build the tissues of the body. They contain plenty of iron. Hence they are useful in anemia or poverty of blood. They are highly beneficial to women who suffer from excessive menstruation. After delivery, they can take grapes with much benefit.<br/>
<br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Oranges</span><br/> <br/>
The orange is rich in Vitamin B and very rich in Vitamin C. It contains a small quantity of Vitamin A. It promotes growth and prevents rickets and helps the development of bone and teeth on account of the Vitamin A. It is useful in anemia or poverty of blood, indigestion, constipation, loss of appetite, weakness and lack of vigour on account of Vitamin B. It prevents scurvy, loss of vigour, on account of its Vitamin C. The juice of the orange contains sugar, citric and mucilage and organic salts such as potassium citrate. It is refreshing and life-giving. It has a flavour. It is a food. It contains predigested food in a most delicious and attractive form, ready for immediate assimilation and absorption. It is useful in typhoid fever, pneumonia and other acute diseases. It sustains life. The juice of one or two oranges as thing in the morning or the juice of half a lemon in a glass of hot water at night will exercise the most beneficial effect on the kidneys and the eliminative functions generally.<br/>
<br/>
The adding of fruit juices, preferably orange juice to the milk in infant feeding, is highly beneficial. It is the best preventative for infantile diarrhoea, scurvy and constipation.<br/>
<br/>
Orange juice renders the blood alkaline. It is a blood purifier and a good appetizer. It removes constipation and kills the germs in the stomach and intestines. It is highly beneficial in diabetes, liver and heart troubles, bilious afflictions. It checks bilious diarrhoea. It can be mixed with fresh grape juice. Then it becomes a powerful tonic for those suffering from anaemia, weakness, rickets, debility, etc.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mango</span><br/>
<br/>
In India Mango is regarded as a valuable medicine. In bhavaprakasa*, a confection made of the juice of ripe mangoes, sugar and aromatics, is recommended as a restorative tonic. The ripe fruit is invigorating, fattening, laxative and diuretic. It is endowed with excellent health-giving properties.<br/>
<br/>
* Bhavaprakasha: an important treatise on Ayurveda, counted as one of the `Laghu Trayi' or three classical texts on the subject.<br/>
<br/>
Mango is a very potent source of vitamins A and C. Alphonso mango is one of the most potent known natural sources of Vitamin C. It contains comparatively greater amount of Vitamin C than lemons, oranges, grapes and apples.<br/>
<br/>
Mangoes can be eaten as staple food. Many people live on mangoes in the season. Generally people take milk after they take mangoes. <br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Pineapple</span><br/>
<br/>
Pineapple reduces enlarged spleen. It has considerable food value. It is both a medicine and food for singers and speakers. The juice has a remarkable affect on the vocal organs.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Apple</span><br/>
<br/>
Apple supplies the higher nerve and muscle food. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. It is an English proverb. Apple and cream is a good combination for those who suffer from blood-pressure. Do not throw away the skin.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bananas</span><br/>
<br/>
Bananas contain much starch and sugar. They contain very little vitamins. They are useful foods.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Fig</span><br/>
<br/>
Prunes and figs are laxative. They are useful in constipation. Green figs are an excellent food. Tomato may be called a fruit or a vegetable. It is an ideal article of diet. It is rich in Vitamin A, B and C. Dates are rich in sugar. They are staple articles of the Arabs. They contribute very greatly to the caloric value. Tamarind is rich in mineral salts and contains Vitamin C.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Bael fruit</span><br/>
<br/>
Bael fruit is used as a drink. The pulp is mixed with water. Sugar is added to make it tasty. It is a cooling drink, useful in chronic diarrhoea and dysentery. It is a mild laxative.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Lemon</span><br/>
<br/>
Lemon possesses anti-scorbutic properties. It is useful in bleeding gums. It is a blood purifier and restorative. It is rich in Vitamin C. It contains citric acid in abundance.<br/>
<br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Pomegranate</span><br/>
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Pomegranate is highly delicious, refreshing and nutritious. The juice is useful in pneumonia, typhoid and acute diseases. It sustains life. <br/><br/>
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Sweet Oranges</span><br/>
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<br/> Sweet oranges (mossambis), are useful in fever. <br/>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Others</span><br/>
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Malta is refreshing and delicious. Chikku (Sapodilla) is a blood purifier. It is rich in sugar. Papaya contains papain. It is very useful in dyspepsia. It is a digestive.<br/>
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Celery is useful in rheumatism and dyspepsia. It is a nervine tonic. Cranberries are useful in malaria, erysipelas. Blackberries are useful in fevers. Jackfruit is tasty but is difficult to digest.<br/>
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5. <span style="font-weight: bold;">THE TRIPLE FRUIT CURES.</span><br/>
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Lemon Cure: Lemon juice is a home remedy. It is endowed with healing, health, building, and health-protecting powers or properties. It is one of the best blood purifiers. Although lemon juice gives an acid taste to the tongue, its effect on the system is that of an alkali. Lemon has a power to produce a state of alkalinity. As soon as it enters the alimentary canal, it becomes alkaline due to the action of the digestive process.<br/>
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Lemon juice fills the body with vigour and vitality. It energizes and invigorates the system. It regulates the action of the liver and removes biliousness, sluggishness of the liver. It removes the poisons and<br/>
accumulates morbid waste products, which have clogged the organs. All the organs work more vigorously. Muscular power and brain power are augmented. It improves eyesight and hearing also. It is useful in all troubles of the stomach. It removes the worms in the bowels in children.<br/>
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Lemon juice cures rheumatism, gout, piles, skin diseases, asthma, bronchitis, influenza, catarrh, anaemia or bloodlessness, cough, fevers, diabetes; eczema.<br/>
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It contains plenty of Vitamin C. It also contains Vitamins A and B. It contains lime, phosphorus, potash, magnesium. It contains 7.5 percent citric acid, and 2 to 3 percent potash and phosphorus. It is an excellent thirst-quencher, anti-scorbutic, mouth wash and gargle. Adding of honey to lime juice is simply wonderful and beneficial. Lime juice is a source for alkali salts which are essential for health building. Vitamin C gives health protecting powers.<br/>
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The percentage of potassium in lemon juice is greater than in either apple juice or grape juice. It is therefore useful in weakness of the heart.<br/>
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It removes catarrh. Drop 2 to 3 drops of filtered juice in the eyes twice a day. It is useful in pyorrhea as a gargle. The citric acid is a very powerful disinfectant.<br/>
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If lemon is habitually taken as an important article of diet in the daily dietary there will be happier homes, healthy children, robust mothers and strong adults.<br/>
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In lemon cure for gout, rheumatism, skin diseases, etc. the patients begin with one lemon per day and increase the quantity daily till they arrive at fifteen. Then they reduce it daily by one. The whole course lasts for a month. Nothing should be taken besides lemons. Cold or hot water may be added to the lemon juice. Those who find it difficult to take the lemon cure for a month, can have it for a fortnight only. Clean the bowels with a clean warm water enema on the first day.<br/>
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Apple Cure: Apple cure is beneficial in biliousness, dyspepsia, auto-intoxication, debility. You can take one, two or even three pounds per day for a few days. Begin with half pound and gradually increase the amount. Eat apples alone. You can drink water. Have a warm water enema on the first day. Do not remove the skin. Apples may be taken raw, or baked or stewed. You can take as much apples as you like. Fresh air, regular exercise, early rising are necessary for the success in the<br/>
treatment. <br/>
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Grape Cure: Grapes contain vitamins A, B, C, potash, copper, iron, tartaric acid. Grapes, counteract overweight. They are very good appetizers. They stimulate the flow of gastric juice. They, are laxative<br/>
and cooling. They purify the blood. They strengthen a feeble digestion.<br/>
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Grape juice may be given in teaspoonful dose twice daily, to cure constipation in children and during teething. Grapes are useful in fevers.<br/>
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Dried Raisins (munakka) are useful in constipation. Soak some raisins in a tumblerful of cold water at night. Strain the water in a cloth and drink it in the early morning. Take the raisins also. Throw away the seeds.<br/>
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Take apples, half a pound, on the first day. Gradually increase the quantity to seven pounds. You can continue this cure for one, two or three months. <br/>
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The grape cure is highly beneficial in gastro-intestinal catarrh, wasting diseases like pulmonary tuberculosis, chronic obstinate constipation, diseases of the heart, gout dyspepsia, obesity, sluggishness of liver, chronic diarrhoea, chronic bronchitis, enlargement of spleen, chronic cystitis scrofula.<br/>
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The fruits not only cure diseases but renovate the whole system and supply abundant muscular and brain energy. They overhaul the system perfectly and keep the body in a high standard of vigour and vitality, and make the mind quite serene. If you find it difficult to undergo the full course you can take the cure even for three days or a week or fortnight.<br/>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">RAISIN CURE</span><br/>
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The ripe grapes partly dried in the sun are called raisins (munakka). They contain, potash, lime, phosphorus, etc. They do not contain any acid. One pound of raisins gives 1600 calories. They are useful in thirst of fevers, coughs, catarrh, jaundice, pulmonary tuberculosis, rheumatism, constipation. It gives weight to the body by adding flesh. It is nutritious.<br/>
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Take two pounds of big raisins (munakka). Wash them thoroughly in cold or hot water. Put these raisins in a vessel at night and fill the vessel with pure water. Cover the water with a thin cloth. Eat these raisins only in the morning, noon and at night and drink the water in which the raisins were soaked. Continue this for a fortnight or a month. Reject the stones or seeds. Start with a small quantity and gradually increase the quantity daily.<br/>
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You can take half to one pint of milk and quarter to half pound of almonds also, if you like.<br/>
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This is highly useful in asthma, chronic cough, constipation, malnutrition, debility, disorders of liver and lunge, digestive complaints. This is a nutritious diet. It will help you to put on flesh.<br/>
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Eat raisins and keep fit. Be truthful to the In dweller in the raisins. He who dwells within the raisins, who is within the raisins, whom the raisins do not know: whose body it the raisins, who rules the raisins from within is Thy Atma or Self, Inner Ruler. Immortal (Antaryamin, Amritam). Trust in God. The last essential to positive health is a perfect trust in God. Develop the positive divine virtues, Daivi Sampat such as courage, faith, sympathy, love, serenity, contentment. It is these virtues that give health, happiness, prosperity and longevity. Fruit and good diet are aids to health.<br/>
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6. <span style="font-weight: bold;">APPLES.</span><br/>
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Apple is an excellent food and medicine. It contains vitamins A, B, and C, copper, potash, iron, phosphorus and malic acid. It has an internal cleansing effect and eliminates toxic waste matter. It increases the flow of digestive juice and stimulates lungs, liver and kidneys. It is a tonic, mildly laxative and blood-purifier. Apple contains a large amount of phosphorus. It is a nerve and brain food.<br/>
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Apple juice is very nutritious, invigorating and energising. It produces laxative effects. It acts against any tendency to acidosis. Take the juice before meals. It will remove acidity. It is more easily absorbed by the system. It is useful in gout, debility, biliousness, constipation, disorder of the kidneys and the liver, jaundice, loss of appetite, malnutrition, gastric and intestinal catarrh, sluggish liver. The juice kills germs.<br/>
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Apple is very useful in functional disorders of the heart. It is a tonic. Apple and cream is a good combination for those who suffer from blood pressure. Take two or three apples at night. This will remove constipation. Do not remove the skin as it contains Vitamin C. Apple is useful in stones in the kidneys or bladder. "Eat one apple a day. It will keep the doctor away". This is the proverb. Eat more apples and be healthy.<br/>
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7. <span style="font-weight: bold;">DATES</span><br/>
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This is a staple food in Arabia. The Hindi name is khajur. In Tamil language it is called pereechampalam. The date supplies (70%) three-fourths its weight of a natural sugar, glucose, that is ready for immediate absorption. The caloric value of dates is 984 of energy-producing power per ounce. It also contains a considerable amount of protein, lime, iron, vitamins and other essential food constituents. Dates contain more iron than meat.<br/>
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It is rather low in minerals and yet definitely laxative. The form of sugar in the dates has already been predigested in the process of ripening. Date is a wholesome and valuable food. It is a good substitute<br/>
for cane sugar for supplying energy to the system. It is the best fuel for the body. Lime, iron, vitamins are not found in cane sugar. Date supplies heat and repairs waste quickly.<br/>
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Dates contain 15.4 % water, 74.6 % carbohydrates, 2.1 % protein. 38% cellulose, 13% mineral and 2.8 % of extractives.<br/>
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Dates should be thoroughly washed as they are dirty. Place the dates in hot water for a few minutes.<br/>
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Those who suffer from constipation can take dates in abundance. Date is useful in consumption. It brings easily the phlegm and soothes the chest. It checks the growth of putrefactive and poisonous germs in the intestines and helps the growth of useful friendly germs.<br/>
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Put a few dates in the milk and boil the milk. This is very nutritious and restorative. The dried dates also can be soaked in milk for some time and taken.<br/><br/>Regards<br/><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 0);">Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare</span><br style="color: rgb(255, 127, 0);"/><span style="color: rgb(255, 127, 0);">Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare</span> Significance of Trees as Mentioned in Vedas and Puranas - 6tag:ipeace.us,2010-11-09:2217368:Topic:27045732010-11-09T08:10:42.587ZStephen Langhttps://ipeace.us/profile/StephenLang
Dear All,<br/><br/>Trees are like gentlemen who help others. They stand in the sun but give shade to others. Their fruit is also for the use of others.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">----Vikram Charitam 65</span><br/><br/>!!! Will Continue!!!<br/><br/>Regards<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare</span>
Dear All,<br/><br/>Trees are like gentlemen who help others. They stand in the sun but give shade to others. Their fruit is also for the use of others.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">----Vikram Charitam 65</span><br/><br/>!!! Will Continue!!!<br/><br/>Regards<br/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"/><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare</span>