OK, SS has come around again![][] That's the good news! Bad news (for me anyway)is, I woke up with a cold this morning.[V][xx(] I thought I felt it coming on yesterday but this morning it is here. The gift that keeps on giving.[] I don't know if I'll be feeling up to the fun day at the beach or not so that is why I'm posting this. If there is anyone that want's to come by and take charge of the pop-ups, tables, chairs, and dive banner, call me @ 982-8950 and make arrangements for transfer. All I ask is that care is taken when setting up and taking down the pop-ups. They are getting a little older now.[^]

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Originally posted by Royall

OK, SS has come around again![][] That's the good news! Bad news (for me anyway)is, I woke up with a cold this morning.[V][xx(] I thought I felt it coming on yesterday but this morning it is here. The gift that keeps on giving.[] I don't know if I'll be feeling up to the fun day at the beach or not so that is why I'm posting this. If there is anyone that want's to come by and take charge of the pop-ups, tables, chairs, and dive banner, call me @ 982-8950 and make arrangements for transfer. All I ask is that care is taken when setting up and taking down the pop-ups. They are getting a little older now.[^]

Clove is a great remedy for colds and much more,

Folklore says that sucking on two whole Cloves without chewing or swallowing them helps to curb the desire for alcohol. Traditional Chinese physicians have long used cloves to treat indigestion, diarrhea, hernia, and ringworm, as well as athlete's foot and other fungal infections. India's traditional Ayurvedic healers have used Cloves since ancient times to treat respiratory and digestive ailments. The medieval German herbalists used cloves as part of anti-gout mixture. Early American Eclectic physicians used cloves to treat digestive complaints, and they added it to bitter herbal medicines to make them more palatable. They were also the first to extract clove oil from the herbal buds, which they used on the gums to relieve toothache. A few drops of the oil in water will stop vomiting, and an infusion will relieve nausea. Essential oil of clove is effective against strep, staph and pneumomocci bacterias. Contemporary herbalists recommend vloves for digestive complaints and its oil for toothache. The primary chemical constituents include eugenol, caryophyllene, and tannins. Cloves are said to have a positive effect on stomach ulcers, vomiting, flatulence, and to stimulate the digestive system. It has powerful local antiseptic and mild anesthetic actions. Japanese researchers have discovered that like many spices, clove contains antioxidants. Antioxidants help prevent the cell damage that scientists believe eventually causes cancer. On the other hand, in laboratory tests, the chemical eugenol, has been found to be a weak tumor promoter, making clove one of many healing herbs with both pro- and anti-cancer effects. At this point, scientists aren't sure which way the balance tilts. Until they are, anyone with a history of cancer should not use medicinal amounts of clove. For otherwise healthy non-pregnant, non-nursing adults, powdered clove is considered nontoxic. Additionally, dentists have used clove oil as an oral anesthetic. They also used it to disinfect root canals. Clove oil still is an active ingredient in several mouthwash products and a number of over-the-counter toothache pain-relief preparations. Cloves kill intestinal parasites and exhibits broad anti-microbial properties against fungi and bacteria, thus supporting its traditional use as a treatment for diarrhea, intestinal worms, and other digestive ailments. Like many culinary spices, Cloves helps relax the smooth muscle lining of the digestive tract. And finally, eating cloves is said to be aphrodisiac.

http://www.theepicentre.com/Spices/cloves.html

Feel better " A clove a day, keeps the doctor away" []

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