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Detox body with green smoothie

2019-02-21T00:56:00.002-05:00

The image is my own photo work. I shoot with my Nikon D750, and a Nikkor AF-S, 24-120mm lens, 1:4 G ED, and a Speedlight flash SB-700

The past week in February 2019, I have been watching many videos about the foods that can kill the cancer cell, or cure cancer disease naturally with just by eating fresh fruits and fresh vegetables. Some people cure their last stage cancer with just by eating green vegetables or make green smoothies from fresh organic green leave vegetables, some cure their cancer by drink carrot juice without chemotherapy and no taking any prescription drug.

But during the treatment time, they have to avoid foods that will help develop the cancer cells, like meat, processing meats such as hot dog, sausages and etc., seafood, dairy products like egg, cow milk, and cheese, white sugar, microwave popcorn, fry foods, also avoid eating white rice and white bread.

So I decided to detox my body with a green smoothie on my day off. The vegetable I have in my refrigerator is bok choy and gai-lan, the fruits I have is green apple and avocado, but they are not organic.
After washing all vegetables with apple cider vinegar, I use my 6 cups size blender, blend the bok choy, and gai-lan, with two small green apples, one ripe avocado, and one cup of water.

I blend everything together, but for easy blending, I put only a few hands full of vegetable, and few pieces of apple, and a cup of water into a blender and blend it until it becomes a liquid, then put more apple and about one or two hand full of vegetable at a time into the blender, and blend it until I got about five cups of smoothie, and I added one ripe avocado into a smoothie to get a creamy taste.

The taste is pretty good, I like it, my daughter like it too, she asked for more on the next day, but as it's my work day so, I'm not making it, she said I should not drink it all yesterday, haha :) :). I think it the best healthy green smoothie that everyone can drink, but the problem is it did not make me feel full all day, I still hungry and have to eat dinner even I drunk about four cups of smoothie on that day. Maybe if I add soy milk or almond milk into the smoothie, it maybe makes me feel full than just make it with just plain vegetable with water.

But next time, I will have to try organic kale and organic spinach smoothie. They said it a good vegetable to cure and prevent cancer cells to grow. I maybe have to add some oatmeal, or quinoa in a smoothie too to make me stay full and feel full longer.

Clean Vegetable Soup

2016-05-12T11:55:00.000-04:00

This clean soup is sweet without adding any sugar to the soup, or any other flavor. The soup are pack with nutrients and vitamins, that are good for your health and digestion.

It's good to eat on breakfast and dinner on an empty stomach, or after you already clean the stomach, or eat the soup before eat any other heavy food to get full benefit of nutrients in the vegetables. You can eat the soup alone or eat with rice.

**** The soup in this picture is made without corn, because I don't have corn on that day, and my son also don't like corn. So I just make it with what ever I had in the refrigerator, but the other time I made with added the corn in the soup, and it taste so good, but I did not take a picture****

Ingredients:

1 cup organic green split lentils

3 cups fresh Kabocha squash (peel and cut into a small piece about 1 inch big)

3 stalks fresh organic celery (cut into small pieces)

2 fresh sweet corns (sliced)

2 organic fresh carrots

1 fresh loofah squash

1 table spoon sea salt

Purify water or filter water (do not use too much water, but just use it enough to cover everything, the soup will have more juice coming from the vegetables, like corn, celery, and squash)

Cilantro for toping

½ red onion (optional)

A little bit of fresh young ginger (optional)

1 table spoon of black pepper if you like to bring the taste more stand out, or more tasty.

How to make:

1. Wash and rinse split lentil a few times, then add water to the split lentil pot, and bring to boil on medium-high heat for about 5-7 minutes.

2. After the soup is boiled then reduce the heat to medium, then add in kabucha squash, carrot, and corn, and let it boil until everything are cooked (about 5-7 minutes), then add sea salt, celery, and cook for 3 minutes, then put in loofah squash, and let it boil for only one minutes, and turn off stove.

*** After put in loofah squash, you should not cook longer than one minute, this will help to retain the nutrition from all the vegetable for your body need, if cooked too long then the nutrition will be destroy with the heat.

Banana Tea

2016-04-29T17:31:00.001-04:00

                   This one is not fully green

Banana tea

I got this recipe a few years ago from listened dhamma from the Thai monk, named Luong pah Jarun on YouTube (sorry, if I spelled his name wrong. I really don’t know how to spell his name in English language), and I did not know him personally.

He said; banana tea is good for the people who have stomach problem, stomach ache, stomach cancer, and intestinal cancer.

It will help to heal effectively, or not, I don't know, but it not hurt to try, because of it all natural. Everybody can drink the banana tea, it's not just for the people who have stomach cancer, or stomach problem, but for everyone, because banana tea may help to prevent you from cancer also.

Banana has many health benefits, but I’ll not talk about the health benefit of banana today, because you can search and find the information all over on the internet.

Ingredient:

Thai green banana (If you cannot find Thai green banana, then just use American banana, but use organic banana)

How to make:

Wash banana until it clean, then slice a very thin piece without peeling the skin off, then dry banana slices in the sun (if you can), or bake it at a very low heat, at around 200 - 250 degree, bake it until the banana are dry.

Not recommend baking at high heat, because the heat will destroy the nutrients from the banana, so just dry it. And as we know, eating raw fruits and vegetables will get all the nutrition to our body than eat cooked fruits and vegetable.

After the bananas are dried, you will need to grind dried banana into a powder and keep banana powder in a jar for later to make a tea drink, and you can drink it as often as you would like too, it has no side effect for drinking a lot of this banana tea.

But one ripe banana per day is good for you too. Thai people loved to eat Thai banana because they believed it's preventing cancer.

Toothache Pain Relief

2016-04-25T17:11:00.001-04:00

Toothache Homemade Remedy

This natural homemade toothache relief remedy, it's helps stop tooth pain within a few hours after used, and helps relief gum swelling, gum infection, and might prevent teeth from breaking, cracking, and might help whiten teeth with continued use.

You will need only 2 things to make this toothache remedy:

- Makrut leave (Haffir lime leave)
- Sea salt.

Ingredients:

2 - 3 oz. Kaffir lime leave (makrut leave), or about 3 to 4 hand full, more makrut leave, more effective to heal.

1 cup Sea salt (add more later if you feel it not salty enough), I think you maybe can substitute sea salt with Himalaya salt. I heard Himalaya salt is the best salt too.

6- 8 cups of water

This will last you for about 7 – 9 days. If water become less or dry out, then you can add more water to the mixture.

Instructions:

1. Pick the bad leave out and soak good makrut leave in the water with baking soda for at least 15 minutes, then rinse it a few times.

2. Mix everything together in a pot or sauce pan, and bring it to a boil on medium heat, or medium-low for at least 50 minutes to one hour. If water getting dry, then add more water as need it.

3. Let the medicine cool down before use the liquid to rinse your mouth same way as you use your mouth wash.

*** Closed the lid the whole time, during boiling until it done, but let the lid open a little bit to protect the medicine from over flow.

Note : Warm the left over medicine at least 2 -3 minute every day, for about 7 – 9 days, before you want to discard the unused portion away. Add more water as need it, and leave the unused portion in refrigerator at night to protect it from rotten.

How to use:

     Pour only the liquid to a cup, for only the amount of liquid that enough to rinse your mouth, switching in the mouth for about 3- 5 minutes before brushing your teeth.

*** Use it 1 - 3 times a days.

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Where to buy makrut leave (Kiffir lime leave)

You can find makrut leave at any Asian grocery store, or Asian super market. If you cannot find fresh, then look for one in the freezer. But if you can find fresh, then you can stock up, and save an unused makrut leave in the freezer for the next time you need it.

Or if you don't know where to buy, then you can go and ask people (owner) at the Thai restaurant, ask them, where they buy makrut leave, and you want to buy some for yourself. They will be able to tell you, because Thai restaurants are always have makrut leave to put in their curry and tom yom soup.

I got my at Hong Kong market for less than three dollars per pack, but it only 0.09 oz., it about almost 2 hand full for one pack, but you should buy 2 pack, and use all two pack, because the more makrut leave, it's will be more effective to heal your tooth pain, and swelling gum.

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Story behind the remedy recipe

My grandfather had made this remedy for me, when I was still a little kid (on the time that I still have baby teeth). One day, I hurt my tooth real bad, and crying the whole night until I fell to sleep. This maybe because I always ate a lot of candy, and don't like to eat much vegetable. I love milk candy so much, but my favorite candy is a bird egg candy, which they made it look like real egg, it hard from the outside, but soft from the inside and have a filling also. Some time grandma bought it for me, but some time I bought it myself, on the way home from school, I will past a small grocery store, so I’ll stop and buy the candy, and I did not buy a few candy, but I buy a whole bag, and when grandma bought it for me, she bought a big bag also.

Grandpa made me rinse my mouth in the morning, with his homemade mouth wash, before I brush my teeth, while he watching me the whole time, I think, he knows that I might not doing it, because of the tast, and I really did not like the test.

I asked him, what did you put in here or what it made off? Something like that, he said, “magrood leave and salt” that all I know and remember, I don’t know he added something else or not, I'm too little to concerning about how he made this mouth wash for me.

But I still remember until today, because of the salty tast, and I also saw makrut leave in the pot every time (days) I took it to rinse my mount, until time for grandpa to throw it away.

His mouth rinse does help stop my toothache. I never see a dentist, until I’m in high school, that I hurt my tooth again and need a dentist to pull it out one bad tooth for me. But on the time that I’m in Middle school, the dentist has came to the school to check the students teeth. One dentist said; I have beautiful teeth, but some of my friend needs to pull out some of her tooth, that dentist told her to go do at the hospital, and she asked me to go with her.

Last year in 2015, I had a swelling gum on the left side, and hurt my tooth at the same time, so it’s hurt so badly, its torture, I cannot chew anything from that side. I tried everything that I think, it might help to stop my toothache, and gum swelling; so I tried from floss my teeth, brush teeth with baking soda, put a sea salt in the mouth on the side that hurt, and leave it on for a few minute, brushed with a toothpaste that someone said it good, and it will heel, but nothing work, really!

While I torture from the pain, and thinking about to find a dentist to pull out my tooth, but then somehow, I remembered my grandpa mouth rinse, so I hurried

go to Hong Kong super market right away, to buy Kaffir lime leave (citrus hystrix), or makrut lime leave, but Thai people called magrood.

While I driving to Hong kong market, I hoping Hong Kong market will have the makrut leave on that day, because they did not have it often, but lucky me, I got it on that day.

After I got home, I washed and rinse the whole pack of makrut leave a few times with baking soda, and then I mixed with a lot of sea salt, and lots of water, and bring to boil for about one hour. Let it cool down before I rinse my mouth with makrut leave water. I feel better and within a few days, my teeth and gum are back to normal, but I continued rinses my mouth in the morning, and night for about one week, before I throw the mixture away.

Thanks to my grandpa, who’s has left this homemade remedy for me, and thanks to the earth that provided great herb on earth for us to eat and use.

Reference Kaffir name:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaffir_lime

Lime helps stop itch from mosquito and bug bite.

2015-09-03T20:42:00.002-04:00

Lime

Lime helps stop itch from mosquito and bug bite, even skin irritation

One day, in 2014, while I used lime for cooking, I had used a left over lime that was already squeezed for cooking. I rubbed the lime on my arm many times on the itchy spot because it was itchy from a mosquito bite, it also swelled up and was red. After I rubbed the lime on the area that was itchy, I continued my cooking until it was finished.

So after I finished cooking and sat down, I noticed that my arm wasn't itchy any more. The swelling and the redness also calmed down. But to make sure it was healed, I got up and went to the kitchen and cut another small piece of lime and rubbed one more time on my arm to make sure it killed all the germs on the infected area.

So from that time on, I used the lime to rub off any irritated skin from a bug bite or even a rash.

Clean the smelly fish from the cutting board

You can also use a piece of lime to clean a sink, or clean a smelly fish or meat off the cutting board. I saw my grandmother used lime all the time to clean off the smelly fish of the cutting board, knife, and hands.

Right now, I started to drink lime juice and hoping it's helps to clean my liver, and flush toxin out from my stomach as they said. From watching the video and reading, they said; the best time to drink lime or lemon juice is on the time that your stomach is empty like in the morning and night. Some said, we can drink lime or lemon juice many time throughout the day.

To cut out the sour test, just add a little bit of sea salt, or even honey to the juice.

I also used lime or lemon juice squeezed onto baking soda, and used to clean my face and sometime body. I hadn't used soap on my face for many month now, but still using soap for my body.

Lavender essential oil

Lavender essential oil is also good to help stop itch from mosquitoes, and bug bite too, but it not effective as lime. I cannot remember, it help stop the redness, swelling, and the infection or not, because after I found out lime is better and effective, I never use lavender oil again.

But lavender essential oil can help stop the burn, but you have to apply the lavender oil immediately after getting burned. Don’t wait even a second after you get burn, that way you will never see a burn mark or redness show on your skin. If you wait until skin getting red from the burn, the oil will not help heal the scar, but it still help stop the pain.

The lavender essential oil I used is 40/42.

Sweet Cream Corn

2015-09-01T23:19:00.000-04:00

Sweet Cream Corn

it's an easy, testy dessert and it does not take much time to cook.

Ingredients:

- 5 corns (Sliced Corn)

- Sugar at least 1/4 cup, or more is up to you

- Half & half, milk, or coconut milk (choose your favorite)

* For healthy recipe replace with organic almond milk, fresh squeeze coconut milk, coconut sugar, or organic cane sugar, and organic corn, or 1 table spoon of fresh ginger (optional).

Directions:
Slice corns and put in a pot, mix in sugar, and pour milk over corns until milk cover all the corns, stir and
bring corn mixture to a boil, on a medium-high heat, for about 4-5 minutes, or until corns are boiling, turn heat down to medium-low, and let the corns boiling for another 3 minutes before turn off the stove. Serve warm or cold

Note: For the sugar, just estimate how much sugar you would like to put in the corn, start from ¼ cup first, add more if you need more sweet, use spoon to add an extra sugar, to make sure you will not over load the sugar into the corn, as the corn is already sweet, so you don’t need a lot of sugar to make sweet cream corn.

I normally cook everything without using measuring cup, I just estimate almost everything myself.

*** During cooking, cover the lid only half way, so milk will not over flow out from the pot.

I have a video that showing, how to slice uncooked corn below.

Handmade Soap For Eczema and Skin Rash

2010-06-21T13:43:00.005-04:00

Handmade Soap Recipe
(For dry skin, eczema, and/or rashes for face and body)

Years ago I decided to make my own soap, because my son and my daughter has rashes, doctor called eczema, my daughter had just a few spot, on her both arms, one spot on her leg, and one small on her neck, but my son have a lot more than his sister.

I always bring them to the doctor, and the doctor gave them a medicine to take daily, and a cream to apply on their skin every day, but when the medicine all gone and stop using the cream, the rash came back again, its torture for them and keep me busy all the time.

So, one day I got a book “How to make soaps” from my mom, she brought the book from Thailand in Thai language, and also my neighbor making soap for sale, I ordered oatmeal soap from her with no scent, the soap is good but it's not good enough to heal my son and my daughter rashes

So, I decided to make my own soap by mixing oatmeal with fresh tomato juice with a soy soap base. My neighbor gave me her soy soap base, that she's no longer needed, and its enough for me to make 2 bars of soap.

Reason why I used tomato juice and oatmeal for my soap?

- I use tomato juice because tomato helps to brighten the skin, while Oatmeal helps to moister the skin and stop itchiness.

The oatmeal soap I made is good but not super good, but it's heal the rash and never come back for a while I cannot remember how long, but my daughter rash behind her neck and on the lag, never come back again, except one arm that its itchy again, but it's not bad like what she usually had it before, the other arm is fine no problem the rash is gone.

So, after they have rash again, I asked my neighbor where did she order that soy soap base from, but she cannot remember it, because she ordered from several web site, or she like to shop around. Anyway, I decided to order the goat milk soap base instead, to make soap for my children and myself.

Let’s shorten the talking to the soap recipe.
Oh! One more thing, when you buy the soap base, consider buying all natural soap or 100% natural, if you or someone in your family have very sensitive skin or eczema.

Here are the materials that you need to make the soap:

* Big Pyrex cup for microwave safe (I used 32 oz cup)

* Small measuring cup ¼ cup size

* Spray bottle

* Rubbing alcohol (Use 70%)

* Scale

* Wooden stick or wooden spoon

* Measuring Spoon

* Wax paper

* Molds
(Plastic molds and silicone molds is the best mold soap, it’s easy to release the soap out from the mold).

Soap Recipe For Eczema, Dry and Sensitive Skin

Goat Milk With Tomato and oatmeal Soap

This soap is also good for any skin type, I have oily skin but this soap doesn't make my face more oily. I liked this soap too.

Ingredients:

1 lb. All natural goat milk soap base

1 table spoon grinned oatmeal

¼ cup. Fresh tomato juice

Direction:

1. Cut 1 pound goat milk soap base into a small pieces.

2. Extract fresh tomato with juice extractor to get a ¼ cup of tomato juice.

3. Blend oatmeal and tomato juice for a few minutes in a blender.

4. Melt soap base in the microwave for 10 second (My neighbor told me like that, and I agreed) at a time until all the soap melted to a liquid, take the soap out from a microwave.

5. Pour blended oatmeal and tomato juice in the melted soap and stir until all the ingredients mixed well.

6. Pour the ingredients into the molds and spray with 70% rubbing alcohol to prevent the bubble on the soap. You don’t have to use rubbing alcohol to spray on the soap if you don’t want it.

7. Wait until the soap dry, and harden enough before take the soap out from soap mold.

After you take the soap out from soap molds:

*.* Lets the soap dry on the rack or on wax paper for a few hours before you wrap the soap with plastic wrap, or put in the soap box, or Ziploc bag.

*.* If it difficult to take the soap out from soap mold, then put the soap in the freezer for at least 5-10 minutes, this will help to release soap out from soap mold easily.

Goat Milk and Oatmeal Soap

2010-06-16T11:13:00.002-04:00

This soap is good for dry and sensitive skin

Goat Milk & Oat meal Soap Recipe

Ingredient:

1 pound, all natural goat milk Soap base

¼ cup ground Oat meal

¼ cup goat milk liquid

Direction:

First scale the soap by lay a plastic wrap on a scale, and put the soap base on the scale and weight it for 1
pound.

1. Pour hot water over ¼ cup of oatmeal and set it a side to let it cook or you just use uncooked ground oat meal)

2. Cut 1 pound soap base into a small piece for about 1 - 2 inches for easy melting

3. Melt soap base in a microwave, and melt for 10 second at a time until all the soap are melted into a liquid.

4. Pour ground oatmeal into melted goat milk, stir with wooden stick, or wooden spoon to mix all the ingredients together.

*.* After all the ingredients mixed very well, pour the soap liquid into the soap molds, and let the soap to dry and harden before take the soap out from the soap mold to use. Save the unused soap in the zip lock bag.

Now you have natural soap that can clean your skin without drying your skin.

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