Oh my god, food extract is not the same as an essential oil.
Food extract is the flavoring of something cooked down into a carrier oil or alcohol that is safe for human ingestion.
Essential oil is the pure extract of the plant refined down and distilled for concentrated medicinal purposes to a significantly higher strength than simply adding ground up mint leaves to your water. The two are not comparable in any way.
Cinnamon extract and cinnamon essential oil are not the same thing.
One is about 100 times the strength of the other and can also cause acute organ failure. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the food extract.
Sweet gods I’m not trying to be mean, I want you to be aware and safe and stop putting yourselves and others at risk. Please.
Like maybe my tone is hard to read, maybe it just comes off as really angry but it’s not, it’s fear and worry. I read posts and clutch my head in alarm going “no! No! That’s how people die!” And then I get exasperated because a bunch of people not formally qualified chime in with “um actually this is a lie” and it’s not, it’s really, really not.
I’m not some big pharma advocate. I’m a crunchy witch hippy just like you with salt rock lamps and rose quartz all over my house. I just happen to have spent the last 15 years of my life studying the actual science of holistic medicines and I’m trying to help you not get hurt (or worse) becuase you trusted a sales person with no idea what the ever loving hell they were talking about beyond a sales pitch designed to maximize profit. Gah.
I see this so often in the Mommy world. There was a lady not long ago in one of the mom groups who was really worried about her toddler. He’d had a persistent cough for weeks and the doctor couldn’t figure out why. Someone asked, well what have to tried to treat it with, so far? She said she was using a humidifier, honey, and eucalyptus EO in the shower every night.
Yeah.
In case you were wondering, eucalyptus can cause respiratory distress in young children.
Sadly I don’t wonder. I have a friend whose daughter died from a home made menthol oil chest rub. She wasn’t even ten yet, but her mom– a qualified aromatherapist– thought she’d be old enough to handle it. She went into respitory distress and died seizing in her mother’s arms on route to the hospital. It was one of the most harrowing stories I had to listen to during my holistic training. She stood up there, on this podium next to a bunch of ponzy scheme essential oil sellers who looked like they wanted the floor to swallow them, and said “I killed my child with good intentions”.
I’ll never forget the look on her face.
So to reiterate, children under the age of ten should not be directly exposed to things like eucalyptus oil, peppermint or wintergreen. If you are using such things in your house and your child starts to complain of headaches, lethargy and general “feel worse”, don’t just assume it’s the cold/flu. Those are all signs of menthol sensitivity and they only get worse with increased exposure. Ventilate the room, take them outside if you can until the air clears. Do not apply again.
Rapid onset wheezing may be a sign of allergic reaction or possible asthma attack triggered by the menthol too. If they tell you their chest is warm or fuzzy when you use it, that’s another sign it’s not going down well with them. Again, ventilate the area or remove anything you applied to them. Administer inhalers if necessary. Watch for any more labored breathing or if they suddenly go limp or you can’t wake them up. If they do call 911.
This can also apply to people with allergies and asthma who are otherwise healthy.
One of the safest, natural ways to alleviate congestion is with just pure good old fashioned warm steam. Keep the air moist, drink plenty of warm fluids. Menthol can help relieve the feeling of congestion, but there’s limited evidence to suggest it actually clears the airways. And for the love of god don’t inhale mustard or horseradish (I’ve seen that suggestion on posts too, though how you’d get those oils I don’t know). That’s literally what tear gas is made of.
As someone that has grown up surrounded by beaches and done surf life saving, I know how the sea works. Lots of people dont. Every summer multiple tourists die here because they don’t respect the sea, if you’re going to the coast, here’s a thing I saw on Facebook.
PAY ATTENTION! This is how you weed out the men who deserve your time and the ones that don’t. These dudes are literally telling you who they are, but y’all refuse to listen. Your safety comes first.
I’m in a FB group where dudes 30 and older were having full tantrums over this post. These are the same guys that admit:
Not deleting nudes post break up
Not believing when women that were sexually assaulted
Not believing sex with a partner that is sleeping is rape
Etc.
Please do not date people that take issue with your protecting yourself.
That woman prolly saved her life the only reason u would be that uncomfortable with if you were planning to do something bad. Ive personally asked for a guys license and took his pic and sent it to like 3 people and he didnt have a problem with it only date men who dont have a problem with it
I had a girlfriend text me a guy’s picture and contact info before their first face to face date. When she told him about it, he said, “What a smart woman! I like her already!” That is an appropriate reaction to the situation.
Getting winded after walking quickly/upstairs with binder on, but able to catch breath
Chafing in the underarm areas
Soreness (during or after) in arms, shoulders, or back
Increased acne on chest or back
Mild anxiety about tightness
Chest sagging
No, take it off and rest, see a doctor if problem gets worse or doesn’t go away after taking the binder off (or after one week):
Nausea during or after binding, including nausea caused by pain
Bruising
Out of breath/can’t catch breath when not wearing binder
Skin rash
Sharp pains in ribs
Not able to cough or sneeze
Numbness in arms
Feeling too tired/sore to do everyday activities
Suddenly having any of the above symptoms even if you’ve been binding for years
No, see a doctor ASAP, could be a sign of serious injury:
Anything from the above category if you can just tell/feel something is wrong, better safe than sorry
Extreme claustrophobia/panic attacks
Sharp pain in chest/heart skipping beats or beating very fast
Not able to breathe
Dizziness
Blueness in lips or fingertips
Change in shape of ribcage
Fainting
good stuff to know if you wear a binder, especially if you’re new to it. this is way more informative than the basic “don’t wear it for more than 8 hours uwu!!!111!!” – although that is also good advice. sometimes the time you keep it on will vary because of your schedule, and you don’t have to panic if that’s the case. just pay attention your body, know what’s safe, and crack your poor back as often as you can.
Oh my god, food extract is not the same as an essential oil.
Food extract is the flavoring of something cooked down into a carrier oil or alcohol that is safe for human ingestion.
Essential oil is the pure extract of the plant refined down and distilled for concentrated medicinal purposes to a significantly higher strength than simply adding ground up mint leaves to your water. The two are not comparable in any way.
Cinnamon extract and cinnamon essential oil are not the same thing.
One is about 100 times the strength of the other and can also cause acute organ failure. I’ll give you a hint, it’s not the food extract.
Sweet gods I’m not trying to be mean, I want you to be aware and safe and stop putting yourselves and others at risk. Please.
Like maybe my tone is hard to read, maybe it just comes off as really angry but it’s not, it’s fear and worry. I read posts and clutch my head in alarm going “no! No! That’s how people die!” And then I get exasperated because a bunch of people not formally qualified chime in with “um actually this is a lie” and it’s not, it’s really, really not.
I’m not some big pharma advocate. I’m a crunchy witch hippy just like you with salt rock lamps and rose quartz all over my house. I just happen to have spent the last 15 years of my life studying the actual science of holistic medicines and I’m trying to help you not get hurt (or worse) becuase you trusted a sales person with no idea what the ever loving hell they were talking about beyond a sales pitch designed to maximize profit. Gah.
I see this so often in the Mommy world. There was a lady not long ago in one of the mom groups who was really worried about her toddler. He’d had a persistent cough for weeks and the doctor couldn’t figure out why. Someone asked, well what have to tried to treat it with, so far? She said she was using a humidifier, honey, and eucalyptus EO in the shower every night.
Yeah.
In case you were wondering, eucalyptus can cause respiratory distress in young children.
Sadly I don’t wonder. I have a friend whose daughter died from a home made menthol oil chest rub. She wasn’t even ten yet, but her mom– a qualified aromatherapist– thought she’d be old enough to handle it. She went into respitory distress and died seizing in her mother’s arms on route to the hospital. It was one of the most harrowing stories I had to listen to during my holistic training. She stood up there, on this podium next to a bunch of ponzy scheme essential oil sellers who looked like they wanted the floor to swallow them, and said “I killed my child with good intentions”.
I’ll never forget the look on her face.
So to reiterate, children under the age of ten should not be directly exposed to things like eucalyptus oil, peppermint or wintergreen. If you are using such things in your house and your child starts to complain of headaches, lethargy and general “feel worse”, don’t just assume it’s the cold/flu. Those are all signs of menthol sensitivity and they only get worse with increased exposure. Ventilate the room, take them outside if you can until the air clears. Do not apply again.
Rapid onset wheezing may be a sign of allergic reaction or possible asthma attack triggered by the menthol too. If they tell you their chest is warm or fuzzy when you use it, that’s another sign it’s not going down well with them. Again, ventilate the area or remove anything you applied to them. Administer inhalers if necessary. Watch for any more labored breathing or if they suddenly go limp or you can’t wake them up. If they do call 911.
This can also apply to people with allergies and asthma who are otherwise healthy.
One of the safest, natural ways to alleviate congestion is with just pure good old fashioned warm steam. Keep the air moist, drink plenty of warm fluids. Menthol can help relieve the feeling of congestion, but there’s limited evidence to suggest it actually clears the airways. And for the love of god don’t inhale mustard or horseradish (I’ve seen that suggestion on posts too, though how you’d get those oils I don’t know). That’s literally what tear gas is made of.
I apologize sincerely for bringing this long post back into your lives, fam, but I’m getting inundated with questions about what can the possible harm be if you dab a little neat peppermint oil on your child’s skin to help them with a little head cold, and this is the most succinct way I can put it.
The harm you may do, is in fact death. I am not telling you these things to be a kill joy, I’m telling you so you won’t accidentally kill yours.
This is demonstrating why you absolutely do not pour water on a grease fire.
holy shit
Okaaaay. If any of you actually have a grease fire in the kitchen put the lid on the pan. It will suffocate the flames. Don’t pour water on it, and don’t freak out. Cook safely!
Or throw flour on it to smother it.
/quick safety announcement
NO, DO NOT USE FLOUR, DO NOT USE FLOUR TO SMOTHER A FIRE.
YOU HAVE TO USE BAKING SODA.
Throwing flour into a fire can cause it to combust and make the fire worse because FLOUR/SUGAR IS FLAMMABLE. One cup of flour into a grease fire can have the explosive force of dynamite.
The reason you use baking soda is that it releases carbon dioxide when heated, and CO2 is a fire suppressant.
REBLOGGING FOR LAST COMMENT TO SAVE LIVES
can we talk about how this is from a tv-show called “do not try this at home” where they tested all sort of stuff you’re not supposed to do, but they only got four episodes because after this experiment they burned the house they were filming in to the ground.
Y’all, remember that Mythbusters episode where they dropped a can of chicken stock in a pot of frying oil just for shits’n’giggles? If you haven’t, I strongly suggest looking up the clip. Grease fires are something you absolutely do not fuck with.
If you’re at a protest and you need medical help, do not accept that help from the police, even if they’re offering. They do not have your best interests at heart.
Street medics are at least as qualified as the police to give first aid. Some of us have first aid certificates – the police aren’t likely to have more than this. Many of us are current or former healthcare workers with more training and experience than the police have in these fields. All of us care more about getting you out safely than the police do. We won’t be mining you for information while you’re vulnerable, we won’t try to remove you from the protest unless that’s genuinely in your best interest, and we probably weren’t the ones who hurt you in the first place.
Call for a medic or call an ambulance, but don’t accept help from police. They will fuck you over.
And now for why I’m posting this.
Yesterday we were blockading an oil industry conference. At about 6.10am a protester sustained a head/neck injury. An ambulance was called immediately by protesters.
Due to the nature of his injury, we were not able to move this person until the ambulance crew arrived. He was left leaning against a wall for an hour and a half while we repeatedly called for an ambulance to try to get help for him. The police line was only about 2m away, and every time they pushed the line forwards he was at risk of further injury from people falling over him. Protesters and medics were very aware of this risk. Police knew about the risk but did nothing to minimise it. The injured person was finally taken to hospital by ambulance at about 8.30am.
[Image: a line of police stand behind a line of seated protestors. To the right, a line of protesters sits along a wall. The injured person is just barely visible at the very bottom right of the photo, lying against the wall. This is how close the police were. Now imagine what happens when they shove those protesters forwards.]
Fast forward to after we got home, and what is the media saying?
Amas said police responded to a call for assistance regarding the
injured man, who was in his 50s, but he declined any police help.
“The
role of police at these type of events is to ensure safety and uphold
the law while recognising the lawful right to protest.”
And that was one of the better articles. Very few media sources questioned the fact that police were putting this person at further risk while street medics who are ALL at least as qualified as the police to give aid tried our best to get an ambulance on site to help him. Police responded to the call? We didn’t call police, we called an ambulance. Repeatedly. Why do they think they can deal with a neck injury? The medics on site were first-aiders and current and former nurses and caregivers, and we KNEW we couldn’t deal with it on site. The police took this man’s options away from him and prevented proper medical help from reaching him for an hour and a half. I will never not be angry about that.
please don’t tell people how they should deal with their periods. not everyone wants to use a diva cup, or a reusable pad. these things can be uncomfortable and miserable.
it’s nice to suggest alternatives that people may not be aware of, but do not demand someone use it because it’s more cost effective or something.
like some things don’t work for some people and if there is an option that works best for them you shouldn’t argue with them over that.
Good: sharing accurate, factual information about a variety of ways to deal with menstrual cycles (the periods themselves and the other parts)
Bad: shaming anything you yourself wouldn’t use, and/or actively insisting everyone else use it
On that note lemme dig up the Sexplanations video that introduced like 3-5 products I wasn’t aware of, including homemade??? Here is a YouTube link. Longform for copy/pasting: https://youtu.be/5Dkn-e7idP0
lmao i’m already getting hate mail over this post from terfs. fuck off.
As a microbiologist, I cannot discourage you enough from using the sponge method. Especially if you’re treating it with something toxic, like Hydrogen Peroxide, Tea Tree Oil, etc. You can a) get chemical burns in your vagina (ow) even at what seem like low dilutions b) absorb toxins via the mucous membranes in there c) destroy the germs that live in your vagina naturally, opening you up to all sorts of yeast and bacterial infection.
Also? The natural sponge is NOT processed for internal use, so it is potentially a reservoir of bacteria, as well as various chemicals that were never meant for internal use. It was processed for use in the kitchen or bath and has been treated with various things to make it look or smell more appealing to customers. If you’re getting it practically straight out of the ocean, it’s still a bacteria reservoir that can, and possibly will, shred when you try and pull it out of your vagina.
Washables? Cups? Disposables? All fine if you use them properly. There’s probably a few other things that I haven’t covered because I saw the sponge and ran back to make sure nobody was putting hydrogen peroxide in there.
That is the exact spot my parents found a stray kitten. Nice little addition to the family, but would have been a terrible addition to the pavement had she not been very vocal OTL
No joke, the place where that cat is resting in this picture is called a “dead cat hole” it’s an automotive term. Don’t believe me, look it up.
This is also where I found a stray cat, she was up in there during a thunderstorm and I begged my dad to let me being her inside and that’s the story of how I got my first cat.
Please don’t skip over this without reading it and making a mental note. Even if you don’t have a car, tell your parents or whoever, and make sure to do this. You think that’ll never happen but that’s what everyone thought who had this happen and didn’t check, and that poor cold cat met with a terribly sad end.
can we stop pretending that doctors treat everyone equally and that they don’t have prejudices towards poc, lesbians/gays/bisexuals, trans people, fat people, people of a certain religion, poor people/people on benefits etc and that it actually stops people from getting a diagnosis and/or treatment. stop acting like people with chronic pain, mental illness or other medical issues can just “go see a doctor” and get all the help and diagnosis’s that they need.
Doctors do not study for 8 years + the amount of years in interning for their field, to be “ablest”. You realize people become doctors so they can cure those with these diseases. It’s more beneficial, in fact, for unhealthy people to walk into their clinic. I’m not usually one to say this, but..if you aren’t a doctor, don’t speak like you understand them. Black people have to be treated differently becuase they are at a higher risk for hypertension/high blood pressure. People with phobias of knives and needles should be treated differently from people without phobias. Fat people have a higher rate of mortality at a younger age, and that needs to be debt with.
There’s a difference between speaking your mind and being uneducated, you are the latter.
idk what kind of world you are living in if you genuinely believe that every doctor has good intentions and that none of them hold prejudices, make mistakes or abuse their position of power but I, and many others, have had bad and even downright traumatic experiences with medical staff. Like I’m glad you or your loved ones haven’t had these experiences but don’t disregard all of us who have.
not to mention, I have friends that study medicine. they don’t just get taught science, they get taught prejudice. they get tested on “stereotypes” such as “the hysterical young female with anxiety” as the correct answers to people coming to them with problems. not to mention that the majority of research was done on white people, usually cis males. all this together with the stress of the job mean that a lot of doctors, even if they did originally mean well, can do harm instead, sometimes without even realising they did anything wrong
EXCELLENT points omg thank you.Thiswas just removed from a nursing textbook. Thankfully it was dealt with, but the fact that it freaking managed to make it to publishing in the first place shows there’s DEFINITELY something wrong with the way we teach the people in charge of our medical treatment. And the research thing is a huge problem. We know lots about how things affect lab rats and white, usually middle-upper class men, but we are definitely slowing down treatment and research by just acting like that that applies to every demographic out there.
As someone who studies medical science (no I’m not training to become a doctor, i work in veterinary and laboratory sciences, but I attend class with all those future doctors) there are people becoming doctors who are prejudiced, being a “doctor” doesn’t get rid of that.
Training and knowledge don’t make you a good or fair person. And there are countless examples of “doctors” and “scientists” who fake results, fudge data, and lie about data to further their work or push an ideology (example. those who publish research papers saying vaccines cause autism or those saying the lgbt community have mental damage; there were scientists and doctors who were nazis too you know).
A pretty diploma on the wall doesn’t mean you believe in health and freedom for all. It means you got through medical school.
There are absolutely some predjuced f*ckers in the medical industry. So your research. Look up your doctors online before you meet them if at all possible. Report those abusing the system.
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