Lützelsachsen in 4 seasons

I lived sometime in Lützelsachsen around Apr 2008- Oct2009

homeopathy

Homeopathy simply explained

What is Homeopathy?
Homeopathy is an effective system of healing which assists the natural tendency of the body to heal itself. It recognises that symptoms of ill health are expressions of disharmony within the whole person and that it is the patient who needs treatment not the disease.

In 1796, a German doctor, Samuel Hahnemann, discovered a different approach to the cure of the sick which he called homeopathy (from the Greek words meaning 'similar suffering'). Like Hippocrates two thousand years earlier, he realised there were two ways of treating ill health: the way of opposites, most commonly used by conventional medicine and the way of similars.

Hahnemann discovered that diluting and succussing (shaking) remedies, which homeopaths call potentisation, not only produced fewer side effects but also produced better results. Homeopathic remedies are drawn from the natural world and prescribed on the principle of treating “like with like” or the way of similars.

WIRKT HOMÖOPATHIE WIRKLICH?
Gegner und Befürworter der Homöopathie haben sehr unterschiedliche Ansichten. Oft widerspricht
die alternative Behandlung mit homöopathischen Medikamenten der Schulmedizin.
Die einen glauben an die Kraft homöopathischer Medizin, während die anderen diese
klar ablehnen. In Deutschland hat die Homöopathie – trotz ihrer Kritiker – mehr Anhänger
als je zuvor. Wie genau homöopathische Medikamente wirken sollen, ist aber nach wie
vor unklar.
WOLFGANG VAHLE (Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Arzt):
Wenn ich einen Wirkstoff herunter verdünne, ihn herauslöse, bis dass kein Molekül mehr
da ist, dann kann die Wirkung nicht zunehmen. Ein Molekül, was nicht da ist, kann nicht
wirken.
WOLFGANG VAHLE:
Ich weiß, die Homöopathen werden wieder Einspruch erheben und werden sagen, es ist
ja keine Verdünnung, es ist eine Potenzierung, aber Potenzen kann man in der Mathematik
erzeugen, aber nicht in der Physik.

Homeopathy - what a waste of time

Research clearly suggests that this alternative therapy doesn't work except as a placebo

There is no reason why homoeopathy should work. According to homoeopaths “like cures like”, so pollen supposedly can cure hay fever. In order to transform it into a cure, the pollen is diluted over and over again until there is nothing left of the original pollen. The resulting solution is then used to create a pill, which therefore contains no active ingredient whatsoever. Homoeopaths readily admit that this is the case, because they claim that it is the “memory” of the pollen that cures patients.

It doesn't work

When tested under the most rigorous of conditions - where neither the patient nor the doctor knows whether they're using homeopathy or not until all of the tests are done - homeopathy has shown to be no better than a sugar pill. That's not to say that people do not feel positive benefits after taking homeopathy - just that those positive benefits aren't related to homeopathy. The placebo effect is often misunderstood but very real, and we're all subject to it. Fortunately, proven medicine also carries with it a large dose of placebo, along with its other benefits. The choice between real medicine and homeopathy comes down to a simple question - would you rather opt for a placebo plus a treatment that has been proven to work, or just a placebo?

It's a waste of your money

The homeopathy industry is worth around £40million in the UK, and around €400million in both France and Germany. While this may seem small compared to the pharmaceutical industry, real drugs have to be proven to be effective before being licensed in the UK - something the homeopathy industry does not have to prove, and something they would be entirely unable to prove. £40million is a lot of money to spend on something that doesn't work. Homeopathic pills are being sold at a cost of around £4.95 for less than 20g of sugar pills. If these pills don't contain any active ingredient and have been proven not to work, then it ultimately amounts to a lot of money for not a lot of sugar.

Szechuan Soup

Szechuan Soup ( Hot and Sour soup)
Serves 6
INGREDIENTS

150 gm lean pork or chicken, julienned 1.5 litres chicken stock 1 clove of garlic, bruised 2 cm piece ginger, bruised 5 dried Chinese mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 10 minutes until soft, drained, stems removed and julienned 2 tbsp dried cloud ear mushrooms, soaked in hot water for 5 minutes until soft, drained, hard ends trimmed and torn into small pieces 30 gm lily buds (golden needles, see note), soaked in hot water for 20 minutes, drained, hard ends trimmed and halved, optional ¼ cup Sichuan preserved vegetable (see note), julienned ¾ tsp granulated sugar, to taste 1 tbsp light soy sauce 1 tbsp dark soy sauce 200 gm beancurd, cut into 1.5cm pieces 2 tbsp cornflour combined with 1/3 cup water 2 eggs, lightly beaten 1/3 cup Chinkiang vinegar (see note), or to taste 2 tsp sesame oil 1 green onion, finely sliced Marinade 1 tsp dark soy sauce 1 tsp Shaoxing rice wine 1½ tsp cornflour combined with 1 tbsp water

1

Combine pork (or chicken), marinade ingredients, ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper and a pinch of salt in a bowl, stand for at least 10 minutes to absorb flavours.

2

Place stock, garlic and ginger in a saucepan, cover, and bring to a boil over high heat, then add mushrooms, lily buds, preserved vegetable, sugar and soy sauces, and season to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper. Bring to the boil and add pork, separating using a fork, then add beancurd, return to the boil and slowly stir in cornflour mixture. Slowly bring back to the boil, pour in eggs, stirring continuously using chopsticks or a fork, reduce heat to low and let eggs set for 30 seconds. Stir in vinegar and season with freshly ground black pepper, then add sesame oil and green onion and serve immediately.

Note Sichuan preserved vegetable (called zhacai in Mandarin or ja choy in Cantonese) is often sold in cans or plastic bags or in refrigerated counters in Chinese grocers. Made from the stems of a variety of mustard green, it is brined, then pickled in chilli powder. It is best to rinse off the excess chilli and salt before use. Chinkiang vinegar is a fragrant black vinegar made from glutinous rice, water and salt, from Jiangsu Province. Gold Plum Chinkiang vinegar is one of the best. Lily buds (golden needles) are dried unopened flowers of yellow and orange day lilies. The Chinese call them ‘golden needles’ because they are thin and yellow in colour. They are sold in plastic packets.

Hermannshof, Weinheim

Weinheim

วันนี้เป็นวันสุดท้ายที่อพาทร์เม้นท์ที่ Weinheim พวกเราเช่าไว้เพราะมีโปรเจคของโรงไฟฟ้านิวเคลียร์ อพาทร์เม้นท์นี้เป็นบ้านของคนชราอายุ91ปี บ้านสามชั้นตั้งอยู่บนเนื้อที่ราว 150 ตรว. มีสวนหน้าบ้านและด้านหลังบ้าน


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สามีพักอยู่แค่สี่คืนต่อสัปดาห์ วันศุกร์ก็ขับรถกลับบ้านที่ Offenbach ส่วนเราก็มาพักบ้างเดือนละครั้ง แล้วแต่โอกาส

ชอบฤดูใบไม้ผลิที่นี่ พวกดอกไม้หัวใต้ดินแข่งกันบาน
เดินออกจากบ้านมาหน่อย บนเนินข้างทางก็มีให้เห็น สวยดี เหมือนพรมสีม่วง

Matterhorn 4478m

มาเที่ยวที่นี่ครั้งแรกเมื่อปี2000 เป็นการท่องเที่ยวแบบ Backpacker และเที่ยวคนเดียว และยังเป็นการเดินทางมายุโรปครั้งแรก ครั้งที่สองพาแฟน(ปัจจุบันสามี)มาเที่ยวในปี 2006

Galmihornhütte 2113 m

Münster GOMS

Neufenenpass 2478 meters

Neufenenpass 2478 meters
In August 2006