I do love Aloe Vera. It’s gel, so easy to get from the succulent leaves, must be the world’s gift to skin. It just heals, heals, heals. Well known for healing the skin of burn victims, it is also wonderful for sun burns! And small burns, such as from touching the hot outdoor grill by mistake.

My teeth were X-rayed this morning, the full mouth, so lots of pictures were taken. It had been years since I had such a full dental X-ray set done, which is good, but I never like the idea of even these mild x-rays going through my brain and soft tissue. I am sure that in another 50 years or so X-rays will be considered barbaric, but here we are now, having to live with it (or let cavities and bone loss go unnoticed).

Cancer recovery sites on the Internet are full of recommendations for using baking soda and sea salt as a way to remediate radiation and X-rays. Hot baths open the pores of the skin, and the salts help them detox, by pulling the poisons out of the cell through osmosis. A macrobiotic diet rich in sea vegetables was further reportedly instrumental in helping one hospital have 100 percent success in helping their patients recover from radiation sickness after the bombing of Hiroshima.

I have heard the recommendation in so many places that I came home and made myself a hot bath with 1 cup of of sea salt with seaweed, and 1 cup of Epsom Salts! I had read that you can feel enervated after such a bath, and I certainly was. I had to sit down for about 15 minutes, but that was pleasant enough because I felt nice and relaxed.

I don’t know if I mitigated any of the damage from the X-rays, if there was any, but I felt by having such a bath that I was taking care of myself in a protective way. That is worth a lot to me, since I usually don’t take the time….

Note that those with high blood pressure, or are who pregnant, are advised against hot baths.

Half art and half technology, Flowform sculptures allow water to cascade in a series of figure eights, replicating the path water takes in undisturbed flows found in nature. The natural movement of the water allows for better oxygenation, and it improves the water’s capacity to support life-forms. Flowforms can regenerate water’s natural power and are used around the worldin agricultural irrigation and sewage treatment systems.

Even Prince Charles of Great Britain uses Flowforms for the sewage system at Hygrove Castle.

Flowforms are also beautiful, sculptural designs, reflecting inventor John Wilkes study of sculpture at the Royal College or Art.

The book shown here is John Wilke’s classic book, Flowforms:  The Rhythmic Power of Water.