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yankeeirishman
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Natalie Ann
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What control freaks there are here. Don\'t believe that post you just read!
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Natalie Ann
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YankIrish -
Which looks like Lomboy Blanco - the athlete's foot plant or the one I think looks like a fig?
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woody with a view
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to make a wound water-tite or to form a semi-scab:
cover the wound with super glue.
[Edited on 3-13-2005 by woody in ob]
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Pompano
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Sting ray wounds.....
first - shuffling those feet while wading will eliminate almost all chance of surprising a sting ray or skate.
If you do get barbed it hurts a lot, but not necessarily dangerous as long as it doesn't get any infection. Adolph's meat tenderizer and/or urine
does help for an immediate pain reliever. Then you should soak the injured foot in hot water...as hot as you can stand...the pain will go away
instantly as long as you can keep the foot in the water. Within an hour or two the pain will be gone.
Farmacia solutions:
- antibiotic - Prispen 500mg (1 @ 8 hours to fight infection)
- anti inflammatory - Flamas(? - napracizon?) 500mg (1@8 hours to bring down swelling)
I do what the voices in my tackle box tell me.
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woody with a view
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question?
while in baja (probably away from humanity), when a bout of diahrea (sp?) or food poisoning hits is it advisable to let it RUN :moon:
its course for a couple days to pass the offending bug? or immediately gulp pepto or some other "co-agulant?"
liquids must be replaced either way, i know!
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jrbaja
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Pepto will help
and there's a whole slew of others, but, drink a lot of water if you get it bad bacause the worst effect, (other than the cramps) is dehydration.
Also, stay away from gringo restaurants and eat at the taco stands!
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Natalie Ann
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Food Grade Charcoal Tablets
First trip to Baja plus bad lobster equals one extremely ill gringa. At the 24 hour point I wanted to die. At 36 hours mi esposo talked to the hotel
staff, who later returned from the farmacia with food grade charcoal loaded into gelcaps. Take 3 with lots (and I do mean lots!) of water; repeat as
necessary up to four times daily. Really bad going in and coming out -but helps pull the toxins from your body.
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Pompano
Adolph's meat tenderizer and/or urine does help for an immediate pain reliever. Then you should
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If you step on a sea urchin. Open puncture enough to pee on spine, works amazingly fast. Vinegar will work slower.Hopefully you didn,'t sit on one.
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woody with a view
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First trip to Baja plus bad lobster equals one extremely ill gringa. At the 24 hour point I wanted to die. At 36 hours
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reminds me of a trip to puerto escondido, oaxaca when on the third day i came down with a case of the "ick", for lack of a better term.
after three days of running to the toilet, sometimes backwards, depending on which end the pressure was building from,
my "buddies" finally went up to mario's casa and his wife brought me some tablets of who-knows-what. i would have eaten anything by then. two more
days and i could walk more than twenty feet without the world spinning like a carnival ride.
i've been a believer in co-agulents ever since and won't go on a trip without it. still wondering if it's best to take at the onset of the two-step,
or to wait a day or two?
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I think that what really matters is the source of your squirts. If it is food borne then you should definitely get rid of it before you take anything
to stop you up. If is is virus borne you need an antibiotic and shouldn't keep those little buggars inside you until they are gone...i e you probably
should see a doctor. As stated, dehydration is the biggest threat.
Back in the 80's when we first started coming down here, my doctor advised a pepto tablet a day to coat your stomach. I used to eat
acidophilus(spelling help?) tablets for 2 weeks before we came down.
Most stomach problems are caused by over indulging...in beer, sun...
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Osprey
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Mexican remedies
Here's a few from the southland
Lomboy for skin cancer
gasoline for agua malas
Treda for any stomach problems
Lime juice for sancudo bites
Shampoo for insect repellent
Bite of papaya leaf for intestinal parasites
Huaco (in Mezcal) for bites, stings, snake bites
Stop bleeding with juice from plumeria
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Osprey please explain more
| Quote: | Originally posted by Osprey
Here's a few from the southland
Lomboy for skin cancer
gasoline for agua malas
Treda for any stomach problems
Lime juice for sancudo bites
Shampoo for insect repellent
Bite of papaya leaf for intestinal parasites
Huaco (in Mezcal) for bites, stings, snake bites
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What is lomboy, treda and huaco?
Why is gasoline good for aguas malas?
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow mindedness.”
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\"La vida es dura, el corazon es puro, y cantamos hasta la madrugada.” (Life is hard, the heart is pure and we sing until dawn.)
—Kirsty MacColl, Mambo de la Luna
\"Alea iacta est.\"
—Julius Caesar
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Tepezcohuite powder is great in 1st or 2nd degree burns, try it.
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yankeeirishman
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Oh...here you go
| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
Which looks like Lomboy Blanco - the athlete's foot plant or the one I think looks like a fig? |
What control freaks there are here. Don\'t believe that post you just read!
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Natalie Ann
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YankeeIrishman - say what??
spiney sticky things -In case you have no vinegar and aren't into being peed on, lime juice will have the same effect. My friend got
nailed by a sting ray far from a hospital; couldn't get the entire barb (or whatever it is) out of her foot and it hurt bad and was swelling fast.
One of the locals cut a lime, squeezed it on the spot and then bound the lime with cloth to her foot, told her to change limes but keep one there for
awhile. She hobbled alot for a few days (difficult to walk with a lime between your toes), then this little rubbery nearly dissolved stinger came
right out of her foot. I've found similar treatment works for embeded thorns, bee stingers, and other prickly stickly things we gardeners run in to.
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yankeeirishman
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The fig..........
| Quote: | Originally posted by Natalie Ann
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Natalie Ann
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YankeeIrish -gracias.
And (for Thursday) from the Irish in me to the Irish in you Happy St. Pat's Day!
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Arthur
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That looks like a fig to me, Natalie, and the sap supports the idea. I'm gonna try it the next time I get a cut.
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JR, are you home yet?
you said you have 100's, but not at 50 pesos an hour!
i'd like to hear as many as your attention span allows!
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In that case,
you've already heard them
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