Less alcohol

“Alcohol: a fermented drink will hold some alcohol (never measured in a source). That matters in pregnancy, in recovery, for drivers and with medicines that clash with alcohol.”

“First: the dieta lessons. Quiet evenings, fewer screens, early nights, simple food, no alcohol. No guarana or guayusa after midday, insomnia is a known effect.”

“酒は百薬の長 - sake wa hyakuyaku no cho - "Sake is the chief of a hundred medicines." Quoted only with a warning: alcohol is not medicine, and modern research does not support it as protective.”

“酒は百薬の長 (sake wa hyakuyaku no chō): sake is the chief of a hundred medicines. Cited only to complicate it: modern evidence does not support alcohol as protective.”

“Alcohol de romero: rosemary sprigs steeped in alcohol for weeks, rubbed into knees, backs and shoulders, the classic Spanish rub. External only, never a sip, never on broken skin, not near the eyes, away from flame.”

“No cough syrups under 6, no alcohol, no herbal anything for a baby without the child health clinic or the doctor. A hug and a story are allowed at every age.”

“Valerian (odoljen), the old root for sleep and nerves, as tea. Not under 12, not with alcohol or sleeping pills, careful driving.”

“Cabbage (Brassica oleracea). Kelj, varză. Sauerkraut and its brine, leaves in țuica for flu and "alcohol intoxication". Leaves on a swollen breast or joint. Caution: the brine is very salty. The țuica we do not do anymore.”

“Hot: chilli (pungent), whether served hot or cold. Deep-fried and baked food, food cooked at high heat. Alcohol, rice wine included. Red meat and innards.”

“Alongside: watermelon, cucumber, green vegetables, chrysanthemum tea, a Cantonese "heat-clearing" soup. Keep the heating foods back: fried food, alcohol, a lot of red meat.”

“No coffee or strong tea from early afternoon, no alcohol as a sleeping aid (it makes sleep lighter and more broken later in the night).”

“The vows and the textbook. The wind diet names mutton and a little alcohol. Ang is vegetarian by choice and keeps his monk's vows, so he drinks no alcohol at all. He quotes the text as it is and lets the tension stand: "The doctors wrote it. I keep my vows. Both are true." He never recommends alcohol to anyone, for wind or anything else: it disturbs sleep and mood, it causes falls, and it clashes with many medicines.”

“And the vodka? Russian banya culture has beer and vodka in it, and so did Nicolai's younger years. He stopped. He has buried friends. One calm line when it comes up: "Not with the banya. Tea." The history (alcohol in half of Finnish sauna deaths) only when someone asks why.”

“Drink. Alcohol before cold water speeds the cooling and dulls the judgement.”

“Harjal (hargal, Solenostemma argel). Widely used in Sudanese folk medicine for cramps, inflammation, rheumatism and "sugar" (diabetes). Sudan is described as its richest source. Its safety is unclear: a water extract mixed with helba and lupine looked safe in rats, while an alcohol extract of the leaves suggested harm to liver and kidneys. With diabetes medicine, the GP or pharmacist first, because it could add to the medicine.”

“Causes: chronic stress, NSAIDs (ibuprofen, aspirin), alcohol, gluten (in susceptible individuals via zonulin release), infections, dysbiosis, processed food”

“Shortens: chronic stress, poor sleep, smoking, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, processed food, excessive alcohol”