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The Complete Detox
The Answer
Colon Cleansing
What is it?
The body is like a stream that needs the flow of fresh and clear water for proper
irrigation.
Colon hydrotherapy is also known as colonic irrigation, a procedure that
cleanses the inner wall of the colon (a part of the large intestines), by
evacuating waste and encouraging the digestive system to function
more efficiently.
A healthy colon is essential for a healthy body. For those who have normal
bowel movements, there is still waste in the colon, which does not get
completely eliminated. Colon hydrotherapy helps the removal of waste
remaining in the colon which elimates the acumulation of toxic waste
and exourages the large intestines to carry out it’s natural peristaltic action, promoting a clean, healthy body.
The procedure involes a soothing flow of purified, temperature regulated
water, inserted gently into the colon through a thin rectal tube, stimulating the colon’s natural peristaltic action to release softened waste. The
inflow of a small amount of water and the release of waste may occur
several times during a session. The removal of waste encourages better
colon function and excretion.
Lavender
Not just aromatic flower, but for culinary and other usage
Estimated price:
From S$180 per session
Excess Body Fat
The Answer
The HYPOXO—Vacu Training System is a system designed to target and
burn fat.
What is it?
This specialised treatment comprises of three different machines—the
Slimming Suit, Vacuum Dome and the Active Suit.
400 vacuum suction cups are used to accelerate blood circulation to activate your lymphatic system, draining out toxins and firming your skin.
The 400 vacuum suction cups are applied to areas of your belly, back and
hips. 200 vacuum cups apply suction and 200 apply pressure to your skin
tissue.
The Vacuum Dome is designed for the best comfort of your body. Lying on a bed designed to provide your body with the best posture, you
are sealed within a dome shape and the ergo metre is set to create and
maintain a vacuum status. 20 minutes of training will burn 1,000 calories
inside this vacuum atmosphere, which can be monitored and adjusted by
the computer processor to achieve the maximum status for fat burning
training. The body’s problem zones experience increased blood circulation through the vacuum suction process. Fatty acids are broken down to
fat molecules and absorbed into the blood stream and supplied via the
blood circulation to the exercised muscles, which in turn convert the fat
molecules in the blood into energy and burns fat.
Estimated price:
Per session S$150
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Lavender, having garnered past Herb of the Year awards by the International Herb Association, is an aromatic Mediterranean native. The two
most commonly produced types of lavenders are English lavenders (Lavandula angustifolia) and lavandins (L. x intermedia).
English lavenders produce seed; lavandins do not. Seed of the cultivars
Munstead, a popular compact variety, and Hidcote, a slow-growing variety with very gray foliage and dark-purple flowers, are offered in catalogues, but the plants produced from seed don’t produce uniform stands.
Hidcote plants, grown from seed, will not look the same as those produced from cuttings. The flowers have different shades of purple rather
than being deep purple and there will be slight differences in growth habit. Though seed-grown English lavenders can be used in the landscape,
the plants will look uniform in height and flower colour.
Lavender Lady, a 1994 All-American Selections winner bred by Burpee
Seed and available from PanAmerican Seed, is a seed-produced cultivar
that is uniform in plant habit and will flower the first year. Lady is hardy
to USDA Zone 5.
Some retailers are finding that more of their customers are asking for
cultivars by name. Some of the popular cultivars of Langustifolia include
the dark-purple Hidcote, Lodden Blue’ and Royal Velvet; white Nana Alba;
and pink Rosea and Hidcote Pink. Because of plant variability from seed,
propagate these cultivars vegetatively to ensure they are true to the type.
The best vegetative cuttings for both English lavenders and lavandins are
taken from non-flowering new growth. Cuttings should be taken in late
summer, although pre-flowering stem cuttings taken in the late spring
can also be successful. Cuttings can be dipped in a rooting compund and
placed in flats filled with perlite. Supplemental bottom heat should be
used during cooler weather to maintain a medium temperature of 65F—
70F. Misting the cuttings may not be necesaary, but the cuttings should
be kept under at least 45% shade until they are rooted. Rooting occurs in
four to six weeks. Botrytis can be a problem on cuttings taken late in the
season.
Production time for vegetative-propagated lavenders is six to eight weeks
after transplanting rooted cuttings. Use a well-drained medium with a pH
of 6.5. Crop time for Lady is usually five to six months everywhere but in
the South, where it’s two months less. Sow seed in a well-drained medium
at a germination temperature of 72F.
Germination is best with light. A slight covering with coarse vermiculite
provides better germination and plant stands. Germination takes five to
ten days. The hypocotyls can stretch very rapidly under low light, so be
sure to move the seedlings to Stage 2 conditions immediately after germination.
Seedlings will need an additional month of growth before they are ready
for transplanting into finished containers. Transplant the seedlings into a
well-drained, pH neutral medium and grow on at 60F—65F nights, 72F
days. Seedlings may be transplanted slightly deeper than they have been
grown in the plug trays if necessary to compensate for stretched hypocotyls. The medium should be allowed to dry o WB&WGvVV