![]() ![]() Some ethnobotanical studies from the south cone of South America report medicinal uses of yerba mate beverage. ![]() Antimicrobial activity of Ilex paraguariensis has been recently studied as well. ![]() Yerba mate extract also reduces acute lung inflammation, as observed in the animal model. The consumption of yerba mate infusion reduces LDL-cholesterol in parallel with an increase in HDL-cholesterol, as observed in studies on humans. Studies have demonstrated that yerba mate leaves have antioxidant, antiobesity, antidiabetic, digestive improvement and cardiovascular properties, and chemopreventative ones (preventing cellular damage that may cause chronic diseases). Research on extracts and isolated compounds from yerba mate has provided a number of pharmacological applications. Yerba mate also contains minerals (P, Fe, and Ca) and vitamins (C, B1, and B2). Saponins are responsible for the distinct flavour of yerba mate extracts. Numerous triterpenoid saponins have also been identified, including those derived from ursolic acids known as metasaponins. Phenolic compounds predominate caffeoyl derivatives (caffeic acid, chlorogenic acid), xanthines (caffeine and theobromine), which are a class of purine alkaloids found in many other plants such as tea and coffee, flavonoids (quercetin, kaempferol, and rutin), and tannins. Numerous active compounds have been identified in yerba mate. Over the last 20 years there has been an increase in studies of the pharmacologic properties of Ilex paraguariensis, which have been reviewed. ![]() Many migrants who returned to the Levant in the 1920s took the habit of drinking mate with them. It is also a very important drink in Syria and Lebanon due to Syro-Lebanese migration to Argentina in the second half of the 19th century. Its popularity is also increasing outside South America due to its pharmacological properties, proven to be beneficial to health. It plays a very special social role and constitutes a very important form of caffeine intake. Nowadays yerba mate is consumed at the rate of more than one litre per day by millions of people in the above-mentioned countries. Since the end of the 19th century, it also became a daily beverage for the European migrants who partly colonized Southern Brazil, Northeastern Argentina, and, to a lesser extent, Eastern Paraguay. By this time, the yerba mate beverage was already popular among Mestizo people (of Spanish and Guarani origin). With the expulsion of the Jesuits in 1768, the plantations went wild. Yerba mate was also known as Jesuit tea or Paraguayan tea and shipped as such to Europe. The Guarani name for yerba mate is ka'a which means “a plant” or “a herb” hence yerba mate has been considered by this group as the plant par excellence. Pedro de Montenegro, a Jesuit monk, in his Materia Medica Misionera described the use of the most important species for the Guarani people, in which yerba mate appeared on the top of the list. The commercial potential of this plant was discovered by the Jesuits, who brought wild growing yerba mate into cultivation. The yerba mate beverage has been consumed traditionally by Guarani indigenous people since before the conquest of South America by the Spaniards. Yerba mate ( Ilex paraguariensis A.St.-Hil., Aquifoliaceae) is a native tree growing in the subtropics of South America, present in Southern Brazil, Northeastern Argentina, Eastern Paraguay, and Uruguay. Newly incorporated medicinal plants, such as Moringa oleifera, are ingested predominantly or exclusively with the mate beverage. The plants are used in the treatment of 18 medicinal categories, which include illnesses traditionally treated with plants: digestive system, humoral medicine, and relatively new health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension, and high levels of cholesterol. The most important species are as follows: Allophylus edulis (highest number of citations), Aristolochia triangularis (highest relative importance value), and Achyrocline flaccida and Achyrocline tomentosa (highest score by Index of Agreement on Species). Ninety-seven species are employed in hot and cold versions of the yerba mate beverage. Yerba mate is not considered to be a medicinal plant by its own virtues but is culturally a very important type of medicinal plant intake. The research was conducted among 100 Paraguayan migrants living in Misiones, Argentina, in 20. This study analyses the role of yerba mate and medicinal plants in the treatment of illnesses within Paraguayan folk medicine. The Paraguayan Mestizo people have the longest tradition of using the yerba mate beverage, apart from the indigenous Guarani people. The use of medicinal plants mixed with yerba mate (Ilex paraguariensis) has been poorly studied in the ethnopharmacological literature so far. ![]()
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Planet Fitness guest rules / policy So it doesn’t matter if your friend wants to show up once a week or tag along every single day… they can work out as often as you do, thanks to your Black Card membership. Only Planet Fitness Black Card members can get guest passes, but these come with unlimited guest privileges. Getting a Planet Fitness guest passįirst things first, if you want to bring a guest to your next sweat session, you’ll have to check your membership status. Continue reading to learn all you need to know about Planet Fitness’ guest policy. If you’re a Planet Fitness member, you’re in luck! These popular franchises have a generous guest policy, allowing you to bring a buddy whenever you need that extra push. ![]() Getting those gains as a group definitely gives you an edge, but it’s not always clear how accomodating your gym will be when you invite a friend. Having a gym buddy can help you work harder, boost your motivation, and keep you accountable. Some things are better together… and exercise is one of them. ![]() ![]() ![]() “By automating all of the administrative tasks that clinicians are required to perform, Notable empowers us to practice at top of license and better serve patients in our communities.” Nicholas Desai, chief medical information officer at Houston Methodist. “Physicians today spend more time in front of their computer than in front of patients,” said Dr. Of course, the proof is in the pudding, and Notable claims an impressive list of healthcare providers using its platform, including CommonSpirit Health and Intermountain Healthcare. The platform also helps to alleviate burdensome tasks for clinicians, such as creating clinical documentation or adding billing codes, Notable said. The system automatically notifies patients whenever the healthcare provider needs information, thereby reducing the need for manual phone calls, paper forms and data entry. ![]() Notable says its “unified digital patient experience” can help healthcare organizations to automate almost every patient interaction, including scheduling appointment, registration, post-visit follow up and payment collection. By using AI instead of human workers to perform thousands of these tasks, Notable reckons it’s able to eliminate more than 700 hours of administrative work per clinician per year. It reckons such tasks cost the healthcare industry more than $1 trillion in administrative costs every year. The startup says its services can be useful to an industry that’s plagued by repetitive, manual workflows. Notable’s platform can almost be thought of as robotic process automation for the healthcare industry, relying on “digital assistants” to complete administrative tasks by clicking fields, updating records and uploading files, just as a human would do. So, for example it might help to collect patient pre-visit registration information, submit a prior authorization request, or reach out to patients who have missed an appointment or are otherwise overdue for care. It then tries to identify automated workflows it can perform. The company has created a platform that leverages artificial intelligence to scan electronic health record systems and other applications. Notable provides intelligent automation to the healthcare industry. The round into Notable, officially named Zealth Inc., was led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from Greylock Ventures, Oak HC/ FT and F-Prime, bringing Notable’s total amount raised so far to $119.2 million. Healthcare automation firm Notable is hoping to expand after raising a hefty $100 million Series B funding round today. ![]() ![]() ![]() However, several of the ones that you can go into in the final game aren't accessible in this version. You can go inside some of the unused buildings in the end-of-game wireframe mode, suggesting that they were once going to be used.Once Delores gets the balloon animal, she can immediately head to the river and quickly bring the game to a close unilaterally, preventing the other characters (and indeed, herself) from even getting superficial closure to their storylines.The game basically becomes a giant abandoned arc once the reality of the universe is revealed, and all the plot points are brought to abrupt endings through magical items.This game has examples of tropes such as: In 2020, Ron Gilbert released a free short game called Delores A Thimbleweed Park Mini Adventure that was made using assets from the main game. Ransome the * bleep* Insult Clown, greatest artist of a generation, has pissed off the wrong person, and now needs to recover the mere tatters of his former success. After an untimely death, a phantom needs to put his last affairs in order so that he might move on to the afterlife. Delores Edmund wants to be a game developer, but if she becomes one, she'll go against her entire family's wishes. The game is explicitly built to the retro standards of the LucasArts adventure games of the 90s.Īgents Ray and Reyes have been called to investigate a corpse lying face down and beginning to pixelate by Trestle Trail, right off the highway near the tiny town of Thimbleweed Park. Thimbleweed Park is a Point And Click Adventure Game from 2017 developed by Terrible Toybox, headed by Ron Gilbert and Gary Winnick. "In a town like Thimbleweed Park, a dead body is the least of your problems." ![]() ![]() However, many homeowners report that these methods are only effective for a short time. You can also purchase a decoy owl to make it appear as though a predator is in the area. You might set up pinwheels or hang old CDs or wind chimes. Various anecdotal sources recommend hanging or placing objects that reflect light, move, or make a sound. Frighten Woodpeckers Awayĭeterrents are objects or products that keep pests away from your home, so consider investing in some woodpecker deterrents. You can remove the feeder completely once summer arrives and the birds are trained to avoid your home.įinally, woodpeckers do eat fruits and berries as well, so you can plant fruit trees and bushes around the perimeter of your yard, well away from your house, to divert the birds’ attention from your home. After a day or so, begin gradually moving the feeder away from your home by a few feet each day. You can set up a bird feeder near where the woodpeckers are currently feeding to attract them to a different meal. These birds like to eat suet, a product made from cow fat, particularly in the late fall, winter, and early spring when other food is scarce. If you’re still having problems after you’ve removed this food source, give the woodpeckers something else to eat. A pest control company will be happy to help you root out the problem. ![]() Treat for insects yourself or call an exterminator. Bees, ants, and termites are all common reasons for woodpeckers to target a home, so check for signs of infestations including hives, rotting wood, or dead insects. Insects are woodpeckers’ primary food source, so if your home or yard has an infestation, it could look like a free buffet. Instead of eliminating them, you want to direct their focus away from your home and landscaping. Additionally, in the US, they’re protected by the Migratory Bird Act of 1918 (even though they don’t migrate). They’re important parts of the ecosystem, and they’re beautiful and interesting birds. This probably won’t do much overall damage to your home, but it’ll give you a headache in short order.Īs with all bird pests, you don’t want to kill woodpeckers. You’ll usually know the damage comes from woodpeckers rather than insects based on the accompanying noise and the regularity of the holes.Īlthough woodpeckers won’t find food or shelter in structures like metal chimneys or gutters, they may find that drumming on these produces a much louder sound - the better to claim their territory with. Alternatively, there may be larger nesting holes. They can drill holes in trees, wooden structures, and even stucco siding.Ĭharacteristic woodpecker damage often looks like a series of small, deep holes in a horizontal or vertical line. Repeated drumming from a woodpecker’s bill can damage a variety of surfaces. Of course, this fascinating behavior also makes them pests. They also drum their beaks against hard surfaces to communicate with each other, mostly to mark territory or engage in courting behavior. Their hard, sharp beaks can drill into wood in order to retrieve any juicy insects inside. ![]() Woodpeckers perform their characteristic pecking behavior for two reasons: to get food and to communicate with other birds. ![]() ![]() ![]() Find a mix of traditional, classic and modern tunes. Of course, almost all of these Christmas songs are great for kids, especially when you're baking cookies or wrapping presents together. Heres a list of the best Christmas songs, including popular hits from Mariah Carey and Kelly Clarkson. ![]() And there are plenty of R&B and religious-based numbers as well. We have some of the most popular country jingles centered around Christmastime, including the best holiday hits from Dolly Parton. We've got classics (think traditional numbers like " The 12 Days of Christmas" and "Jingle Bells"), as well as modern Christmas songs from Mariah Carey, Michael Bublé, Kelly Clarkson and more. We've put together the ultimate Christmas playlist, including all of your favorite merry holiday tunes. Stream songs including 'It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas', 'Driving Home for Christmas' and more. If you happen to be one of those people who can’t wait to belt out the best Christmas songs of all time, have we got a treat for you. Listen to 100 Greatest Christmas Songs Ever by Topsify on Apple Music. But if we're being honest, listening to Christmas carols on repeat starts way before December 25. Christmas Carol Lyrics Away in a Manger The Christmas Song (Chestnuts) Coventry Carol Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas Here Comes Santa Claus. ![]() There are very few holidays where a great playlist is needed to make your day more fun. ![]() |
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