Off Topic Visiting Your GP

Strongest you can buy over the counter are nurofen plus and they contain 12.8mg of codeine in each tablet.

Most countries you'd need a prescription for that amount of codiene.

Best thing for pain tho. Completely rids most pains.

 

I can think of better pain killers

 

SNAIL?

 

I can think o

WHAAAAT???

 

I know some people use snail water to heal wounds.

 

Snail water????

 

Snail Water? Did I read that right?
ON SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 BY ARCHIVISTKIRAIN RECIPES
This Friday, I thought I’d try a little commentary on the home remedy aspect of the collection here (archivist Kira, again!).

One of the joys of working with a culinary history collection is that, no matter what you think you know, you’ll be surprised, sometimes a little disgusted…and ALWAYS inspired to learn when you are caught off guard. So, when perusing a handwritten manuscript receipt* book from England, c.1731, I did a double take. “Snail Water.” I read it twice, then kept going, just to be sure: “Take 6 Lbs of Garden Snails…”

Reading further along, the receipt instructs readers to bruise the snails, shells and all. As the list on ingredients continued (16 eggs with shells, half an ounce of nutmeg, root of “liquorice,” to mention a few), I wondered what would actually cause someone to ingest this mixture. A little research later, it turns out “snail water” was a common treatment for consumption (tuberculosis) during the 17th and 18th centuries. Recipes varied greatly—at least one included ground up earthworms in addition to snails, as well as various combinations of herbs—but none proved to be a miracle cure.

We invite you to view our recipe, though I wouldn’t suggest trying it, before you accuse me of cruelty to snails. The 1731 Book for Receipts is available online in pdf. The recipe for snail water is on page 23, but the whole item is worth a look (check out that handwriting!). If you want to pickle something, this is the manuscript item for you: walnuts, kidney beans, pigeons, muskmelons, and the list goes on…

You know some ****ing weird people, dribs

 

Is true.. when you kill the snail there are some blue water that comes out. It is healing medicine for some people.

 

Possibly for some lost tribe in the tropical rain forest

 

The Effectiveness of Snail Slime and Chitosan in
Wound Healing

Agnes Sri Harti, S. Dwi Sulisetyawati, Atiek Murharyati, and Meri Oktariani

Departement of Nursing, Kusuma Husada Surakarta School of Health Science, Surakarta, Indonesia
Email: [email protected], {sanni_salsabila, amorhayati, merry_octariani} @yahoo.co.id

Ika Budi Wijayanti

Departement of Midwifery, Kusuma Husada Surakarta School of Health Science, Surakarta, Indonesia
Email: [email protected]

Abstract
—Snail slime (Achatina fulica) has many functions,

including wound or scratch and gingivitis healings, and skin
care. The essential substances contained in the snail slime
involve glycosaminoglycans and proteins. The proteins have
important biological functions, including as a bacterial
protein (enzyme) binding receptor. Chitosan is a natural
polymer containing a hydroxyl group (OH) and amine
groups (NH2) which is positively charged in acidic solution.
It is antimicrobial and polycationic, so that it can be used as
a coagulant agent. The research aims at finding out the
effectiveness of snail slime and chitosan in wound healing.
The methods employed in the research included isolation of
snail slime, the synthesis of chitosan (2%), and
in vivo

treatment stages using 5 groups of mice as negative controls,
snail slime and chitosan (2%). The ratios of snail slime and
chitosan examined were 1: 1, 1: 2, and 2: 1. The result shows
that snail slime and chitosan (2%) with the ratio of 1: 2 is
effective in wound healing. The content of the antiinflammatory
factor in snail slime and antimicrobial.

Index Terms
—chitosan, snail slime, wound healing


I. I
NTRODUCTION

Wound healing is crucial to bring back skin integrity
and it is also a complex and dynamic process with a
predictable pattern. Proliferation phase is one of
significant phases in wound healing, and it occurs after
the inflammatory phase [1]. The proliferation or
fibroblastic phase will occur quickly if there is no
infection and contamination in the inflammatory phase
[2].
The use of chemical compounds for wound healing or
chemotherapy including povidone iodine sometimes
gives a toxic effect in in vitro studies. Therefore, other
alternative treatments using natural materials which are
useful as antimicrobial factors, such as snail slime and
chitosan, are highly required.
Wound healing with snail slime can be one of the
alternatives because it is not only easy to use, but it also
can spread well in the skin. In addition, it does not clog
skin pores, and it has an antibacterial effect. Snail slime
gives a positive reaction to test for protein contents,
comprising amino acids and proteins which play role in

Manuscript received November 25, 2015; revised January 25, 2016.

cell regeneration and growth. The animal protein content
of snail slime has a high biological value in wound
healing and in the inhibition of inflammatory process.
Slime of
Achatina fulica can heal wound twice faster than

the normal saline solution can. The essential content of
snail slime includes
glycosaminoglycan that can bind

copper peptide. The snail’s proteins have essential

biological functions, comprising as bacterial protein
(enzyme) binding receptor [3].
Chitosan is three-high-molecular weight natural
polymer. It is nonpoisonous; it can accelerate wound
healing, reduce blood cholesterol levels, stimulate the
immune response and can be biologically decomposed. It
has a stronger antimicrobial property compared to chitin
in avoiding fungi because it has an active group that will
bind to microbes, so it can inhibit microbial growth.
Chitosan has a good chemical reactivity because it has a
number of hydroxyl (OH) and amine groups (NH2)
attaching to its chain. One of its important characteristics
is that it has a positive charge in acidic solution. The
substance is a stronger antifungal factor compared to
chitin. In addition, chitosan is polycationic, so it can be
used as a clotting agent [4].
The research aims at finding out the effectiveness of
snail slime and chitosan in wound healing. The content of
the antiinflammatory factor in snail slime and
antimicrobial factor in chitosan is supposed to be
potential and effective combination in wound healing.
II. M
ATERIAL AND METHODS

A. Material and Samples

The research was conducted at the Microbiology and
Parasitology Laboratory of Medical Faculty of Sebelas
Maret University and the Science Laboratory of Kusuma
Husada Surakarta School of Health for 6 months.
The materials used included crude chitosan
synthesized from crab shell waste and chitosan
manufactured by Biotechsurindo in Cirebon.

B. Isolation of Snail Slime

The snail slime isolation as in Fig. 1 was obtained from
10-50 local snails (
Achatina fulica) using an electric

shock from 5-10 volt power supply for 30-60 seconds.

International Journal of Pharma Medicine and Biological Sciences Vol. 5, No. 1, January 2016

©2016http://www.ijpmbs.com/papers/13-E0007.pdf


HRC- Before you judge. This an aritcle from an acedemic after doing some research.

 

Think I'll stick to germolene

 

You will need something a lot stronger after what you have been up to, my son!

 

Two things -

1) GP's are reluctant to prescribe pain killers that are stronger than those available over the counter as they can become adictive. If your symptomes persist, etc

2) The treatment I had for my cancer over the last year, including the robotic prostatectomy (which wasn't done by Thandie Newton in Westworld) is apparently over £100k, according to my ex, a nurse who works at the hospital. And that's including the wages, equipment, etc. Oh, and so far.

When the NHS works (even for those it is not curing but giving palliative care to), it is magnificent. I spent a week in a urology ward after I got an infection a fortnight after my op. There was one, poor, overworked nurse one night tending to forty of us in total. Old men, worse off than me, wailing with kidney stone and various other bladder - related issues, and the nurse is the only one who can administer medication. God help my daughter, and what she's getting into - the NHS will spend millions (billions) on doing something wonderful - but won't spend enough money to properly staff our hospitals, nor have enough GP's to anything but listen for 5 minutes and stuff you out of the door with anti-depressants or advice to go to Tesco's and buy Asprin.

Have to say though Milk, no offence but this Charlie Garde thing is infuriating me, not because of the complexities of the case (that is what the law is there for) but the ****ing interference of Christian, right-wing groups from the US and your grandstanding president jumping onto the self-righteous bandwagon. Have a look at the rate of infant mortality in the richest country in the world:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_infant_mortality_rate

Many poor families in the US wish, I'm sure, that their president and Christian fundamentalist groups cared as much about their children as a tragic case in the UK. Despite what Fox News is telling the US public, this case isn't about money. I'd take our NHS over your system any day of the week - unless you're rich.

 

Carbolic?

 

A lot of back pains are caused by poorly fitted bras.

Just saying

 

HRC or Zanjinho likely to know better.

 

HRC?

 

You may have a point, my back doesn't hurt and my bra fits perfectly.

 

Are you a lady boy?..

 

Depends... How much money have you got?