The dying of the light..

[KentPhilip]

No doubt it will be available on the NHS very soon. More crap for Brown to spend money on

[BrowneIssue]

Perhaps I could decorate the house with crystals and sun-catchers on the NHS to help with my blood pressure?

Or have the house-realigned so the pyramidical roof can best be oriented with the sun for my psoriasis? On the NHS.




I could weep.

[TimberWolf]

Guaranteed remedy for thirst!

Strangely enough, pure water isn't the best remedy for thirst. Salt and sugars ease hydration I gather.

[BrowneIssue]

Strangely enough, pure water isn't the best remedy for thirst. Salt and sugars ease hydration I gather.

That's marketing. Just marketing.

[Mich the Tester]

Strangely enough, pure water isn't the best remedy for thirst. Salt and sugars ease hydration I gather.

Indeed; that's why sports drinks include salts and sugar in small amounts.

Isotonic Sports Drink Recipe

200ml of Fruit Cordial Drink (personally I'd recommend less; 150 ml is OK)

800ml of water

1g/pinch of salt

Mix well and Chill.

[TimberWolf]

That's marketing. Just marketing.

Respectable(ish) source otherwise I wouldn't have remembered it.

[expat]

Arnica is not a homeopathic remedy though, is it?

I think the point is that when presented as a homeopathic remedy, it is so diluted that there is effectively none of it in the product (just a few molecules on average), so it doesn't matter whether it works or not, when you take a homeopathic "remedy" you are not actually taking any of the allegedly active ingredient.

[cojak]

Dilute your piss in a small, expensively labeled bottle - just as much use and easily as profitable.

Actually piss is a very useful substance, It's sterile the moment it comes out of your body and is excellent for treating chilblains. It is also really good to warm your hands if they gotten cold while kayaking or diving (would recommend eating your sarnies 1st though..) It's also good for easing piles if you wee in the bath.

You can also use it for highlighting your hair, although cat's piss is better for this (why do they say something is 'cat's piss' to mean it's weak? Never understood that one...).

And there's loads more uses (but I suspect you've had enough... )

Certainly more use than arnica...

[TykeMerc]

Strangely enough, pure water isn't the best remedy for thirst. Salt and sugars ease hydration I gather.

Actually true, I well remember when my middle son at the age of two came down with some appalling stomach bug that was pushing him rapidly towards dehydration the doctor advised adding small amounts of salt and sugar to the water he was drinking copiously until the doc could get there. Apparently pure water would have been dangerous in the quantities he was drinking.

[cojak]

Actually true, I well remember when my middle son at the age of two came down with some appalling stomach bug that was pushing him rapidly towards dehydration the doctor advised adding small amounts of salt and sugar to the water he was drinking copiously until the doc could get there. Apparently pure water would have been dangerous in the quantities he was drinking.

Yep, you need salt to prevent the body cells from getting waterlogged and their walls from collapsing...