Sunday, December 17, 2006

Anonymous: The cooke, definition of.

Description

Chinese foxglove root is a perennial herb found in northern China. It grows 6-8 in (15-20 cm) tall and has long oval leaves that are covered with fine hairs, fluted flowers that are reddish orange tinted with purple, and a round fruit. The root is thick and reddish yellow. Chinese foxglove root is collected in the fall. Its Latin name is Rehmannia glutinosa and it is also called Rehmannia chinensis.

General use

In China, Chinese foxglove root is used as a remedy for many different ailments: blurred vision, chronic fever, constipation, heart palpitations, hearing problems, hot flashes, insomnia, light-headedness, low back pain, menstrual irregularity and uterine bleeding (especially after childbirth), night sweats, restlessness, and stiff joints. It is also used to combat the effects of aging.

14 comments:

  1. Please enlighten me. How did you get from kook to cooke to chinese foxglove? I see no connection.

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  2. Hello Bennet, I, too, surf.
    I'm positive I was created to surf. During the few short days pror to X-MASS, Tubesteak's Diary will feature the Holiday Nativity
    scene at Bldg. #4, Main Beach, San Onofre.

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  3. Hello Foam! We can hardly wait.

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  4. Cooke is Chinese foxglove root. A plant.

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  5. you can also smoke it
    it`s a killer buzz

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  6. That proves it. He's not a kook.

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  7. Bennet baby, that's why we're doing it.

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  8. X-MASS cheers, anonymous.
    What the phuk is right.

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  9. this blog offline?

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  10. BLOG OFFLINE:
    Dingo's gone on vacation, Puttzle and Dr. Ralph are who knows where, Murphy is golfing, Esquire Carton is in court and Wednesday is in the kitchen cooking as all good women should.

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  11. You got that right on all six of them.

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  12. Anonymous all you do is snivel. You snivel when they post, what they post and now you're sniveling because they haven't posted. Stop sniveling or all you'll get for X-Mas is a lump of coal.

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