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October 2008—Ginger (Zingiber officinalis)

Ginger is a spice which is used in cooking, most commonly in Asian cooking, in the form of peeled and sliced portions of the root of the Ginger plant.  The Essiantial Oil used in aromatherapy is steam distilled from unpeeled, dried, ground root of the ginger plant.  Ginger is a very pungent, stimulating energy source [...]

Major Body Systems

There are 11 major body systems in the human body.  All designed around a common function of the human body. Let’s review them and they are:

Circulatory

Organs include heart, blood, blood vessels

Lymphatic

Lymph Lymph nodes, Lymph vessels

Digestive

Gastrointestinal tract, tube which goes from the mouth to the anus

Endocrine

Glands and hormones

Reproductive

Ovaries and testes

Muscular

Skeletal, smooth, cardiac muscles are all included

Skeletal

Bones [...]

Digestive System Intestines

The intestines are sectioned into two major portions which are the small intestines and large intestines. The work horse of the intestines is the small intestine where most of the food chyme is absorbed into the body. The small intestine is named that because of the diameter of the lumen and not because of it’s [...]

Digestive System Stomach

The stomach where food is sent to be converted from bolus bits to chyme. The gastric juices of the stomach break down food stuff into a semisolid mixture called chyme. The stomach muscles run in several different directions and are layered in longitudinal, circular, and oblique angles. This allows the stomach to move food in [...]

Digestive System Sphincter

You must have heard the word sphincter as you where growing up you may have associated it with a body part that’s not so nice. Well the true definition of a sphincter is a ring shaped muscle able to close off a tube and hold the contents inside. There are several different sphincters in the [...]