Hot Vapor Therapy 2

This time I used Saline Solution.  It is something that is widely available.  Mine is 2 cups of spring water, and 0.75 teaspoons of sea salt.  This ratio gives a salinity of 0.9%.  It's designed to be the same salinity as human blood, so it is compatible with us.  This time I boiled the water on the stove, and then added the salt.  I transferred the saline solution back to the Pyrex measuring cup.  This was a lot hotter than the Tea, so it was producing much more water vapor.  Also hotter water vapor.  This may be the ideal method to use as I feel it was much easier to use...

Hot Vapor Therapy Elucidation

KILL The Virus!  Version 1.0, 03/27/2020

I found some uncommon wisdom in an unusual place today.

A guy at the hardware store asked me if I thought my Respiratory Mask would stop the Virus. I replied no, that it was there to stop me from spreading a previous infection.

He told me that he hadn't had a virus in 20 years, and then proceeded to explain why.  Viruses thrive at our body temperature, but when you elevate this temperature a little bit it kills the viruses.

This is why our immune system response to a virus is a fever.  Our immune systems know that heat kills viruses, and that is why it turns up the thermostat when you have an infection.

It is so simple. The viruses live in our Respiratory Pathways.  Our immune system responds with sinus inflammation and mucus builds up in our Respiratory Pathways to flush the virus out.  But the virus feeds on what our bodies are producing, complicating the problem, and letting the viruses multiply.

So, what do you do? You elevate the temperature in your Respiratory Pathways enough to KILL the Virus. Whoa, that sounds serious, breathe steam?  Won't that hurt you?

Sure, if you get excessive it could be harmful, but the Respiratory Pathways can take the elevated temperatures that are required to kill viruses.

His first solution was to take a pan of boiling hot water, and breathe the water vapor in through your nose, and deep into your lungs.

Then he suggested that there are alternative methods, like taking a hot sauna.

Water boils at 212 F. and produces steam, gaseous water vapor.  When this steam is released from the boiling water it begins to cool off.  You want the steam hot, but not hot enough to burn you.  Water vapor can cool off considerably before it condenses back into liquid water.

This somewhat cooled steam travels down into your Respiratory Pathways, and condenses, releasing heat. This heat is then radiated into the surface areas of your Respiratory Pathways, and applied directly to the viruses.

Atomically the water molecule has picked up electrons from the heat source boiling the water.  This causes the water molecule to expand, or puff up, and gain energy.  It becomes water vapor, gaseous water.

Then it is free to roam around in the atmosphere.  When the water vapor cools it loses those extra electrons, and condenses back into water molecules.  Then the water molecules fall back to earth as condensation.

The effect of this phenomenon may be the condensing water vapor is radiating electrons at the viruses.  We know it as heat, but on an atomic level it may be like the released electron particles are bombarding the viruses.

After doing a little research it looks like viruses are killed at around 133 F. This is So Simple! It is too simple for us to see easily.

An alternative method might be to go into the bathroom, close the doors, and run a bunch of hot water in the bathtub.  Let it get as steamy as a sauna, and then breathe deep breaths in through your nose.

Make a pot of Tea. When it is piping hot breathe the water vapor from it.

Go get a Bowl of Pho Ga.  When it is piping hot breathe the water vapor from it.

Make some Herbal Tea.  When it is piping hot breathe the water vapor from it.

Make Brine, Salt Water.  When it is piping hot breathe the water vapor from it.

I think it might be possible to use essential oils in this manner as additives to the water.

Appendix:  Atomic Physics

The description of the atomic physics I used above will not make sense to someone who has only studied academic atomic physics.  I have studied advanced information that is superior to what is taught in public schools.  Atomic mechanics are really much different than the academic world believes.  In the future I will include literary references here.

Hot Vapor Therapy

OK, did my first experiment with Hot Vapor Therapy.  Let's make Tea.  Nuthin' special, just black Tea.  I was had some trepidation in using something that was boiling actively.

Then, as soon as it is done, you want to put it out on the counter in an open space.  You are going to stick your face in it next, so clear the counter.  LOL!

Obviously you don't want to stick you nose in the Tea.  LOL!  But you do want to get your nose in there as far as possible.  Right now the Tea has gentle steam coming off of it.

Then I use both my hands to mask off most of the pot.  You want your nose in there, and also limit the blow by space so you are inhaling the steam, and not the air from outside the pot.  So there is the first experiment...  Then wait a while, and you can have some Iced Tea...

Making Oregano Oil Palatable

Pure Oil of Oregano is very strong stuff.  I don't even like to use the 100% Pure Oregano Oil.  The small bottle below is about 13% Oil of Oregano, and 87% Olive Oil.  It was pretty strong at that ratio.  I had recently refilled the small bottle with a the larger bottle which is 100% Oil of Oregano.  I mixed the 100% Oil of Oregano 50/50 with Olive Oil, and it is a lot stronger.  You could make the ratio much lower, and it would be much easier to take.  Maye make is as low as 2% Oil of Oregano to 98% Olive Oil.

 Then, another way to get your Oil of Oregano is the old fashioned way, just eat Oregano.  This plant is really easy to grow, and it goes great with many foods.  Pizza, Pasta, Chimichuri, or even in salad.  Generally people do not eat as wide a variety of foods as they should, and this leads to vulnerabilities due to their system not having the necessary resources to deal with the vulnerabilities.

Cherry Smoked Catfish

I found a wholesale meat truck last weekend, and got some farm raised, locally grown catfish.  Well I have to try the Cherry Smoked Catfish again.  The more I use the Cherry Wood the more I like it.  You can smell Sour Cherry in the smoke.  Its amazing...

I'm running the smoker at about 250 degrees, and let the Catfish smoke for just about an hour.

Southwestern Chili Rice Soup

I had a request for my Southwestern Chili Rice Soup Recipe.  It's not really a secret recipe, if anything it is my cooking technique, and the process that makes my food good, and not just the ingredients.  Sure it is important to use fresh, high quality ingredients, but it is the process that makes it great.

One of these Techniques is called Fire Roasting.  Fire brings the food up to temperature quickly, and causes a fundamental change in flavor which is the effect of Char Grilling.  This is very different from Barbeque, or Smoking processes.  Char Grilling causes a taste that is intuitively recognized by your subconscious mind.  Mankind cooked with fire for thousands you years before the advent of electric ovens, and cooktops, and this is why your primal brain loves Char Grilled Food.

This is one of the components for the Southwestern Chili Rice Soup, Char Grilled Corn.  There are also some fundamental elements that your body craves, and required in the Southwestern Chili Rice Soup.  These are Amino Acids, and Proteins.  The basic building blocks of your body are proteins, and proteins are composed of Amino Acids.  So, the next two components of the Southwestern Chili Rice Soup provides a mixture of Amino Acids that have all the appropriate building blocks to make Human Proteins.  These components are Rice, and Beans, then some vegetation will help.

These are all the same components that go into the Southwestern Chili Rice Soup.  Now the one, critical component of the Southwestern Chili Rice Soup is Chili.  That is where the majority of the flavor comes from.  Rich Chiles like the Ancho, the Pasilla, and the Chile de Arbol have been used in Meso-American cooking for thousands of years, and even in other parts of the world.  These tastes are deeply ingrained into our primal brains, an intuitive taste recognition.  Something like Taco Mix, is very similar to a Curry.  This food spans the entire world.

 Southwestern Chile Rice Soup is composed of five things; Chili, Rice, Beans, Corn, and Chicken Stock.  Here is a baseline recipe, feel free to improvise however you feel is necessary.

First Make a pot of Chili, I use Carroll Shelby's Chili Kit, and add extra Jalapenos, and Onions.

Prepare a pound of dry beans, and cook them until they are soft before adding them to the Chili.

Prepare a cup of dry Rice according to the package instruction.

Roast several ears of Fresh Sweet Corn on the gas grill to get the Char Grilling effect.

When I go to assemble the Southwestern Chili Rice Soup I will transfer the Chili to a Stew Pot for more volume.  When you combine all these things you will have a large batch of food.  You should acquire all the necessary cooking tools, and storage containers before you attempt to do this.

First transfer all of the Chili to the Stew Pot.

Transfer all of the Rice to the Stew Pot.

Divide the Beans, and their liquid in half, then transfer half the Beans to the Stew Pot.

Take the Roasted Corn, strip the kernels off the cobs, and then transfer the kernels to the Stew Pot.

Last, add a quart of Chicken Stock to the Stew Pot.

At this point stir the entire mixture thoroughly, and remove from the heat.

I transfer the Southwestern Chili Rice Soup into meal size containers, label, and refrigerate.

As an individual meal the Southwestern Chili Rice Soup can be preserved for around a week, maybe more.  It is then able to be a good, quick meal that is almost no hassle.  Just toss it in the microwave, and you are eating in two minutes.  Now thatz a Nomlishous Nomnomz...

Fire Roasted Jalapeno Salsa

Fire Roasted Jalapeno Salsa is something that I have been making for a long time, maybe decades.  Ever since I got my Baby Q, and I think that was around 2005.  So, anyway this simple Salsa has a complex flavor because I Char Grill the Jalapenos, and White Onions before I add them to the Salsa.

Char Grilling adds a depth of flavor you can't get with raw vegetables.  I also rely on canned tomatoes for this Salsa.  In the middle of Winter you just can't find good tomatoes.  The ones that you do find are grown in a hot house, picked green, and are generally krunchy, so no...

The Vita Mix machine makes this easy, like 5 minutes per pint.  Add a couple slices of White Onion, and 5 Fire Roasted Jalapenos to the Vita Mix.  Then dump in a 14.5 can of Whole Tomatoes, a tablespoon of Bragg Vinegar, and a teaspoon of Sea Salt, and give it a whirl.

Last, add a handful of fresh Cilantro, and blend that in a while.  I don't spin it too much because I like a little texture in the Salsa.  The result is bright, and not too spicy.  Great for Chips, and Breakfast Tacos.  I need to try this on Enchiladas...