According to wikipedia article on Sterculia lychnophora (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculia_lychnophora):
According to the Chinese medicine, the use of "sterculia lychnophora" is to remove heat from the lung, to cure sore throat, to counteract toxicity, and to relax the bowels. Therefore, when a person has symptoms such as hoarseness of voice, dry cough, and sore, dry throat due to heat in the lung; constipation with headache and bloodshot eyes should consume the Sterculia lychnophora by putting it into boiling water.
And, it turns out the name "Sterculia" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculia) comes from the Sterculius, the Roman God of Manure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculius). So, now you know...
I, er, am not quite sure what to make of that brand name. It immediately brought to mind Hamlet's reference to "country matters" and my next thought was Lady Chatterley! :)
Yes, I guess we wouldn't think twice about a brand called "NatureLove", but who knows how it might sound once it's been translated into another language.
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Date: 2011-09-18 06:24 am (UTC)`
My but the mind goes a'wandering over that one! :o)
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Date: 2011-09-18 06:38 am (UTC)According to the Chinese medicine, the use of "sterculia lychnophora" is to remove heat from the lung, to cure sore throat, to counteract toxicity, and to relax the bowels. Therefore, when a person has symptoms such as hoarseness of voice, dry cough, and sore, dry throat due to heat in the lung; constipation with headache and bloodshot eyes should consume the Sterculia lychnophora by putting it into boiling water.
And, it turns out the name "Sterculia" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculia) comes from the Sterculius, the Roman God of Manure (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterculius). So, now you know...
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Date: 2011-09-18 07:34 am (UTC)Though the contents suggest several other possible responses, thus I suppose covering all bases in advance.
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Date: 2011-09-18 09:19 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 02:10 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-09-18 08:42 pm (UTC)