Re: Aeration
Posted: Mon Sep 02, 2013 4:49 pmHey guys, in relation to "limewood" airstones if anyone is interested:
It seems there may be light flavor elements and medicinally useful compounds contained in the wood, although in very low concentrations compared to in it's flowers and leaves.
Interestingly one of the medicinal applications of Linden is to heal and promote liver health. (grog that undoes it's own damage to your body?) lol.
I'm keen to have a go using it as aeration with a small batch of UJSM as an experiment.
If it adds a little something special to the flavor profile, that could be really cool, and if it doesn't, no worries. cheap easy airstone! :handgestures-thumbupleft:
at any rate It would seem it's not going to to any harm.
I also liked that idea of using an oak block instead, although the advantage with limewood airstones and the reason they have a place in the aquarium hobby even after all this time is that they create a large quantity of very very fine bubbles which is needed to make protein skimmers function, but also means that the water or in this case spirit, is more highly oxygenated than with a less fine stream of bubbles such as a cheap air stone or an open pipe end.
References for anyone interested
Quoted from :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia
"Most medicinal research has focused on Tilia cordata[citation needed], although other species are also used medicinally and somewhat interchangeably. The dried flowers are mildly sweet and sticky, and the fruit is somewhat sweet and mucilaginous. Limeflower tea has a pleasing taste, due to the aromatic volatile oil found in the flowers. The flowers, leaves, wood, and charcoal (obtained from the wood) are used for medicinal purposes. Active ingredients in the Tilia flowers include flavonoids (which act as antioxidants) and volatile oils. The plant also contains tannins that can act as an astringent.[11]."
and From:http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/the-linden-tree/
"A RELAXING ANTI-STRESS REMEDY
Linden flowers have always been used in herbal medicine as a calming, relaxing remedy for the nervous system. This is one of those safe herbal teas that can be taken by almost anyone and consumed over a long period of time. When you substitute linden tea for your coffee, you will soon feel a great reduction in stress levels. It is a gentle relaxant especially effective for anyone suffering from nervous irritability. This is because the flowers contain an essential oil composed partly of an alcohol sesquiterpene called farnesol which is antispasmodic and sedative. The tea has been used without harm even for small children, and in Europe a calming bath is made for overwrought infants by adding a strong linden infusion to their bath water.
Children also benefit from the diaphoretic activity when it is given to them during influenza or severe colds. (A diaphoretic promotes sweating, using the skin as an organ of elimination.) There also seems to be an anti-catarrhal effect; one American study has demonstrated that the use of linden flowers for children in the early stages of a respiratory illness will prevent the inner ear infections that often follow."
RESTORING THE LIVER
One of the most remarkable therapeutic effects of linden is on the liver. In this case, it is the inner bark or sapwood of the tree that is used. The French have a phyto-pharmaceutical specialty called “aubier de Tilleul de Roussillon,” Roussillon being a region in the south of France where it is thought that the very best linden trees grow. The sapwood is sometimes used in England to treat kidney stones and gout. But in France it is considered an important liver remedy because it has a mild choleretic action (stimulating the flow of bile through the liver) which assures non-aggressive drainage of the liver. This is the key to natural self-restoration of the liver.
In France it is also known to be effective in treating viral hepatitis, and patients with hepatitis C have shown very positive results after using it for some time. Over the course of treatment, raised liver enzyme levels were carefully monitored and showed considerable diminishment — almost to normal. Other plants with anti-viral activity were used as well, but the importance of linden bark is its non-aggressive action. When there is liver disease, many conventional pharmaceuticals are simply too toxic for the liver to process. Herbal medicine excels in treatments for the liver — all of them bitter remedies which work to decongest and restore this essential organ that protects us from the effects of pollution and chemicals in our food and the environment.
- See more at: http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/the ... iyPCh.dpuf"
:geek:
It seems there may be light flavor elements and medicinally useful compounds contained in the wood, although in very low concentrations compared to in it's flowers and leaves.
Interestingly one of the medicinal applications of Linden is to heal and promote liver health. (grog that undoes it's own damage to your body?) lol.
I'm keen to have a go using it as aeration with a small batch of UJSM as an experiment.
If it adds a little something special to the flavor profile, that could be really cool, and if it doesn't, no worries. cheap easy airstone! :handgestures-thumbupleft:
at any rate It would seem it's not going to to any harm.
I also liked that idea of using an oak block instead, although the advantage with limewood airstones and the reason they have a place in the aquarium hobby even after all this time is that they create a large quantity of very very fine bubbles which is needed to make protein skimmers function, but also means that the water or in this case spirit, is more highly oxygenated than with a less fine stream of bubbles such as a cheap air stone or an open pipe end.
References for anyone interested
Quoted from :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilia
"Most medicinal research has focused on Tilia cordata[citation needed], although other species are also used medicinally and somewhat interchangeably. The dried flowers are mildly sweet and sticky, and the fruit is somewhat sweet and mucilaginous. Limeflower tea has a pleasing taste, due to the aromatic volatile oil found in the flowers. The flowers, leaves, wood, and charcoal (obtained from the wood) are used for medicinal purposes. Active ingredients in the Tilia flowers include flavonoids (which act as antioxidants) and volatile oils. The plant also contains tannins that can act as an astringent.[11]."
and From:http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/the-linden-tree/
"A RELAXING ANTI-STRESS REMEDY
Linden flowers have always been used in herbal medicine as a calming, relaxing remedy for the nervous system. This is one of those safe herbal teas that can be taken by almost anyone and consumed over a long period of time. When you substitute linden tea for your coffee, you will soon feel a great reduction in stress levels. It is a gentle relaxant especially effective for anyone suffering from nervous irritability. This is because the flowers contain an essential oil composed partly of an alcohol sesquiterpene called farnesol which is antispasmodic and sedative. The tea has been used without harm even for small children, and in Europe a calming bath is made for overwrought infants by adding a strong linden infusion to their bath water.
Children also benefit from the diaphoretic activity when it is given to them during influenza or severe colds. (A diaphoretic promotes sweating, using the skin as an organ of elimination.) There also seems to be an anti-catarrhal effect; one American study has demonstrated that the use of linden flowers for children in the early stages of a respiratory illness will prevent the inner ear infections that often follow."
RESTORING THE LIVER
One of the most remarkable therapeutic effects of linden is on the liver. In this case, it is the inner bark or sapwood of the tree that is used. The French have a phyto-pharmaceutical specialty called “aubier de Tilleul de Roussillon,” Roussillon being a region in the south of France where it is thought that the very best linden trees grow. The sapwood is sometimes used in England to treat kidney stones and gout. But in France it is considered an important liver remedy because it has a mild choleretic action (stimulating the flow of bile through the liver) which assures non-aggressive drainage of the liver. This is the key to natural self-restoration of the liver.
In France it is also known to be effective in treating viral hepatitis, and patients with hepatitis C have shown very positive results after using it for some time. Over the course of treatment, raised liver enzyme levels were carefully monitored and showed considerable diminishment — almost to normal. Other plants with anti-viral activity were used as well, but the importance of linden bark is its non-aggressive action. When there is liver disease, many conventional pharmaceuticals are simply too toxic for the liver to process. Herbal medicine excels in treatments for the liver — all of them bitter remedies which work to decongest and restore this essential organ that protects us from the effects of pollution and chemicals in our food and the environment.
- See more at: http://vitalitymagazine.com/article/the ... iyPCh.dpuf"
:geek: