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  2. Chumash traditional medicine - Wikipedia

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    Women were kept isolated during menstruation and prohibited from eating meat or drinking cold water for three days. They also could not bathe, despite daily bathing being common in Chumash culture. Instead, they used the leaves of Wooly Bluecurls as douches. White sage was used to control heavy bleeding.

  3. Nothing by mouth - Wikipedia

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    Pre-surgery NPO orders are typically between 6 and 12 hours prior to surgery, through recovery suite discharge, but may be longer if long acting medications or oral post-meds were administered. It is not uncommon for the food NPO period to be longer than that for liquid, as the American Board of Anesthesiology advises against liquid NPO periods ...

  4. Preoperative fasting - Wikipedia

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    Preoperative fasting is the practice of a surgical patient abstaining from eating or drinking ("nothing by mouth") for some time before having an operation.This is intended to prevent stomach contents from getting into the windpipe and lungs (known as a pulmonary aspiration) while the patient is under general anesthesia. [1]

  5. Nutrition and pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    During pregnancy, a woman's mass increases by about 12 kg (26 lb). [40] The European Food Safety Authority recommends an increase of 300 mL per day compared to the normal intake for non-pregnant women, taking the total adequate water intake (from food and fluids) to 2,300 mL, or approximately 1,850 mL/ day from fluids alone. [41]

  6. Eight hidden dangers of drinking ice water - AOL

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  7. Prenatal nutrition - Wikipedia

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    Diet with exercise may reduce the risk of caesarean section, having a large baby and having a baby with serious breathing problems. [21] Diet and exercise help pregnant women not gain too much weight during pregnancy when compared with giving the women no help to control weight gain or routine care (usually one session in the pregnancy). [21]

  8. Hmong women and childbirth practices - Wikipedia

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    The Hmong believe that after death a soul returns to its birthplace, retrieves its placental jacket, puts it on, and begins its voyage to the sky. Women had a strict postpartum diet that consisted solely of hot foods and drinks. Cold food would "make the blood congeal in the womb instead of cleansing it by flowing freely". [5]

  9. Hot toddy. Green tea. Cocoa. Warm drinks offer comfort in ...

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    Mulled wine. Mulled wine ingredients vary from recipe to recipe but often include red wine, sugar or honey, spices such as cinnamon sticks and cloves, orange slices and brandy.