[FairfieldLife] Re: Break out the old "Primo" Insense man!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wow! Remember Primo incense? You either loved it or hated it. It was great for the frats at MIU when we first moved in to help cover the smell of rotting mice in the walls, especially during the winter. So I always associate Primo incense smell with rotting mouse flesh! ...and I will always associate the frats with the time I was sitting on the toilet one morning minding my own business and one of those mices ran across one of my feets. > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: curtisdeltablues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Break out the old "Primo" Insense man! > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:43 AM > > (the question marks are an artifact of copying the email, > > sorry.) > > > > > > Incense Soothes the Minds of Mice … and Men? > > > > Scientists finds that brain-mood benefits lie behind the > > ancient > > spiritual use of incense > > by Craig Weatherby > > > > Spiritual seekers of all stripes have long employed > > incense as a > > soothing, renewing, inspiring balm for the soul. And scent > > scientists > > note that aromas light up the olfactory bulb … the > > only part of the > > human brain that extends beyond the skull. In this sense, > > they say > > that scents can literally change your mind. Now, > > biologists may have > > learned one reason why. An international team of > > researchers from the > > U.S. and Israel report that burning frankincense – > > resin from the > > ancient medicinal Boswellia plant – activates ion > > channels in the > > brain in ways known to alleviate anxiety and depression > > (Moussaieff A > > et al. 2008). > > Key Points > > > > Study in mice indicates how and why compounds in incense > > fumes > > alleviate anxiety and depression. > > > > Aromatic agent in Frankincense affected mouse brain areas > > involved in > > emotions and nerve circuits affected by anxiety/depression > > drugs. > > > > Frankincense agent also activated a protein that plays a > > role in the > > skin's perception of warmth. > > > > According to co-author Raphael Mechoulam, 'We found > > that incensole > > acetate, a Boswellia resin constituent … lowers > > anxiety and causes > > antidepressant-like behavior.' (FASEB 2008) > > > > > > > > When the researchers administered incensole acetate to > > mice, it > > significantly affected brain areas involved in emotions and > > nerve > > circuits affected by current anxiety and depression drugs. > > > > > > > > Specifically, incensole acetate activated a protein called > > TRPV3, > > which is present in mammalian brains and known to play a > > role in the > > perception of warmth of the skin. > > > > > > > > This finding suggests that relief from depression and > > anxiety – and > > possible sources of new drugs to combat these conditions > > – may lie in > > this ancient, aromatic element of myriad churches, temples, > > and yogi > > caves. > > > > > > > > As the authors wrote, 'Our results … may > > provide a biological basis > > for deeply rooted cultural and religious traditions.' > > > > > > > > Gerald Weissmann, M.D., Editor-in-Chief of The FASEB > > Journal, which > > published the study, made this comment in a press release: > > 'The discovery of how incensole acetate, purified from > > frankincense, > > works on specific targets in the brain should also help us > > understand > > diseases of the nervous system. This study also provides a > > biological > > explanation for millennia-old spiritual practices that have > > persisted > > across time, distance, culture, language, and religion > > — burning > > incense really does make you feel warm and tingly all > > over.' (FASEB 2008) > > > > > > > > Indeed, ancient tradition suggests that perfumed smoke may > > lift our moods. > > > > > > > > Before reaching for marginal, potentially problematic > > medicines like > > Prozac, it seems worth trying incense … plus > > omega-3s, exercise, > > positive thinking, and socializing! > > > > > > > > > > > > Sources > > > > Moussaieff A, Rimmerman N, Bregman T, Straiker A, Felder > > CC, Shoham S, > > Kashman Y, Huang SM, Lee H, Shohami E, Mackie K, Caterina > > MJ, Walker > > JM, Fride E, Mechoulam R. Incensole acetate, an incense > > component, > > elicits psychoactivity by activating TRPV3 channels in the > > brain. > > FASEB J. 2008 May 20. [Epub ahead of print] > > FASEB. Incense is psychoactive: Scientists identify the > > biology behind > > the ceremony. Accessed online July 12, 2008 at > > http://www.fasebj.org/Press_Room/07_101865_Press_Release.shtml > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To subscribe, send a message to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Or go to: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ > > and click 'Join This Group!'Yahoo! Groups Links
[FairfieldLife] Re: Break out the old "Primo" Insense man!
I lived in 153, the furthest frat before the reservoir. Peter Lyons and I arrived a day before everyone else and we changed the room numbers around to allow us to pick the best rooms. I remember how puzzled the housing guy was when the complaints rolled in, but my squatters rights held up! Of course I did catch a bit of karma having picked a corner room facing the cornfields, so when the wind blew it came right through my bones. The "ladies" were on the other side of the frat so it was a slice of heaven before the prudes took over in later years. Since it was such a wilderness out there and I had to pass Maharishi's frat to get home, I ended up seeing him in small groups quite a bit that Winter. I guess they figured that if I made it that far in the snow they aught to let me in! And the smell of sandalwood incense and decay hung in the air... --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Break out the old "Primo" Insense man! > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 1:05 PM > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Wow! Remember Primo incense? You either loved it or > > hated it. It > > was great for the frats at MIU when we first moved in to > > help cover > > the smell of rotting mice in the walls, especially during > > the winter. > > So I always associate Primo incense smell with rotting > > mouse flesh! > > > > > > > > > > ...and I will always associate the frats with the time I > > was sitting > > on the toilet one morning minding my own business and one > > of those > > mices ran across one of my feets. > > What frat did you live in. I was in 152, the silent fratwhat ever the hell that meant! The hot women were in frat 150. This is the early days at MIU '74-'76 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, curtisdeltablues > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: curtisdeltablues > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Break out the old > > "Primo" Insense man! > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:43 AM > > > > (the question marks are an artifact of copying > > the email, > > > > sorry.) > > > > > > > > > > > > Incense Soothes the Minds of Mice … and > > Men? > > > > > > > > Scientists finds that brain-mood benefits lie > > behind the > > > > ancient > > > > spiritual use of incense > > > > by Craig Weatherby > > > > > > > > Spiritual seekers of all stripes have long > > employed > > > > incense as a > > > > soothing, renewing, inspiring balm for the soul. > > And scent > > > > scientists > > > > note that aromas light up the olfactory bulb > > … the > > > > only part of the > > > > human brain that extends beyond the skull. In > > this sense, > > > > they say > > > > that scents can literally change your mind. Now, > > > > biologists may have > > > > learned one reason why. An international team of > > > > researchers from the > > > > U.S. and Israel report that burning frankincense > > – > > > > resin from the > > > > ancient medicinal Boswellia plant – > > activates ion > > > > channels in the > > > > brain in ways known to alleviate anxiety and > > depression > > > > (Moussaieff A > > > > et al. 2008). > > > > Key Points > > > > > > > > Study in mice indicates how and why compounds in > > incense > > > > fumes > > > > alleviate anxiety and depression. > > > > > > > > Aromatic agent in Frankincense affected mouse > > brain areas > > > > involved in > > > > emotions and nerve circuits affected by > > anxiety/depression > > > > drugs. > > > > > > > > Frankincense agent also activated a protein that > > plays a > > > > role in the > > > > skin's perception of warmth. > > > > > > > > According to co-author Raphael Mechoulam, 'We > > found >
[FairfieldLife] Re: Break out the old "Primo" Insense man!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Break out the old "Primo" Insense man! > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 1:05 PM > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > > > > wrote: > > > > > > Wow! Remember Primo incense? You either loved it or > > hated it. It > > was great for the frats at MIU when we first moved in to > > help cover > > the smell of rotting mice in the walls, especially during > > the winter. > > So I always associate Primo incense smell with rotting > > mouse flesh! > > > > > > > > > > ...and I will always associate the frats with the time I > > was sitting > > on the toilet one morning minding my own business and one > > of those > > mices ran across one of my feets. > > What frat did you live in. I was in 152, the silent fratwhat ever the hell that meant! The hot women were in frat 150. This is the early days at MIU '74-'76 I came in the fall of '75 and spent the first year in the pods and then some time in the second year and thereafter was in the frats...can't remember the number, though. And no hot babes ever took showers with me there, either (although I heard the stories...) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, curtisdeltablues > > wrote: > > > > > > > From: curtisdeltablues > > > > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Break out the old > > "Primo" Insense man! > > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:43 AM > > > > (the question marks are an artifact of copying > > the email, > > > > sorry.) > > > > > > > > > > > > Incense Soothes the Minds of Mice … and > > Men? > > > > > > > > Scientists finds that brain-mood benefits lie > > behind the > > > > ancient > > > > spiritual use of incense > > > > by Craig Weatherby > > > > > > > > Spiritual seekers of all stripes have long > > employed > > > > incense as a > > > > soothing, renewing, inspiring balm for the soul. > > And scent > > > > scientists > > > > note that aromas light up the olfactory bulb > > … the > > > > only part of the > > > > human brain that extends beyond the skull. In > > this sense, > > > > they say > > > > that scents can literally change your mind. Now, > > > > biologists may have > > > > learned one reason why. An international team of > > > > researchers from the > > > > U.S. and Israel report that burning frankincense > > – > > > > resin from the > > > > ancient medicinal Boswellia plant – > > activates ion > > > > channels in the > > > > brain in ways known to alleviate anxiety and > > depression > > > > (Moussaieff A > > > > et al. 2008). > > > > Key Points > > > > > > > > Study in mice indicates how and why compounds in > > incense > > > > fumes > > > > alleviate anxiety and depression. > > > > > > > > Aromatic agent in Frankincense affected mouse > > brain areas > > > > involved in > > > > emotions and nerve circuits affected by > > anxiety/depression > > > > drugs. > > > > > > > > Frankincense agent also activated a protein that > > plays a > > > > role in the > > > > skin's perception of warmth. > > > > > > > > According to co-author Raphael Mechoulam, 'We > > found > > > > that incensole > > > > acetate, a Boswellia resin constituent … > > lowers > > > > anxiety and causes > > > > antidepressant-like behavior.' (FASEB 2008) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > When the researchers administered incensole > > acetate to > > > > mice, it > > > > significantly affected brain areas involved in > > emotions and > > > > nerve > > > > circuits affected by current anxiety and > > depression
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Break out the old "Primo" Insense man!
--- On Mon, 7/21/08, shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: shempmcgurk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: Break out the old "Primo" Insense man! > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 1:05 PM > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Wow! Remember Primo incense? You either loved it or > hated it. It > was great for the frats at MIU when we first moved in to > help cover > the smell of rotting mice in the walls, especially during > the winter. > So I always associate Primo incense smell with rotting > mouse flesh! > > > > > ...and I will always associate the frats with the time I > was sitting > on the toilet one morning minding my own business and one > of those > mices ran across one of my feets. What frat did you live in. I was in 152, the silent fratwhat ever the hell that meant! The hot women were in frat 150. This is the early days at MIU '74-'76 > > > > > > > > > > --- On Mon, 7/21/08, curtisdeltablues > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: curtisdeltablues > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Subject: [FairfieldLife] Break out the old > "Primo" Insense man! > > > To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com > > > Date: Monday, July 21, 2008, 10:43 AM > > > (the question marks are an artifact of copying > the email, > > > sorry.) > > > > > > > > > Incense Soothes the Minds of Mice … and > Men? > > > > > > Scientists finds that brain-mood benefits lie > behind the > > > ancient > > > spiritual use of incense > > > by Craig Weatherby > > > > > > Spiritual seekers of all stripes have long > employed > > > incense as a > > > soothing, renewing, inspiring balm for the soul. > And scent > > > scientists > > > note that aromas light up the olfactory bulb > … the > > > only part of the > > > human brain that extends beyond the skull. In > this sense, > > > they say > > > that scents can literally change your mind. Now, > > > biologists may have > > > learned one reason why. An international team of > > > researchers from the > > > U.S. and Israel report that burning frankincense > – > > > resin from the > > > ancient medicinal Boswellia plant – > activates ion > > > channels in the > > > brain in ways known to alleviate anxiety and > depression > > > (Moussaieff A > > > et al. 2008). > > > Key Points > > > > > > Study in mice indicates how and why compounds in > incense > > > fumes > > > alleviate anxiety and depression. > > > > > > Aromatic agent in Frankincense affected mouse > brain areas > > > involved in > > > emotions and nerve circuits affected by > anxiety/depression > > > drugs. > > > > > > Frankincense agent also activated a protein that > plays a > > > role in the > > > skin's perception of warmth. > > > > > > According to co-author Raphael Mechoulam, 'We > found > > > that incensole > > > acetate, a Boswellia resin constituent … > lowers > > > anxiety and causes > > > antidepressant-like behavior.' (FASEB 2008) > > > > > > > > > > > > When the researchers administered incensole > acetate to > > > mice, it > > > significantly affected brain areas involved in > emotions and > > > nerve > > > circuits affected by current anxiety and > depression drugs. > > > > > > > > > > > > Specifically, incensole acetate activated a > protein called > > > TRPV3, > > > which is present in mammalian brains and known to > play a > > > role in the > > > perception of warmth of the skin. > > > > > > > > > > > > This finding suggests that relief from depression > and > > > anxiety – and > > > possible sources of new drugs to combat these > conditions > > > – may lie in > > > this ancient, aromatic element of myriad > churches, temples, > > > and yogi > > > caves. > > > > > > > > > > > > As the authors wrote, 'Our results … > may > > > provide a biological basis > > > for deeply rooted cultural and religious > traditions.
