This is to reduce problems in the event of an infection. As a result, blood may ooze from the wound opening during the first 24 hours. While at home: 1  Keep the wound clean and dry. 2  If a bandage was applied and it becomes wet or dirty, replace it. 3  Otherwise, leave it in place for the first 24 hours.
After rice is cooked in water, you're left with a bowl full of foul tasting white water. Rice contains starch, which gives the rice water its opaque, white color. These starches are beneficial to plants, encouraging healthy bacteria that grow in the roots. Rice also includes nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus, trace amounts of which are found in rice water. These minerals are also beneficial to plants. However, DON'T water your plants with hot water -- wait for it to cool first.
Red yeast rice is made by culturing rice with various strains of the yeast Monascus purpureus. Some preparations of red yeast rice are used in food products in Chinese cuisine, including Peking duck. Others have been sold as dietary supplements to lower blood levels of cholesterol and related lipids.Some red yeast rice products contain substances called monacolins, which are produced by the yeast.Monacolin K is chemically identical to the active ingredient in the cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin, which is one of the drugs in the category known as statins. Some red yeast rice products contain substantial amounts of monacolin K, which is chemically identical to the active ingredient in the cholesterol-lowering drug lovastatin.