Juniper tree ("Juniperus phoenicea") is applied in dotted patterns on bisque drinking cups. Gitran makes the water more fragrant and is said to be good for the teeth. Some Indigenous peoples, such as the Dineh, have traditionally used juniper for diabetes. Native Americans have also used juniper berries as a female contraceptive. The 17th Century herbalist physician Nicholas Culpeper recommended the ripened berries for conditions such as asthma and sciatica, as well as to speed childbirth. The plant was long used as an arbortifacient and was known as 'bastard killer' in the UK. Juniper is one of the plants used in
Fögi Is a Bastard Fögi Is a Bastard F. est un salaud, (English title "F. Is a Bastard" or "Fögi Is a Bastard", released in German as "De Fögi isch en Souhund") is a 1998 French/Swiss film based upon the novel "ter fögi isch e souhung" by Martin Frank. It was filmed in Zürich, Switzerland. The setting is the early 1970s, Zurich. The film was shown in 1999 at the Locarno Film Festival, the Toronto International Film Festival, and the 1998 Toronto International Film Festival. Beni, age 15, becomes enamoured with the lead singer of the struggling rock band "The Minks", Fögi Müller, who