Emma Lu

Herbs to Harvest for the Cold and Flu Season

People susceptible to cold and flu dread the onset of the winter. While keeping OTC medications for preventing and combating cold and cough is easy, these may not be enough. After a period, your body may develop resistance against such medicines, rendering them less effective. It is better to use homegrown herbs and plants to ...

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Dry chamomile with a tea strainer for the preparation of chamomile tea.

Late Son’s Composition Finished After Mother Reaches Out to the Internet

In a recent development, an Australian mother tried to fulfill the last desire of her deceased son. Amanda Brierley of Queensland, Australia, found out something after the demise of her beloved son Kyan. She found out her son was keen on completing a musical composition, so she reached out to the Internet to finish her ...

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Kyan Pennell playing the piano and her mother holding up her son's completed composition.

A CEO Learns Life Lessons From a Poor Girl

A CEO of a big company, who was a multi-billionaire, wanted to know how ordinary people lived. So one day he caught a bus and sat down on a vacant seat, where he observed the other passengers, not realizing the life lessons he was about to learn. An elderly man sat next to him, and then at ...

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Corridor inside a modern glass office building.

Fiji’s Puffer Fish Ceremonial Headwear

The sight of puffer fish ceremonial headwear, which has origins in the remote islands of Kiribati, can leave you awestruck. It looks fearsome with hardened spikes like those of a porcupine sticking outward.  There are several instances of ancient tribes in various countries using natural objects such as plant and animal body parts to make ...

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Kiribati arms and armor, including coconut fiber back and breast plates, porcupine fish–skin helmet and shark-tooth-studded gauntlet and sword.

Hong Kong’s Prisoners of Conscience Nominated for the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize

In recent years, the political and cultural landscape in Hong Kong has undergone a dramatic change. There was a rapid deterioration in the rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, expression, and association as Hong Kong’s authorities increasingly adopted mainland China’s vague and all-encompassing definition of national security. Numerous pro-democracy leaders in Hong Kong have been imprisoned, ...

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A mural of Joshua Wong on a wall in Hong Kong.

Table Salt Has 34 Practical Uses

An important element in your daily diet is table salt. Using table salt ensures that the cells in your body are functioning normally and it aids in preventing as well as treating diseases. The varied uses of table salt in your food Sprinkling some salt on salads will keep them fresh for a longer period of ...

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Sea salt in a bag and containers.

My Father Forced Me to Marry a Beggar’s Daughter, and It Changed My Life

I was embarrassed to tell people that my father-in-law was a beggar. You may not believe me. He became disabled in an accident, so his wife left him. He raised his daughter, and this beggar’s daughter is now my wife, by himself. My dad owned a company, so we were well off. One day, a beggar came to our ...

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Asian man wearing an old hat, clothes, and fingerless gloves has a gray blanket wrapped around himself as he sits outside in front of a concrete wall, huddled up against the cold.

The Traditional Way to Harvest Saguaro in the Desert

Growing anything edible in the desert can be challenging, given the soil condition and shortage of water. However, there are some tribes like the Tohono O’odham in the Sonoran Desert who have mastered the trick of harvesting fruit found there naturally. These tribes have survived for centuries by using certain types of desert plants and ...

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Saguaro cacti in Arizona's Sonoran Desert.

The Merchant’s Retribution Was Changed

A merchant who cheats will suffer retribution. The merchant Zhao Defang was the father of three sons. He lived toward the end of the Qing Dynasty and enjoyed a very prosperous life. All of his sons were married. When Zhao celebrated his 60th birthday, he confessed to his three sons that he deliberately rigged his ...

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Weighing scales.

The Tale of the Heroine Luyun

Gao Yuting was a very dutiful son. Soon after he was appointed to be the mayor of Tuyang County, he invited his 70-year-old mother, Madam Yu, to stay with him. As Mrs. Yu passed the East Mountain of An County, she heard miserable crying, so she stopped to see what had happened and found a ...

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A dirt road winds through the woods.