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Why you can sleep under peepal tree | Peepal Tree | KNOW SCIENCE

  The peepal tree is one of the most worshipped trees of India. In our holy books like Vedas , the peepal tree is considered a holy tree, along with tulsi and Ashoka.  It is also holy for Buddhism as Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment under this tree.  It is said to root represent Hindu god Brahma, the trunk represents Lord Vishnu and the leaves of the tree represent Lord shiva.  In the Bhagavad Gita , Krishna says, "I am the Peepal tree among the trees, Narada among the sages, Chitraaratha among the Gandharvas, And sage Kapila among the Siddhas." Peepal Tree Family: Moraceae Another name: Bodhi Tree, Sacred fig, Pippala tree, Binomial name :  Ficus religiosa Source: Flickr Peepal is used in l medicine for about fifty types of disorders including asthma, diabetes, diarrhea, epilepsy, gastric problems, inflammatory disorders, infectious and sexual disorders. Why sleeping under peepal tree is best than sleeping under other trees? Generally, Pla...
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Can we breathe Pure Oxygen | Medical Oxygen | Shortage of Medical Oxygen

The world is facing a critical situation of Coronavirus pandemic. Many countries don't have enough oxygen to supply for medical use. 

Oxygen has applications in various production industries, but due to shortage of oxygen government diverted the use in medical purpose first. 

Shortage of oxygen

What should be the purity of Medical Oxygen?

There no particular standard for purity of medical oxygen, but it is ultrafultered and more than 99% pure. 

Aiming to fulfill oxygen demand, many firms started developing devices that produce oxygen at home. Local people also started googling "How to make oxygen at home". 

But is it safe to use homemade oxygen? 

It depends on method used to produce the oxygen. 

Purity and composition matter most while we concern to use oxygen for clinical purposes.

Philips Respironics Oxygen Concentrator
Oxygen concentrator

Before buying any equipment ensure these factors:

First, read detailed information about that equipment

Check if the manufacturer/Supplier authorized to sell that equipment.

Which method is used to produce the oxygen

Which material is used to produce oxygen?

Check if any toxic gas present along with oxygen

Purity and composition of oxygen

Check equipment pressure

 Is it harmful to breathe pure oxygen?

We can not live without oxygen. we get oxygen from breathing in the air around us. Air contains 21% of oxygen. If we breathe pure oxygen for a long time it burns the food very quickly.

Oxygen free radicals



Pure oxygen generates free radicals, these radicals reacts with fat, proteins, lipids and DNA. Our body contains antioxidents (Vitamins etc,) which helps to maintains balance between demand and supply of oxygen. For long time, these free radicals increases so high that these antioxidents couldn't neautralise the radicals. These leads to damage of lungs and your eyes also. 

So we need oxygen to help us get energy from our food. We might also need a little extra if we’re sick in hospital, or if we’re an astronaut or deep-sea diver. But too much oxygen can harm us.

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