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Hoʻohana ka hapa nui o nā ʻeke kūpā lapa ʻino i ka ʻōlelo paipai ʻana i ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o hoʻokahi kulu i kēlā me kēia ʻelua hola. No laila, ʻo ka loaʻa ʻana o ʻelua a ʻoi aʻe paha nā kūpā lapa ʻino i loko o hoʻokahi hola he mea ia i manaʻo ʻia he palekana e ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona. Hiki paha ke hoʻopūʻiwa i ka paʻa ʻana no kekahi mea āu e kūʻai ai ma kekahi hale kūʻai nui, akā aia nā mea hoʻohana ikaika i loko o nā kūpā lapa ʻino i pono ai i kou kino ka manawa e hana ai.
Nānā a ʻono nā kūpā lapa ʻino e like me ke kele, akā he lāʻau lākou. ʻO ka mea hoʻohana nui i ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona ʻo ia ka menthol, ka mea e hana ai i kēlā ʻano ʻoluʻolu i kou ʻāʻī. Hana ka menthol ma ka hoʻopōʻino ʻana i nā wahi nerve i kou waha a me kou ʻāʻī, ka mea e hoʻomāloʻo ai i ka makemake e ʻū a hoʻomālamalama i ka ʻeha.
Hiki i kou kino ke mālama i ka menthol i nā nui liʻiliʻi, i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia me ka pilikia ʻole. Akā i ka wā e lawe ai ʻoe i nā kulu he nui i ka wā pōkole, piʻi ka menthol i ka wikiwiki ma mua o ka hiki i kou kino ke hana. Aia ia ka wā e hōʻike ai nā hopena ʻaoʻao. ʻO ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻelua hola i hoʻohana ʻia e ka hapa nui o nā hōʻailona ua hoʻolālā ʻia e hāʻawi i kou ʻōnaehana i ka manawa kūpono e mālama ai i kēlā me kēia ʻano maʻalahi.
Inā ʻoe e hele ma o nā kūpā lapa ʻino he nui i loko o hoʻokahi hola a hoʻomau i ka hoʻokomo ʻana iā lākou i nā manawa he nui i ka lā, e hōʻike mau kou kino iā ʻoe. Eia kekahi o nā mea maʻamau e hiki ke hana ke lawe ʻoe ma mua o ka nui i paipai ʻia.
ʻO nā hōʻailona mua ka mea maʻalahi a me ka ʻōpū. Hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻike:
Hoʻopau pinepine kēia mau hōʻailona ma ko lākou ʻano i ka wā e hoʻōki ai ʻoe i ka lawe ʻana i nā kulu a hāʻawi i kou kino i kekahi manawa. Akā he hōʻailona maopopo lākou ua nui loa ʻoe.
I nā hihia kakaikahi a ʻoi aku ka nui, ʻo ka ʻai ʻana i nā nui o ka menthol hiki ke alakaʻi i nā hopena koʻikoʻi. Hiki i kēia ke komo i ka puʻuwai wikiwiki, ka huikau, ka nāwaliwali o ka ʻiʻo, a i ʻole ka hiamoe. Aia kekahi hihia i hoʻopaʻa ʻia o kekahi ʻelemakule kāne i loaʻa ka huikau a me nā hōʻailona neurological ʻē aʻe ma hope o ka ʻai ʻana i ʻelua ʻeke o nā kūpā lapa ʻino menthol i ka lā no nā makahiki. Ua hoʻomaikaʻi kāna mau hōʻailona i ka wā āna i hoʻōki ai.
No ka maʻalahi, he mea ʻole loa ka overdose menthol mai nā kūpā lapa ʻino. ʻO ka nui make o ka menthol ma kahi o 50 a 1,000 milligrams i kēlā me kēia kilogram o ke kaumaha kino, a ʻo ka hapa nui o nā kūpā lapa ʻino he 5 a 10 milligrams wale nō kēlā me kēia. Pono ʻoe e ʻai i kahi helu nui i ka wā pōkole loa e hiki ai i kahi ʻano weliweli. Akā ʻaʻole ia ʻo ia hoʻi ʻaʻole ʻoiaʻiʻo a ʻaʻole ʻoluʻolu nā hopena ʻaoʻao mai ka hoʻohana nui ʻana.
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ʻAʻole like nā kūpā lapa ʻino a pau. Loaʻa i kekahi nā mea hoʻohana ma mua o ka menthol ka pilikia o lākou inā ʻoe e lawe nui.
ʻO nā kūpā lapa ʻino me ka dextromethorphan (DXM) he huahana hui e hoʻopau ai i ka ʻū ma ka hana ʻana ma ke kikowaena ʻū o ka lolo. Hoʻohana pinepine lākou i hoʻokahi kulu i kēlā me kēia ʻehā hola, ʻaʻole ʻelua. ʻOi aku ka pilikia o ka lawe ʻana i nā kulu DXM he nui i loko o hoʻokahi hola ma mua o ka hana ʻana pēlā me nā kulu menthol maʻalahi. Hiki i ka DXM nui ke kumu i ka hiamoe, ka ʻōpio, a ma nā nui kiʻekiʻe, ʻoiai nā hallucinations a i ʻole nā hopena dissociative.
Aia kekahi mau kulu i ka benzocaine, he anesthetic kūloko e hoʻopōʻino ai i ka ʻeha ʻāʻī. Hiki i ka lawe benzocaine nui ke alakaʻi i kahi kūlana kakaikahi akā koʻikoʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo methemoglobinemia. Hoʻopilikia kēia i ka lawe ʻana o kou koko i ka oxygen. ʻAʻole maʻamau ia, akā he kumu ʻē aʻe ia e nānā mau i ka lepela a e ukali i nā ʻōlelo kuhikuhi no kāu hōʻailona kikoʻī.
A laila aia ka nīnau kō. Hiki i nā kūpā lapa ʻino maʻamau ke loaʻa he 3 a 5 grams o ke kō kēlā me kēia. Inā ʻoe e hele ma o 10 a ʻoi aʻe paha i ka lā, hoʻonui koke kēlā. Worth ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ka maʻi diabetes a i ʻole ke nānā ʻana i kou kō koko. ʻAʻole loaʻa i nā koho ʻole kō kēia pilikia akā loaʻa iā lākou ka sorbitol, ka mea e hiki ke hoʻoulu i ka ʻōpū, ka ʻehu, a me ka maʻi ʻino inā ʻoe e ʻai nui.
Hoʻolālā ka hapa nui o nā mea hana i ʻaʻole ʻoi aku ma mua o 6 a 12 mau kūpā lapa ʻino i loko o 24 mau hola no nā mākua, ma muli o ka hōʻailona a me nā mea hoʻohana. ʻO ia ka mea e pili ana i hoʻokahi i kēlā me kēia ʻelua a ʻekolu hola i ka wā e ala ai. No nā kulu e loaʻa ana ka DXM, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka palena ma muli o ka ikaika o ka mea hoʻohana.
ʻOi aku ka makaʻala o nā keiki. ʻAʻole paipai ʻia ka hapa nui o nā kūpā lapa ʻino menthol no nā keiki ma lalo o ʻelima. Pono nā keiki ʻelemakule e hoʻohana i nā ʻano pediatric me nā haʻahaʻa haʻahaʻa a ma lalo o ka nānā ʻana o nā mākua.
Inā ʻoe e hāpai, pono ʻoe e kamaʻilio me kāu kauka ma mua o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā kūpā lapa ʻino. ʻAʻole i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ka palekana o ka menthol i ka wā hāpai, a hiki i kāu mea hāʻawi ke kōkua iā ʻoe e ʻimi i ke koho palekana loa.
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Inā ʻoe e ʻimi nei i nā kūpā lapa ʻino hou aʻe ma mua o ka ʻae ʻana o ka ʻeke, he hōʻailona kōkua kēlā. Hiki paha ia ʻoe e pono i kahi ala ʻē aʻe e hoʻomāloʻo ai i kou ʻāʻī. ʻO kekahi mau mea e hiki ke hana pū me a i ʻole ma kahi o nā kūpā lapa ʻino penei:
ʻAʻole kēia mau lāʻau lapaʻau e pani ai i ka mālama ʻana i ke kauka inā pono ʻoe ia, akā hiki ke hoʻemi i ka pinepine o kou manaʻo e lawe i kekahi kulu.
Inā ʻaʻole e hoʻomaikaʻi ʻia kāu ʻū a ʻeha ʻāʻī paha ma hope o hoʻokahi pule, a inā e hoʻomāʻona ana ia, he manawa maikaʻi ia e nānā ai me kāu kauka. Pēlā nō inā loaʻa iā ʻoe ke kuni ma luna o 101°F, he pilikia ka ale ʻana, ʻike ʻoe i ke koko i loko o kāu mau ʻūhū, a i ʻole ʻoe e hanu paʻakikī. Hiki i ka ʻū mau ke hōʻike i kekahi mea e pono ai ma mua o kahi kūpā lapa ʻino e hoʻoponopono ai, a kōkua mau ka hopu ʻana iā ia i ka wā mua.
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