EAR THIS - REMOVING WORMS FROM THE EARS

When I read this article this morning, it kind of made my ears itchy and now I too want to do this just in case there are worms in my ears or nose or mouth or what else....urgh. Well, I think I better do some more research just in case this is a hoax.

Anybody got any experience in this matter?

Until the next time, cheers.

The New Straits Times, Monday, 14 November 2011

EAR THIS

A five-minute traditional ear therapy to remove worms is now being offered from a home in Batu Pahat

Tan Guan Seng, 44, has inherited a special skill from his late father, Kiang Toh, who passed away two years ago at the age of 70.

 

It is an ear therapy that uses irritating fumes to make worms to exit from the ears.

First-timers may find it hard to accept the fact that worms do exist in the head, especially those hiding and breeding inside the ears.

When they see the dead worms after a five-minute therapy session on each ear, they know that seeing is believing.

Tan advertises his traditional service by putting a simple sign with a description of the ear therapy and phone number on the rear dashboard of his car.

He operates  from his home in Taman Bandar, Batu Pahat, unlike his late father who moved  door-to- door in those days.

Worms can be found   in the ears of most people. The difference is in the number, he says.

“There are fewer worms among vegetarians than those who consume meat, especially chicken.”

Tan’s record catch was about 100 worms from both ears, while the least was eight .

Tan uses six types of herbs soaked in coconut oil for at least two weeks before being used in his therapy.

A small piece of brick is heated over a gas stove before it is placed on a metal plate.

A tablespoonful of the mixture is placed on top of the hot brick to produce the fumes. A metal cone is used to cover the  heated herbs to capture the  fumes  and direct them  to the apex of the cone which has a small opening.

A small ear plug is placed over the opening. 

Tan then asks his clients to put their ears close to the ear plug to send the smoke into the ear.

Each ear is smoked for  five minutes, by which time the worms would have fallen out. 

Each worm measures about five millimetres long  with the longest ever recorded at seven millimetres, said Tan.

Tan added that those with toothache, stuffy nose and ear irritation can try the treatment.

However, he could not explain where the worms had come from and how they entered and bred inside  the ear.

“I only know that my traditional method  helps in forcing the worms out through the ears,” he said.

Quick-thinking mum saves kid from abduction

Whenever I read or hear of such stories, I get goose pimples. There are really so many weirdos loose out there and you can't even leave small children by themselves for a few minutes. I can imagine the fear of the parents. Thank God that in this case, it ended well.

If a perpetrator is caught, shall we consider castration, perhaps?

Until the next time, cheers.

The New Straits Times, Monday, 14 November 2011

Quick-thinking mum saves kid

ABDUCTION FOILED Father chases man who tried to abduct his daughter in restaurant and helps police arrest suspect

ABDUCTION FOILED Father chases man who tried to abduct his daughter in restaurant and helps police arrest suspect

What was supposed to be an enjoyable family outing nearly turned into a nightmare for telecommunication company project manager Saifuddin Abu Samah on Saturday night.

He had taken his wife and four daughters out for dinner to a restaurant in Taman Melati Utama, near Wangsa Maju.

There a man  tried to abduct his 6-year-old daughter, Nur Farihah.

Saifuddin, 37, said they were walking towards their car parked just 70m from the restaurant, at  8.40pm, when the incident happened.

"I was walking in front with two of my older daughters, aged 12 and 10, carrying the fourth daughter, aged 4, while Farihah, my third daughter, who I thought was walking with my wife, was actually still in the restaurant.

"They were behind because my wife had to pick up the newspaper, which we had left in the restaurant. Farihah was, at that time,  fiddling with her toy, a couple of feet from my wife, when the guy approached, with his hands ready to grab her." he told the New Straits Times at his house in Setapak yesterday.

When Saifuddin's wife, Rohani Abdul Rauf, 37, saw this, she instantly called out her daughter's name. Both Farihah and the man turned to her.

The man then tried to act "normal" and started walking away, passing Saifuddin.

Only in the car  did she tell Saifuddin what had happened and her husband took it upon himself to find the man.

Saifuddin, realising the man was still there, circled the area three times before he spotted him at a Petronas station nearby.

He made a call to  the Wangsa Maju police station chief, Chief Inspector Mispani Hamdan, who is part of the Voluntary Patrolling Scheme (Skim Rondaan Sukarela-SRS) in Setapak, a community policing programme that conducts a patrol every fortnight -- where  Saifuddin is a participant.

Mispani asked him to follow the man, saying that he would send  policemen there. Saifuddin kept following the man as he walked to an Esso station,  100m away.

Saifuddin parked his car there and continued trailing him on foot to Kampung Setia Jaya, when three policemen arrived in a Proton Waja. Two of them joined him and they walked another 100m before detaining the man under a bridge at Block F of the Taman Melati Utama flats.

"I asked him where he was just now. He denied being at the restaurant area. I was furious and kept asking, then he admitted that he was there and had wanted to buy a top-up coupon for his phone," said Saifuddin.

Saifuddin was relieved that he had managed to protect his daughter and kept his family safe.

"I don't know what I would have done, if I had lost her (Farihah)."

Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner of Police Zakaria Pagan said the suspect was a 33-year-old Cambodian,  who had been working legally in Malaysia for almost 10 years.

Zakaria praised Rohani for her quick reaction, and said her vigilance had not given   the man the chance to do anything to Farihah.

He advised parents to always be watchful over their children.

Police are also checking on information that the suspect had an accomplice, who was allegedly waiting in a yellow Proton Wira.

Those with any information are urged to contact Sentul police at 03 4042 2222.