Q: Consult your doctor before starting a kidney cleansing fast. Depending on your current health conditions, it may not be safe. Don’t be surprised if your doctor expresses some skepticism about the benefits of your fast. She will most likely recommend you just drink more fluids and improve your diet to achieve lasting kidney-health.  If you have diagnosed kidney problems, your doctor may prescribe a diet for you in cooperation with a dietitian.  A kidney cleansing fast can affect medication absorption, so do not fast if you are taking any medication. If you want to go on a kidney cleansing fast, the safest way to do it is just to increase the amount of water you drink. Try to drink at least eight glasses of water a day to help keep your kidneys healthy. If you do opt for a kidney cleansing fast, make sure you continue to drink plenty of water. Help out your kidneys by cutting out refined and high-sodium foods. Refined carbohydrates that you should try to limit include: sweets, chocolate, cake, biscuits, and sugary drinks. Other refined foods are white breads and pasta.  A detox diet that cuts out all highly processed foods can make you feel better in the short-term. For a long-term solution, opt for a balanced diet. If you want a short-term method that may help cleanse your kidneys, you can attempt a fluid-only fast. One method claims that consuming up to a gallon of apple juice and up to a gallon of distilled water a day, over the course of three days, can help cleanse your kidneys and pass kidney stones.  Apples are a good choice to help keep your kidneys healthy. Apples can help lower cholesterol and glucose levels, and are good source of vitamin C. The peel is also a good source of antioxidants.  Be aware that bought apple juice often contains a lot of sugar. ” An alternative fluid cleanse is known as the “lemonade diet.” This requires you to drink a concoction of two tablespoons of lemon juice, two tablespoons of maple syrup, a tenth of teaspoon of cayenne pepper, and 1-2 cups of pure water.  You then consume only this “lemonade” (followed by a glass of water chaser) for ten days, before reintroducing raw fruit and vegetables.  You should have between 6 and 12 cups of the lemonade a day. You are also recommended to drink a laxative tea every morning.  There is, however, no scientific evidence that such cleanses are a good approach to better sustainable health. Another fasting technique cited by some as a way to cleanse your kidney involves consuming a lot of watermelon. You can buy between 20 and 100 lbs of watermelon and then try to eat it throughout the day, while regularly emptying your bladder.  If you have chronic kidney problems you should avoid this method due to the high levels of potassium in watermelon. You should not have more than a cup of watermelon a day if you have chronic kidney disease.  Watermelons are around 92% water, so this fast is similar to just drinking a lot of water. Too much watermelon can cause health problems, so talk to your doctor first. An alternative to the “lemonade diet” is a drinking a specially made herbal tea. This tea involves soaking a quarter cup of hydrangea root, gavel root and marshmallow root in ten cups of cold water. Leave it overnight and then add some boiled parsley, before bringing the whole mixture to boil and allowing it to simmer for 20 minutes.  Once it has cooled, drink a quarter cup and then put the rest in containers. Each morning pour ¾ cup of the mixture and half a cup of water into a large mug. Add 20 drops to goldenrod tincture and a tablespoon of glycerine. Drink this throughout the day, but stop if you have stomach pains.
A: Check with your doctor first. Drink more water. Eat less refined foods. Try an apple juice cleanse. Consider the “lemonade diet. Try watermelon. Consider a herbal cleanse.

Q: Use citrus peel as a fixative for potpourri. Dry the peel until it turns crisp. Once dried, grind it coarsely and add to potpourri as needed. It should be stored in a glass jar until needed. This can also be added to sachets to keep away moths and to sweeten your clothes. Read How to make citrus potpourri for specific details. The ground powder can be added to the bath for a scented treat.   Extract the oil from citrus peels for use in home-made perfume.  Make citrus perfume.  Make summer citrus soap.
A: Turn citrus peel into a scent source.

Q: Using the mouse is easy since it comes down to pointing and shooting like in many other games. Most people get tripped up a little with movement. The “W,” “A,” “S,” and “D” keys control your movement by default. "W" and "D" let you move forward and backward. “A” and “D” allow you to strafe, or move from side to side.  In Counter-Strike, you do not need to move forward or backward to strafe. That means that, if you’re standing still, pressing the “A” and “D” buttons is all you need to move to the left and right, respectively. Moving, turning, and shooting requires coordination. It may feel a little tricky at first, but you get used to it as you play. Test your mouse sensitivity. Most pros access the settings menu to move the sensitivity slider down to 2.0, giving themselves more precision when aiming. Start low and increase the sensitivity as you play. Running everywhere is a sure way to alert enemies to your presence. Hit the “Shift” key to slow your character down, then hit it again to return to running. Press “CTRL” to duck and the spacebar to jump. These keys are important to remember for map navigation. Mix some stealthy maneuvers into your playstyle to get the drop on enemies and reduce the amount of damage you take. You are only allowed to carry 2 weapons at a time in Counter-Strike. The left mouse button fires whatever weapon you are holding. The right mouse button activates the weapon’s secondary function, such as zooming in with a sniper scope. It’s a very simple shooting scheme that anyone can figure out with a few rounds of practice.  Press “Q” to switch between your primary and secondary weapon. The “R” button allows you to reload your weapon. Do this before you enter a firefight. You mainly switch weapons by purchasing them at the start of the round, but the game lets you take weapons you find by pressing “G.” Counter-Strike’s unique feature is its weapon economy. When you enter a game, you get $800. That money allows you to buy guns, grenades, and armor from the menu. The menu gives you a lot of toys to play with, so it may feel a little intimidating at first, but don’t feel pressured to buy anything.  Navigate the menu by clicking the prompts are using keypad numbers. You start with a pistol and a knife, so you don’t need to spend your in-game currency right away. Buying weapons and armor is all up to your preferred strategy. Some players get armor and grenades right away, while others save for a submachine gun. Communication is a key part of Counter-Strike, so press “K” when you need to activate voice chat. This only works if you have a microphone on your computer. For text chat, press “U” to call up the dialogue box, then type your message and hit enter to send it to your team.  Pressing “Y” allows you to send a message to the entire server. Don’t use this command while strategizing with your team. The game also has pre-recorded commands activated by typing words into the chat box. For instance, type “coverme” to make your character say “Cover Me!” Few players pay much attention to these commands, so they aren’t important to memorize.
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Use your keypad to move and your mouse to aim. Master the jump, duck, and walk controls to avoid enemies. Press the mouse buttons to fire your primary and secondary weapons. Press “B” to bring up the gun menu when you begin playing. Press “K” or “U” to communicate with your team throughout the match.