INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Take baking soda and sprinkle it over your furniture and floors that smell like tobacco. Try to cover each of the surfaces with a thin coating of baking soda. You can pour the baking soda through a colander if you are having a difficult time spreading it around. The baking soda will absorb some of the unpleasant tobacco odors from upholstered furniture and carpet as you let it sit. You can use a rag or towel to help push the baking soda into your furniture or carpet. Run a vacuum and try to suck up all of the baking soda. Use the vacuum's attachments for hard to reach places and to vacuum down upholstery. Once you've vacuumed up all the baking soda, make sure to empty the vacuum's bag outdoors. Leave the room or house for an hour or two and come back. Sometimes it can be difficult to determine if the tobacco smell is gone once you've been around it for a long time. If the room still smells strongly of tobacco, you can repeat these steps until all of the odors are gone.

SUMMARY: Sprinkle baking soda over furniture and the floors. Let the baking soda sit for 60-90 minutes. Vacuum up the baking soda. Leave and come back to assess the smell.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Some disagreements are important. Others, however, are fairly minor. If you disagree with your boyfriend o something, decide how much it bothers. Minor differences can sometimes be let go of, but major disagreements should be discussed. Sometimes, it can help to try to let an issue go for a few days and then see how you feel. For example, you get upset because your boyfriend went to a movie with his friends without asking you to join. Instead of immediately talking things through, wait a few days. If you find your anger fades, this may be a minor issue for you. You may be better off letting it go. However, if you still feel stung and rejected after a few days have passed, talk things out. If an issue keeps bothering you, there is probably more than meets the eye. Oftentimes, it's not just what your boyfriend did but how it made you feel. Small disagreements can point to problems in the dynamic of the relationship, so think about why something bothered you on a deeper level. For example, think about why you were upset your boyfriend went out without you. Is there anything missing in your relationship that made you take this slight very personally? Oftentimes, minor disagreements are the result of not feeling valued. You may sometimes feel taken for granted by your boyfriend, which is why you became so upset over a movie. You may want to talk about how and why your emotional needs are not being met. If you decide you want to discuss something with your boyfriend, do not go into the conversation not knowing what you want. Spend some time thinking about what you want your boyfriend to understand before attempting to talk things out. What main points do you want your boyfriend to take away? Think about what you're trying to communicate. For example, you want your boyfriend to appreciate you more. You should also think about how to best deliver that message. Spend some time planning what you're going to say. Think about what you want to get out of the conversation. Do you want your boyfriend to change some specific aspect of his personality? Do you want him to understand your perspective more? Know this before moving forward with the conversation.

SUMMARY: Decide whether an issue is worth discussing. Identify what the real issue is. Think about what you want to communicate to your boyfriend.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Although most colds are cause by wind cold, sometimes wind heat proves to be the culprit. In this case, the treatment aims to help the body return to its balanced state, which means that heat inside the body should be expelled. Treatment options include the use of cold and flu formula, wind heat clearing, and lung heat clearing. Some signs of a cold caused by wind heat are: speedy pulse (above 60 beats per minute), headache, dry, non-productive cough expectorating yellow mucus, irritability, sore and swollen throat, and fever. Prepare a chrysanthemum and peppermint tea to relieve headache, fever, nasal congestion, and sore throat. This tea works to cool down the body and expel the wind heat. Boil 6 grams of chrysanthemum in a pot of 400 ml of boiling water. Upon boiling, add 3 grams of peppermint and white sugar. Continue to boil about 2 to 3 minutes. Take this tea twice daily. Ganmao Qing can dispel or reduce the symptoms caused of cold caused by wind heat. The use of this decoction is can also reduce the risk of inflammation. Additionally, it can get rid of fever caused by wind heat and provide heat clearing by expelling the presence of the pathogens caused by fire toxin. Gunmao Qung is made up of three herbs: isatis root and leaf, as well as andrographis. These herbs are endowed with antibiotic properties that can clear or expel heat and also expel the presence of fire toxin. This decoction can dispel or eliminate symptoms of the common cold caused by wind heat occurring in the spring or summer. It can also be used to treat the early stages of fever. It contains Japanese honeysuckle, platycodon, burdock, isatis, forsythia, and lophantherum, which can expel heat and even eradicate fire toxin. Platycodon can soothe throat itchiness by coating the throat. It also has properties that can diffuse the lungs, resulting in better expulsion of phlegm. Lophantherum, on the other hand, relieves thirst and encourages salivation. Isatis root granule is able to expel toxic heat by lessening its presence in the blood. It has antibiotic properties, and is able to relieve sore throats and reduce swelling.

SUMMARY:
Determine if your cold is caused by wind heat. Drink chrysanthemum and peppermint tea. Take Ganmao Qing. Try Yin Chiao Chieh Tu Pien (Yin Qiao Jie Du). Try isatis root granule (Ban lan gen).