HERB - Re: talc, was cornstarch

[Jenne Heise]

> What would have been used in Period in place of/ before cornstarch?

Powdered orris root, powdered calamus (sweet flag) root, rice flour...

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
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