HERB - Re: talc, was cornstarch

[Helen Highwater]

>  > 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\

However, in my herb studies, i've read that orris root can cause 
dermatitis (skin inflammation) in sensitive individuals. I have made 
a body powder containing cornstarch, baking soda, and orris root 
powder and had no trouble with in. But before you make it and use it 
somewhere sensitive, test it on the sensitive skin "inside" your 
elbow, that is, where it bends inward. If you get a rash, don't use 
orris root.

Anahita Gaouri al-shazhiyya bint-abd' al-Karim al-hakim al-Fassi
aka Lilinah

(no, Helen Highwater isn't my name, just what a friend called me 
because i'm, errr, feisty)
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