[Herbalist] Re: Help-- toxicity data?

[Corwyn and Carowyn]

Cochineal is the stuff used to help color Kool-aid, so there's no worry
on that.

Madder was used as a food colorant in period, and somewhere in My Copious
Files I have a reference to it being used in horses' food to color their
teeth.

-Caro

>I'm working on an egg-dyeing project, and am suddenly looking at the
>toxicity of period
>dyestuffs that might have been used on eggs-- and can can't find this
>listed in my books. The
>dyestuffs I'm interested in are:
>- madder
>- bedstraw (lady's or dyer's)
>- alkanet (I believe this is also a food colorant, so I _think_ it may
>be safe).
>- cochineal
>- brazilwood
>- cochineal
>
>Anybody got any info?
> --
>Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise


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