SC - Re: Use of Medicinal Metals

[Jenne Heise]

> I (because of my personal experience), and my mentor, who is completing her
> thesis for her masters in naturopathy ,would disagree with your idea that
> topical applications are ineffective in and of themselves, as we do absorb
> molecules through our skin (especially when our poors have been opened by
> the application of heat and or by application of herbs such as eucalyptus
> or camphor), but as I said, most of the evidence for such effectiveness is
> purely anecdotal in my case (and Arachne, the aforementioned naturopath,
> doesn't happen to be on this list, as she's not an SCA cook.)
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Note that at least some of the 'scientific medicine' establishment worry
about topical applications. One scientific herbal says that comfrey root
is not safe in an external application because it contains substances that
have been associated with liver cancer when consumed...

Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise	      jenne at tulgey.browser.net
disclaimer: i speak for no-one and no-one speaks for me.

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