[Sca-cooks] herb stuff

[Tara Sersen Boroson]

I also went looking, and couldn't find any website that contraindicated
cajuput for pregnancy.  But I also didn't find any info that
definitively disproved Vara's statement.  However, my copy of _Herb
Contraindications and Drug Interactions_ doesn't list it as an
abortifacient or emmenogogue, and I picked up this book specifically
because it seems to be the most conservative one out there.  If you went
by this book, you won't season your food with anything except salt for
your entire pregnancy.  (Oh, wait!  Water retention!  Make that no
seasoning at all ;)

I'll try to remember to ask my midwife about it when I see her on Monday
night.

-Magdalena


Susan Fox-Davis wrote:

> I asked which ingredient in Tiger Balm was not good for pregnant ladies,
> and vara answered [twice] cajuput oil.
>
> I got curious and found web pages with more details, none of which seemed
> to cite any problems with pregnant persons.  <shrug>  I guess I'll stick
> with lavendar just to be sure.
>
> http://my.webmd.com/content/article/3187.13571
> http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/melaleuca_oleu.html
>
> Selene, Caid