[Sca-cooks] camphor (was Asabi Zainab)

[Radei Drchevich]

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>From: Samrah <auntie_samrah at yahoo.com>
>Reply-To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>To: Cooks within the SCA <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
>Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] camphor (was Asabi Zainab)
>Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2004 21:34:00 -0800 (PST)
>
>Thus speaketh Anahita:
>
> >And someone told me that camphor was unsafe to eat (and i mean real 
>camphor from the tree, not moth balls which is poisonous to ingest)
>
>In case inquiring minds want to know the problem with resins, like camphor, 
>frankincense & myrrh:
>
> >From what I can tell, although some of the more radical, risky older 
>herbals (young enough to be factual--definitely not period) use them in 
>teas and such, not that resins are necessarily immediately poisoness, but 
>are very hard on the kidneys.  Definitely counterindicated for internal 
>use.
>
>Samrah
>(for informational purposes only, not to diagnose or prescribe, but if 
>someone qualified does prescribe these for you internally, please be sure 
>to get a second opinion.)
>
>
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