[Sca-cooks] excema, was Argan oil (culinary, medicinal, and cosmetic)

[Kirsten Houseknecht]

for excema i use shea butter soaps.....
and also there is a product called "miracle oil" (in spanish) that works
well.
Kirsten Houseknecht
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Elaine Koogler" <ekoogler1 at comcast.net>
To: "Cooks within the SCA" <sca-cooks at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 3:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Sca-cooks] Argan oil (culinary, medicinal, and cosmetic)


> This sounds like a wonderful thing.  I have EXTREMELY dry skin,
> including exzema, and if it works on that, it would be something greatly
> to be desired.  How can I get some?????
>
> Kiri
>
> vicki shaw wrote:
>
> >Greetings all,
> >Has anyone heard of Argan Oil?  I use it for its cosmetic properties in
my
> >soap and other products, but it is also used in food (never ever cooked).
> >When the seeds are toasted, they have a wonderful fragrance similar to
the
> >smell of roasting peanuts, but the taste is different.  Maybe a bit
closer
> >to toasted sesame oil, but still different.  Cant describe.  It is
excellent
> >on salads and wonderful to dip toasted bread into or Moroccan flat bread.
> >It has become the chou chou (darling) of chefs in Europe.  The Moroccan
man
> >who imports it and sells to me is in Canada and he just sent me an
article
> >from a French paper.  I will copy and paste what he sent me.  It is in
> >French.  I am happy to xlate for anyone interested, but you can also go
to
> >www.targanine.com and select to read in English.  The argan tree is
> >indigenous to Morocco tho it is now being planted and grown successfully
in
> >several countries.
> >It is excellent for stretch marks if applied the minute they appear; also
> >proven to work on exzema, a condition that has defied cure for a long
time.
> >It softens skin as well which is why I put it in my soap. Taken
internally
> >(the toasted oil) has been proven excellent for the heart and other
> >conditions.
> >
> >So, without further ado, here is what I received from my friend in
Montreal.
> >There is a photo of him in my website.
> >
> >      Son efficacité et sa valeur se confirment
> >
> >      L'huile d'argan possède des vertus naturelles susceptibles de
soigner
> >plusieurs maux. Sa richesse en acides gras essentiels est déterminante
dans
> >la prévention de l'infarctus du myocarde et de la réduction du taux de
> >cholestérol dans l'organisme. Des enseignants et des étudiants chercheurs
> >marocains du laboratoire de recherches sur les lipoprotéines de la
faculté
> >des sciences Ben M'Sik Sidi Othmane de Casablanca ont été primés
> >dernièrement par deux sociétés savantes de cardiologie marocaine et
> >française pour leurs travaux sur cette huile et son rôle dans la
prévention
> >nutritionnelle des maladies cardio-vasculaires ... ( suite article dans
le
> >site du MDS ci après )
> >
> >
> >http://www.lematin.ma/journal/article.asp?id=soc&ida=30621
> >
> >
> >Angharad ferch Iorwerth; MKA Vicki Shaw
> >Barony Beyond the Mountain
> >East Kingdom
> >vhsjvs at gis.net
> >www.omygoddess.biz
> >
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