[Sca-cooks] Re: Accuracy of Herbals (was rue, etc.)
Samrah
auntie_samrah at yahoo.com
Wed Nov 17 22:37:23 PST 2004
UlfR <ulfr at hunter-gatherer.org> wrote:Samrah [2004.11.18] wrote:
> about all sorts of herbal stuff, not just the obvious "no nos." Do
> remember in doing period research on herbs to temper it with modern
> research as there were so many errors in the period herbals, not to
> mention the misconceptions...
>I'd say the same applies to at least some modern herbals. I've seen
>books suggesting self-treatment of heart conditions with digitalis...
>/UlfR
That's terrifying! I have a couple of good ones I trust, and compare others to, but I have never seen that.
Samrah (turning more than a bit pale)
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