[Sca-cooks] Re: Accuracy of Herbals (was rue, etc.)

[Samrah]

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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