Re: OT: Iris Toxicity
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: Iris Toxicity
- From: J* a* C* W*
- Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2001 15:43:22 -0700
> From: J.F. Hensler <christyh@povn.com>
> Back in my "herbal medicine"
> days I did quite a bit of reading on the subject of irises and found them
> used in a number of interesting remedies. Among them, the dried rhizome
of
> I. florentina was recommended for teething babies
Christy,
This practice goes back at least as far as the time of Pliny, who mentions
it in his "Historia Naturae", composed in the First Century A.D.
Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2, AHS Zone 7)
jcwalters@bridgernet.com
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