But I did smile when I said I must threaten my husband! [The older he gets the sooner I may carry out the threat! ;) ] Judith.
----- Original Message ----- From: w8w8 <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 11:22 PM Subject: Re: CS>Warts > You say that hemlock is neither an herb nor a tree. Purdue University > disagrees with you. See http://vet.purdue.edu/depts/addl/toxic/ > > POISON HEMLOCK Conium maculatum (parsnip family) > TOXICITY RATINGS: Moderate to high. > DANGEROUS PARTS OF PLANT: All parts, especially young leaves and seeds. > CLASS OF SIGNS: Nervousness, trembling, incoordination, depression, > coma, death, birth defects. > SIGNS: . Humans are often poisoned, mistaking the roots for parsnips, > the leaves for parsley, or the seeds for anise. > > I am not going to argue buckeye pod. > > You say that nightshade is eaten by the Greeks. That doesn't make it > non-poisoning. Some people play Russian Roulette. That's not too > smart either. > > BLACK NIGHTSHADE Solanum nigrum, Carolina Horsenettle, Bull Nettle, > Solanum carolinense > BITTER NIGHTSHADE, CLIMBING BITTERSWEET Solanum dulcamara (nightshade > family) > TOXICITY RATING: Moderate. While the plant itself is very toxic, it is > also unpalatable, and rarely does an animal consume enough to cause a > serious or potentially lethal poisoning. Toxic risk is higher if the > plant is included in processed feeds. > DANGEROUS PARTS OF PLANT: All parts are potentially toxic, the berries > are often higher in toxicity. > > You said "The obvious part - the seed or pod - may not be the part that > is valuable - many are valuable for the bark of the tree > > So what has that to do with what the bible says we can eat? > > You say "oleander has a seed pod but not 'fruit' and it is a shrub not > a tree - have seen sheep graze on oleander with no effect. > > First, a seed pod contains seeds. Second, did God differentiate between > bushes and trees? I think not. You may have seen sheep graze on > oleander. Than doesn't make oleander less poisonous. > > OLEANDER (Nerium oleander) > COMMON NAME: Rose bay. > POISONOUS PARTS: Entire plant especially the leaves. > POISONING: If ingested may experience pain in the mouth and lips, may > also develop vomiting, cramping, abdominal pain, nausea and bradycardia > shortly after ingestion. > > You say: Also I need a threat to hold over my husband - "~ else I'll > stir your tea with an oleander stick...!" > > Ah! A display of true Christian love > > Erwin > > > > >From: "Judith Thamm" <[email protected]> > >Reply-To: [email protected] > >To: <[email protected]> > > >X-UIDL: d69de92a23ec694c9f3d95cb6b6adca5 > > > >Jus t taking one section of the response from Erwin, > > > > > I suggest you read your bible without a preconceived outcome. > > > >So, I went and read my bible and it said: Genesis 1:29 "..every herb > >bearing seed and every tree in the which is the fruit of the tree > >yielding seed...." not... > > > > > Every plant and tree which yield seed are given to us by God as good > > >to > > > eat.(Genesis 1:29) > > > > > (Note: This would include poisonous plants such as > > > hemlock, > >Neither herb nor tree but is used in homoeopathy, I believe, > > > > > buckeye pod, > >'pod' is not considered a fruit from a tree, and the use of that tree > >may yet to be discovered... The obvious part - the > >seed or pod - may not be the part that is valuable - many are valuable > >for > >the bark of the tree eg Cat's claw and Paud'arco. > > > > > nightshade, > >eaten by many Greeks [our next town is Greek/Italian mostly] > > > > >oleander > >has a seed pod but not 'fruit' and it is a shrub not a tree - have > >seen sheep graze on oleander with no effect. Also I need a threat to > >hold over my husband - "~ else I'll stir your tea with an oleander > >stick...!" :) > > > > > >Taking that verse is a mock argument. I have also seen it used as an > >excuse for smoking various plants - but nowhere does it suggest to > >'smoke' plants to escape reality! > > > >Regards, > >Judith. > > > > -- > The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. > > To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: > [email protected] -or- [email protected] > with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. > > To post, address your message to: [email protected] > Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html > List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]> >
