Garry Nixon a écrit dans le message ...
Thanks - have posted mead makers.
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>>I bet that stuff would mellow you out! ;o)
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>> To be serious, I would suggest you check with the Meadmaking group. In
>> ancient times they made a lot of mead with herbs. Both for medicinal and
>> pleasure. Might be interesting.
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>> Ray
Herbs are generally used to flavor wine or beer not to directly be fermented as the leaves or green parts have very little sugar or compounds that convert to sugar with ease. comfrey: symphytum peregrinum from a pharmaceutical point of view is less toxic than many herbs pushed by the con artist . That of course is not a recommendation to take it but a warning that many of the "herbs" promoted by self declared herbalists and other con artists are even more deadly. "Rated relatively safe when taken in appropriate quantities for short periods of time. " On July 6, 2001 the FDA Advised "Dietary Supplement Manufacturers to Remove Comfrey Products From the Market"
German Commission E Monographs does not approve it for internal use "External: Bruises, sprains. The daily applied dosage should not exceed 100 µg (mcg) of pyrrolizidine alkaloids with 1,2-unsaturated necine structure, including their N-oxides".
Detoxified extract is used in many skin care products. Volatile oils that are extracted with liquid CO2 are generally alkaloids free. other plants with pyrrolizidine alkaloids . Crotalaria spp. (RATTLEBOX); GROUNDSEL (Senecio spp.); HELIOTROPE (Heliotropium spp.); RAGWORT (Senecio jacobaea); VIPER'S BUGLOSS (Echium plantagineum);