I: tox info needed

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Hi all, I hope I am not breaking any rules by forwarding this plea for help

from Janina Sorensen

Marco

>Hello

>

>I am sitting with an article on 'toxic essential oils, phytols or infused

>oils used in aromatherapy' who's integrity I doubt.

>

>The author lists essential or infused oils with (external?)toxic action of

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>arnica (here it gives poisonous internally, ok)

>calendula (abortogenic)

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>devil's claw (harpagophytum) (oxytocic)

>echinacea (hepatotoxic, dermatitic)

>fenugreek (trigonella) (oxytocic)

>meadowsweet (filipendula)(gastric irritant, bronchospastic)

>pampa muna (Satureja boliviana)irritant, hepatotoxic)

>

>

>as reference the author gives a book by Newall, & on

(1996)

>Herbal Medicines. A guide for health care professionals, London,

>Pharmaceutical Press.

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>Does anyone have the book and cares to look this up for me?

>Do the toxic actions reported refer to the EXternal use, and do they really

>refer to a lipid formula, not a tincture or extract for internal use?

>I have never come across harpagophytum, filipendula or trigonella to be

used

>as an infused oil for external massage use?

>Echinacea?

>

>Does the book lists references for the above mentioned tox statements?

>

>Same article cites Tyler for Tilia (Lindenblossoms) cardiotoxicity?

>What about the ref here? Externally used it's cardiotoxic????

>

>Is comfrey hepatotoxic and carcinogenic if used externally????

>Anyone has a ref to that?

>

>I really appreciate if someone would look up the refs to these statements

in

>Newalls and Tylers..please?

>

>Best's Janina