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" <galing...@chariot.net.au> >Reply-To: silver-list@eskimo.com >To: <silver-list@eskimo.com> >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: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Silver-list archive: http://escribe.com/health/thesilverlist/index.html List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
