Quassia ?! A useful drug?

Quassia ?! A useful drug?

[Robley Hall]

In browsing a book last night I found the following:

Quassia (Picraena excelsa)
Common Names: Bitter Ash,Bitter Wood
Properties and Uses:
An infusion of quassia wood has been used to treat fever,
rheumatism, and dyspepsia. Taken internally, it kills 
roundworms, and as enema it kills pinworms. The tea is also
said to destroy appetite for alcohol. An infusion also serves
as a rinse to counteract dandruff.

Ref: The Herb Book, by John Lust, isbn 0-553-12242-8,
publication details given so that no-one thinks this
is a delayed 1 April 1998 posting.

Re: Quassia ?! A useful drug?

[Colin Rafferty]

Robley Hall writes:

> ...and as enema it kills pinworms. 

Now I know the anser to the question that my sysadmin asked me: "Where
should I install Gnus?"

-- 
Colin

Re: Quassia ?! A useful drug?

[Kai Grossjohann]

>>>>> On 02 Apr 1998, Robley Hall said:

  Robley> Quassia (Picraena excelsa)
  Robley> Common Names: Bitter Ash,Bitter Wood
  Robley> Properties and Uses:
  Robley> An infusion of quassia wood has been used to treat fever,
  Robley> rheumatism, and dyspepsia. Taken internally, it kills 
  Robley> roundworms, and as enema it kills pinworms.

  Robley> The tea is also said to destroy appetite for alcohol.

What does that tell us with respect to the beginning of
http://www.stud.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/larsi.html ("Instant slut; just add
alcohol")?  Now?  :-)

  Robley> An infusion also serves as a rinse to counteract dandruff.

kai "d&r"
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