Comments on: July Blooms https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/07/08/july-blooms/ Mon, 21 Oct 2024 18:37:41 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robert Kapanjie https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/07/08/july-blooms/comment-page-1/#comment-24958 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 15:45:22 +0000 http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/?p=7158#comment-24958 In reply to circulating now.

Jinny:
Thank you for your research in answering my question. Keep up the good work.

]]> By: circulating now https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/07/08/july-blooms/comment-page-1/#comment-24953 Fri, 10 Jul 2015 11:49:30 +0000 http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/?p=7158#comment-24953 Robert,
Thanks very much for your comment. I’ve found some accounts that larkspur was primarily used to make a lotion or tincture for topical application to kill lice, crabs, and other parasites. Because the larkspur contains toxic alkaloids it is highly poisonous to humans and animals and so should not be ingested. On a side note, I’ve also read that mixing the juice from the flower petals with alum produces blue ink.

]]> By: Robert Kapanjie https://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/2015/07/08/july-blooms/comment-page-1/#comment-24917 Wed, 08 Jul 2015 19:12:27 +0000 http://circulatingnow.nlm.nih.gov/?p=7158#comment-24917 What was the medicinal use of larkspur ? You state it was very poisonous so I assume that its use was topical in nature. Being ensconced in debtors prison congers thoughts of Charles Dickens. Its probably better than going to Australia but if Elizabeth had not published A Curious Herbal Mr Blackwell could have spent the rest of his life in prison. Thank you for an interesting article.

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