Posted by zenhussy on August 11, 2004, at 20:47:01
In reply to Medicinal herb question re: rue, posted by Racer on August 11, 2004, at 11:50:35
> No, not how to use it as a medicinal herb.
Good! Rue's uses are limited but does have some helpful effects when used properly. Reasons for using a tincture preparation would be to promote flexibility of the ligaments, and to relieve muscular spasm and rheumatic aches and pains. Herbalist Michael Tierra (his books would be at any online biggie) recommends using rue tincture in doses of 5-20 drops at a time. Did I just get all herby? Sorry, my passions peek out from under the illness upon occasion.
> I love Rue for it's foliage, but have trouble growing it outside where we live now. I'd put some in a pot inside, except that we have an infestation of cats and I'm concerned that they'd get into it, eat it, and I'm not sure how dangerous it might be for them. (OK, so the infestation is really two aging pussycats, but I'm still concerned about their safety.)I love the foliage of rue as well.
> Can anyone tell me anything about how dangerous rue is to cats? Of the two cats who live here now, one is both elderly and basically non-destructive, but the other still seems to get into the weirdest things. The older cat only really eats foodstuffs -- whatever he can get his mouth around, it seems -- but the other had been known to chew up things like yarn, the thread on the sewing machine, the cords from the telephone headset, etc. She usually only seems to go for thread-like things, but I don't trust her not to go for a houseplant if there was one available to her. (That's why we don't have any houseplants right now...)
Lots of the sites that list the toxic plants also have safe ones listed for dogs or cats. Maybe something with large leaves very unthread-like? She is one clever kitty.
> Thank you very much for any answers or suggestions or informational links.Link-o-rama:
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