Matrecary? ** Probably Blue Chamomile

[Guest guest]

Howdy Liz,

 

 

> Hi all

> In the PubMed article on dust mites

> (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1661675 )

> they quote *matrecary* essential oil as an effective control.

> Dust mites aside -

> What IS Matrecary - anyone know? I've googled it and there is nothing,

> no plant, no oil, no nothing....

>

 

A good bet would be that they mean Matricaria chamomilla .. I have seen poor

local variations of even some Botanical names in some countries .. and in

trans literal translation .. such as Russian and Greek and Chinese and in

this case .. Arabic .. odds are good that this has happened.

 

LLx

>

 

Y'all keep smiling. :-)

 

Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi Butch an Chris an all,

Just getting back on this as I've been out all day - got ma self

A-New-Hair-Do! an had a demonstration of a new fangled horse massage

machine. Diverse day or what?? From the scented pampered walls of the

beauty salon straight to the *sweet* <not!> horse scented stables -

and shoveling sh%t in less than an hour! <lol>.

Anyway I love a good hunt, and I'm not so sure on the Matricaria

chamomilla for Matrecary.

First - none of the other oils tested were referred to by the

botanical name (a glaring error for any research paper).

Second - cant think of a reason they would even look at MC for dust mite control

Third - MC constituents dont match the discription of Matrecary:

 

" Matrecary oil exhibited high activity due to the presence of camphor

51.4%, p-cymene 20.1% and thymol 9.5%. Perhaps, there is a joint

effect of those components leading to improved activity against mite. "

 

So I'm still hunting on this one. Now trying to match the high camphor

content to a known EO.... wonder what that could be?

My bet is on Artemisia princeps (a bit low) or Cinnamomum camphora

(possible).... but neither match fully.

Any takers?

LLx

 

 

 

On 11/10/2007, Butch Owen <butchowen wrote:

> Howdy Liz,

>

>

> > Hi all

> > In the PubMed article on dust mites

> > (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1661675 )

> > they quote *matrecary* essential oil as an effective control.

> > Dust mites aside -

> > What IS Matrecary - anyone know? I've googled it and there is nothing,

> > no plant, no oil, no nothing....

> >

>

> A good bet would be that they mean Matricaria chamomilla .. I have seen poor

> local variations of even some Botanical names in some countries .. and in

> trans literal translation .. such as Russian and Greek and Chinese and in

> this case .. Arabic .. odds are good that this has happened.

>

> LLx

> >

>

> Y'all keep smiling. :-)

>

> Butch .. http://www.AV-AT.com

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Liz,

 

Can't wait to hear what it really is. You are so right...not much camphor

in Chamomile. Shows you the details I pay attention to while reading!

 

Glad someone has the energy to hunt.

 

Cheers,

Christina