RE: Substitutes for animal-derived products in herbal remedies?

[Guest guest]

Hi Sammy,

 

I wrote:

> I ask colleagues who have really effective substitutes for ANIMAL

> ingredients to contact me offlist. I will coordinate the replies

> and compile them into a file of " substitutes for animal sources of

> herbal remedies " , which I will make available to the lists later.

 

Sammy replied:

> This is a laudable exercise. I wonder if the same can be done for

> other endangered species, and for products that cause unnecessary

> suffering (for example farming and extraction of bear gall) ? That

> I would like to hear about. Cheers, Sammy.

 

Bear Gall comes under the heading of animal-derived ingredients,

and will be covered, I hope.

 

It seems that ox bile (and pig bile), which are easily collected in

abattoirs, have similar actions as bear bile. Any dissenters on that?

 

Re endangered plants, would someone else on the List run with

that? I have a lot on my plate and must pass on that one.

 

 

Best regards,

 

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[Guest guest]

Hi Sammy,

 

I wrote:

> I ask colleagues who have really effective substitutes for ANIMAL

> ingredients to contact me offlist. I will coordinate the replies

> and compile them into a file of " substitutes for animal sources of

> herbal remedies " , which I will make available to the lists later.

 

Sammy replied:

> This is a laudable exercise. I wonder if the same can be done for

> other endangered species, and for products that cause unnecessary

> suffering (for example farming and extraction of bear gall) ? That

> I would like to hear about. Cheers, Sammy.

 

Bear Gall comes under the heading of animal-derived ingredients,

and will be covered, I hope.

 

It seems that ox bile (and pig bile), which are easily collected in

abattoirs, have similar actions as bear bile. Any dissenters on that?

 

Re endangered plants, would someone else on the List run with

that? I have a lot on my plate and must pass on that one.

 

 

Best regards,

 

Email: <

 

WORK : Teagasc Research Management, Sandymount Ave., Dublin 4, Ireland

Mobile: 353-; [in the Republic: 0]

 

HOME : 1 Esker Lawns, Lucan, Dublin, Ireland

Tel : 353-; [in the Republic: 0]

WWW : http://homepage.eircom.net/~progers/searchap.htm