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RE: Steemit Iron Chef 2017 #09: Silver-Dollar Banana Pancakes with Wild Rosehip-Pennyroyal Syrup
It does seem that way, right?
Pennyroyal specifically is an abortifacient though.
It does have an amazing scent... :)
Yet the food with pennyroyal in it, is not required to have any warnings on it. And if drinking tea was all it took, abortion would not be the heavily regulated thing that it is. But dose and sensitivity are hard to figure for all cases. I can appreciate that the Pennyroyal oil is a lot more concentrated, with serious effects, with plenty of documentation, for sure! At least anyone can use pennyroyal to enjoy its fragrance!
Yep :) I think it would be super rare that a tiny bit could be dangerous...but we never know. It is like avoiding sage in food while pregnant.
It has been used in tea form along with Tansy, for centuries. And you are right, the problem is that if it is not prepared correctly, or dosed correctly, it can cause liver and kidney toxicity, and has often resulted in severe illness and death. Modern abortion techniques removed those threats.
They cannot label it though, because the FDA prohibition of free medical speech with medicinal herbs. If they put warnings on it, it would be admitting it has medicinal qualities. The info can be written, but cannot be sold with the herb or products. It has to be in a different area. Craziness ;)
For everyone else though, it has no risks used as flavoring, or in teas.
It's a strange, complicated world we live in! Thanks for all that explanation!