Hi Lisa,
I think I wrote this post to Lactnet originally.

Did you get any other offers to assist getting this? (I am a bit
behind in reading Lactnet.)

I can photocopy the article and snail-mail it to you. Please provide
your address.

Regards,
Joy

>Date:    Mon, 28 Apr 2003 13:22:15 -0700
>From:    Lisa Marasco IBCLC <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Anyone have this on hand or know how to get it?
>
>I saved the following post from lactnet a few years ago and would love
>to find a copy of the cited article:
>
>>>Yes, I have heard of this, and quite a few others. A pharmacist here
>in
>Perth, Bob Longmore, gave a presentation at a seminar last July when
>Ruth
>Lawrence was here. He has studied galactagogues in traditional writings
>and
>tried to work out the mode of action of these from the chemicals they
>contain. He included in his list aniseed & star anise, dill, vervain,
>holy
>thistle, milk thistle, fennel, fenugreek and nigella. Also at the end of
>the list, goats rue, chaste berry and raspberry leaf. I have seen or
>heard
>of several of these on Lactnet and from other people in the last few
>years.
>Some of the characteristics in common with some of these were calming
>effects (? like oxytocin) and mild oestrogenic effects, although this is
>not the case with all of them. Some seem to be still a mystery. A
>write-up
>of his talk is in 'ALCA Galaxy' (newsletter of Australian Lactation
>Consultants Association) Aug 1998, p 24-25. It is all very 'chemical'.
>But
>fascinating, and great that a 'conventional' pharmacist and scientist is
>taking an interest in finding out more about these herbal
>galactagogues.<<
>
>If anyone has this, could you please contact me? Thanks!
>
>~Lisa
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Joy Anderson B.Sc. Dip.Ed. Grad.Dip.Med.Tech. IBCLC
Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor
Perth, Western Australia.   mailto:[log in to unmask]
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