Patricia, > re: alergenic > > the german commision e says: no contraindication. no known side effects, >no known interactions with other drugs. > > promotes healing/antiinflammatory and granulatory action in topical >applcaiton has been described. Are you talking about calendular, the herb (a kind of marigold), often used in homeopathic and herbal remedies for skin inflammation etc. or Calendula, the proprietory, brand-named cream, which includes corn oil in it's ingredients, and until recently, had arachis (peanut oil) in it too? The first is probably not allergenic since I believe they use the essential oil which is very pure and unlikely to contain the proteins that can trigger allergies and obviously, homeopathic preparations can't trigger allergy as they are too dilute; but the brand-named cream is very allergenic, I can attest from personal experience (my leg swelled up when I applied some Calendula massage cream). Calendular flowers can be very allergenic too, since they contain pollen that affects some hayfever sufferers. Obviously, side-effects and contraindications are quite a different matter to allergy. -- Anna H. mailto: [log in to unmask] http://www.ratbag.demon.co.uk/anna/ *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html