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I heard back from the web site owner today, she said she removed the info
until she can further investigate it, she can not remember where it came
from ..... Cindy
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Cindy Curtis, RN, IBCLC
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http://www.breastfeedingonline.com
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> I have checked out the website you referred to Cindy, and the reference to
> fenugreek appears to have been removed - it certainly was not on the page
> that your URL took me to.
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> My herbal reference text states that the active ingredients in fenugreek
> are flavonoids, volatile oil, saponins and alkaloids. Its properties are
> listed as "leaving a soothing protective coating over irritated surfaces
> (internal demulcent, external emollient); nutrient; anti-inflammatory;
> galactogogue; hypoglycaemic. A natural lubricant for the colon.
> Oxytocic. Febrifuge."
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> No mention of coumarins which *are* contra-indicated in lactation.
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> Ref: Bartram's Encyclopaedia of Herbal Medicine, ISBN 1-85487-586-8.
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> HTH.
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> Sincerely,
>
> Sue Lunn
> ABM BFC
> Somerset, UK.
>
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