hist-brewing: Tansy in Ale

[Harijan]

At 06:24 PM 3/7/2002 -0500, ed somers wrote:

>I am surprised to see all the warnings about tansy. I read in The
>Historical Companion to House-Brewing, that tansy Common, is useful in
>brewing. It quotes Culpepper (ca 16th -17th century) "Let those women who
>desire children love this herb. Tis their best companion, their huisbands
>excepted." and then says that "boiled in beer it stayed miscarriages."

I've read Culpeper's Herbal. I don't find his work to be the most 
authoritative, although he can be quite on the mark sometimes. For herb 
lore, I usually consult John Lust.


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