Re: [CH] Rhubarb & Aphids

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-> The title Rhubarb tea may be a little misleading. I realise that all
-> good CH's know but for some innocent that may read our secret off topic
-> posts. Rhubarb leaves contain oxalis acid which is poisonous to humans
-> as well as aphids.
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Right, and I'm glad you pointed it out.  Medicinal rhubarb, the kind
you'd actually drink as tea, is a different plant, the so-called
"turkey rhubarb".  Drinking tea made from culinary rhubarb leaves would
do fairly unholy things to your liver. 
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