Talk:Dictamnus albus

Needs to me merged with Dittany, I believe. --DanielCD 15:36, 9 Feb 2005 (UTC)

The page has been turned into a disambig page, and this is no longer relevant. -- Kizor 17:10, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

The article on the burning bush says that the seeds do cause damage to the plant when they catch fire, contrading this one. A fix to one or both would be much appreciated. -- Kizor 17:10, 20 May 2005 (UTC)

Redirect

Since Dittany of Crete is a redirect to Origanum dictamnus, perhaps Dictamnus (the genus) should redirect to Dictamnus albus (its sole species, according to the article.) Feezo (Talk) 01:14, 8 April 2006 (UTC)

Scratch that. Looks like the article is wrong. [1] Feezo (Talk) 01:42, 9 April 2006 (UTC)

A "disorder" called "in the gravel"?

The second paragraph in the "Historical medical uses" section begins (italics are mine):

An infusion of the tops of the plant was also used as a pleasant and efficacious medicine in the gravel. It was believed to work powerfully by provoking urine and easing colicky pains which frequently accompany that disorder.

I traced this text all the way back to: 09:00, 18 February 2005 Lady Tenar (talk | contribs) (3,833 bytes) (merge with content from Dittany) (undo)

And then back further in the current disambiguation Dittany page's history to the time it was an article. The original text was the same as the current one, so "in the gravel" is not from an editing mishap along the way.

A Google search for "gravel illness" turned up one mention of kidney stones being obliquely referred to as gravel. My first impression was "gravel" was a typo for "gravid," but that seems unlikely.

Sorry that this is all I can do at the moment. I have my own, non-gravel illness to deal with, so I appreciate anyone who can finish this research and revise the section. I suggest starting with a search for "kidney gravel" to find a decent reference.

Thanks, Geekdiva (talk) 08:52, 10 November 2010 (UTC)