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  2. From: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu (Paula Burch)
  3. Newsgroups: rec.food.historic
  4. Subject: Re: Cooking with orchids
  5. Date: 22 Dec 1992 21:00:18 GMT
  6. Organization: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tx
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  9. Message-ID: <1h7vl2INNf1p@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu>
  10. References: <1992Dec16.183313.9465@iscsvax.uni.edu> <8749.12693@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM>
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  12. Originator: pburch@roc.mbcr.bcm.tmc.edu
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  15. In article <8749.12693@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM>, jane@soave.swdc.stratus.com (Jane Beckman) writes:
  16. > I know that lady's slipper orchids are also an old-time
  17. > headache cure, and were also used for "female problems."  The
  18. > action is supposed to be very similar to valarian, which
  19. > implies there might be either valium or some closely-related
  20. > compound in them.  
  21.  
  22. No, it doesn't. Valarian, while definitely sedative, does not contain a 
  23. compound related to Valium. It seems likely to me that the name Valium was 
  24. chosen because of valarian's good reputation in some European countries.
  25.  
  26. Paula Burch
  27. pburch@bcm.tmc.edu
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