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Don’t put parsley in your vagina.

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AspieAndProud · 18/01/2019 16:16

Apparently this is a thing.

There is no scientifcally backed evidence that says parsley can induce menstruation

Sorry, JY.

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/parsley-vagina-why-start-periods-delay-hormones-tea-doctor-advice-a8733461.html

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newtlover · 18/01/2019 20:38

any of these herbs would need to be taken orally of course

FloralBunting · 18/01/2019 20:27

Curly parsley would definitely itch. I'm not sure it's any woman's aim to be wandering about scratching her nethers because of green herbage.

Timeforabiscuit · 18/01/2019 20:27

Parsley oil (apiol) used to be used for abortions, and there have been cases of deaths by poisoning by eating too much.

iklboo · 18/01/2019 20:24

The next step along from vajazzles, now that we're all so plastic conscious? Organic vajazzling?

Smarties?

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 18/01/2019 20:23

Are we talking about flat leaf parsley or the other type?

jesus, no-one's advocating putting curly parsley up people's foofs - not even Marie Claire. They're not animals

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AspieAndProud · 18/01/2019 20:22

Wouldn’t parsley up the foof make your coffee enema taste funny?

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FloralBunting · 18/01/2019 20:17

The other type of parsley than flat leaf parsley is best as a garnish, I find.

The next step along from vajazzles, now that we're all so plastic conscious? Organic vajazzling?

Loyaultemelie · 18/01/2019 20:10

Oh ffs I'm doing Risk Assessments for a parsley grower as we speak, I didn't expect to have to write anything about tell customers not to stick up their foof. Shock

Jocasta2018 · 18/01/2019 20:07

Are we talking about flat leaf parsley or the other type? Presumably it has to be organic....

Doobigetta · 18/01/2019 20:05

Were the two women experimenting together, or did they independently obtain similar results? Because one of those things is porn, and the other is science.

Knicknackpaddyflak · 18/01/2019 20:02

I read an appalling short story once about two women experimenting with a persimmon. It put me off persimmons for life. I do think though the only ill effects suffered in that story were by the persimmon.

iklboo · 18/01/2019 19:05

Any research been done on rhubarb? Asking for a friend Wink

BernardBlacksWineIcelolly · 18/01/2019 19:01

what the bejesus were Marie Clair thinking?

I've found that leaving my fanjo alone, save for the odd rinse has been a very effective way of having a healthy fanjo

wouldn't sell a lot of magazines though I guess

all the women I lived with a uni were obsessed with putting soap in their foof and consequently suffered with terrible thrush

Purplewithgreenspots · 18/01/2019 18:40

Sounds like yet another one of those not-researched-at-all articles. There was a spate a while back where researchers were proving they could get anything published.
Its just such a shame that they did such a harmful one. Why on earth would anyone would want to bring on a period?

Doobigetta · 18/01/2019 18:38

I’ve just looked it up. Parsley seed essential oil is reputed to be a uterine tonic, as in stimulates the uterine muscles, which means it can be helpful during labour and to relieve period pain, but it has been implicated in miscarriages.

Iused2BanOptimist · 18/01/2019 18:35

Doobigetta when I was a child there used to be something called "green oils " which I think may have had winter green in it which was used to reduce swelling on swollen joints of horses. I'm pretty sure it would be contraindicated in pregnancy.

Iused2BanOptimist · 18/01/2019 18:31

I think the parsley she UID be mixed with natural yoghurt for the full thrush effect iklboo, and any left overs should make quite a nice dip for your crisps.

Seriously though, has no one heard of toxic shock syndrome these days?

Doobigetta · 18/01/2019 18:31

The lis5 of essential oils (and therefore plants) that can definitely be said to have absolutely no abortifacient effect is very short. From memory, sweet orange/mandarin is about the only one definitely safe in the first trimester of pregnancy. Lavender and rosemary aren’t, although you’d probably have to use them in huge quantities for them to actually have an effect. But some of the ones like wintergreen, which features in Olbas Oil, have a much stronger link.

iklboo · 18/01/2019 18:26

What about parsley sauce? Would the cream fight thrush for a double fanny whammy?

Doobigetta · 18/01/2019 18:26

There are dozens. I did an aromatherapy course a few years ago that included a really interesting module on the history of plant-based medicine. A huge proportion of the plants and herbs that used to be kept in medieval physick gardens were there because they acted to induce periods, and therefore abortions. That’s why the Church and state punished women who practised medicine and “witchcraft” so harshly- because they were basically women helping other women to control their own fertility, which is of course anathema to misogynists.

LordProfFekkoThePenguinPhD · 18/01/2019 18:22

I assumed this was another Paltrow-ism.

newtlover · 18/01/2019 18:18

'induce menstruation' is a modern version of the code for ending a pregnancy
there are many herbs which are not to be taken in pregnancy, for this reason
but I never heard that parsley is one of them

Doobigetta · 18/01/2019 17:57

Good tip, thanks.

VickyEadie · 18/01/2019 17:34

I am now singing “don’t put the parsley in your vag Mrs Worthington”

Partner and I have just had a little duet of it together after I laughed out loud.

ScienceIsTruth · 18/01/2019 17:34

Eh?!

What are the bad side effects? That's what I now need to know.

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