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    • March 4, 2010 at 4:56 pm #12895
      janette
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      Hi, I’m looking for information on plant cystoliths.

      I am specifically interested in their potentially damaging effect on kidneys when ingested. I am also curious if they are water soluble (ie: will they end up in the kidneys if you consume a tea preparation of a plant containing cystoliths).

      Does anyone have information on this? Other sources?

      Thank you

    • March 5, 2010 at 3:49 am #98130
      plasmodesmata11
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      i was unfamiliar with these, but apparently they are mostly calcium carbonate, so they wouldn’t be bad. what type of tea? haha

    • March 6, 2010 at 12:29 am #98142
      sustainableemily
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      I knew someone who had kidney stones, he was told by his doctor not to drink tea.

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