Is Smoking Mistletoe Safe?!
Question: I've heard a lot about people smoking mistletoe (and also making tea from mistletoe) and I'm wondering is mistletoe safe to smoke?
Don't give the Wikipedia article about mistletoe as I have already looked it over (along with about 50 other non-related Wikipedia articles).
I would like to see references to reputable sites saying whether or not mistletoe is safe to smoke and if so, what varieties are safe.
I'm asking this question because it seems there isn't much information (and none on Yahoo Answers) about smoking mistletoe that I can find. I'm sure there are many other people wondering this also.
Answers: I've heard a lot about people smoking mistletoe (and also making tea from mistletoe) and I'm wondering is mistletoe safe to smoke?
Don't give the Wikipedia article about mistletoe as I have already looked it over (along with about 50 other non-related Wikipedia articles).
I would like to see references to reputable sites saying whether or not mistletoe is safe to smoke and if so, what varieties are safe.
I'm asking this question because it seems there isn't much information (and none on Yahoo Answers) about smoking mistletoe that I can find. I'm sure there are many other people wondering this also.
"Raw, unprocessed mistletoe is poisonous. Eating raw, unprocessed European mistletoe or American mistletoe can cause vomiting, seizures, a slowing of the heart rate, and even death."
Doesn't seem worth the risk. I doubt you can eat it and possibly die, yet be able to smoke it without harm.
Mistletoe IS used as a treatment for cancer in Europe, but it is a prescribed injection that consists of safe, processed mistletoe extracts used under the supervision of a doctor. It is still unsafe to consume the unprocessed plant, whether in a tea or by smoking it.
Mistletoe plain and simple is poisonous to humans, whether injested through the skin, stomach or lungs.
This will be a sure way to send you to the hospital if you do it.
My mother is a nurse and she says that she has seen too many mistletoe poisonings, especially around Christmas time.
Do NOT do it.
Peace out.
Why would anyone in their right minds want to smoke mistletoe ? I heard a lot about people jumping off bridges but I don't want to try that neither.THINK man , use your brain, don't fry it.
I don't know about wikipedia remarks about mistletoe! I do know it can be used in a vaporizer for epileptics! Just a little is used! A former friend uses it cause is epileptic! It stabilizes the person! This person has allergy to the conventional means of control epileptic seizures! I useto get sorta epileptic if too many try to control me and push me into a pattern of behaviour I don't want to be in or do! And also when people called me things I didn't like.. well I used hawthorn and valerian! I don't get stressed out by behaviour pushers or insulters... anymore!
I don't think mistletoe would be safe to smoke! And I don't think it safe for tea either! Mistletoe is poisonous. So are many drugs! Mistletoe should never be used by anyone that doesn't get seizures!
The only legitimate use for misteltoe is as an altternative cancer therapy.
It is midly toxic, and also causes diahrrea! I don't think smoking it is a good idea!
try it...doesnt hurt to try...unless it kills you