An amazing friend, this plant. I’m a student with the Matthew wood herbalism institute and many classes address this plant. I even put it in a short story called Bekka G saves the forest. It’s unfortunate that most people think it’s causing their allergies when most of the time, it isn’t. I use it a lot, applying infused oil directly onto my kidneys as a massage seems to do all sorts of happy things. Whenever I forage this plant, I gotta gently shake and then leave it outside for a while bc it’s always loaded with critters. They love it. Thanks for writing about this!
Depends on the type of latex, I found the following: Goldenrod latex and natural rubber latex (Hevea brasiliensis) share at least one cross-reactive protein allergen, meaning some people allergic to commercial latex may also react to goldenrod sap. The overlap is protein-based (not carbohydrate), though the specific allergen is still unidentified. By contrast, synthetic “latex” (nitrile, vinyl) contains no plant proteins, so there’s no cross-reactivity with goldenrod or natural latex. Hope this helps.
An amazing friend, this plant. I’m a student with the Matthew wood herbalism institute and many classes address this plant. I even put it in a short story called Bekka G saves the forest. It’s unfortunate that most people think it’s causing their allergies when most of the time, it isn’t. I use it a lot, applying infused oil directly onto my kidneys as a massage seems to do all sorts of happy things. Whenever I forage this plant, I gotta gently shake and then leave it outside for a while bc it’s always loaded with critters. They love it. Thanks for writing about this!
If a person has a latex allergy, should this plant be avoided?
Depends on the type of latex, I found the following: Goldenrod latex and natural rubber latex (Hevea brasiliensis) share at least one cross-reactive protein allergen, meaning some people allergic to commercial latex may also react to goldenrod sap. The overlap is protein-based (not carbohydrate), though the specific allergen is still unidentified. By contrast, synthetic “latex” (nitrile, vinyl) contains no plant proteins, so there’s no cross-reactivity with goldenrod or natural latex. Hope this helps.
Thank you. Yes. This helps.
Love goldenrod, I made tinctures with it this year to use for respiratory illnesses.
This is very interesting. I wish we could buy single articles a la carte!