Talk:Bezoar

message: Why does 'bamboo pearl' redirect here? I'm trying to find information on the authenticity or lack thereof of the notion that some species of bamboo produce some sort of stonelike object or "pearl" naturally. The idea seems extremely outlandish to me, but nature is frequently outlandish, so I would like some actual data. It's bad enough that I can't find anything useful on Google, but I can't see any reason the term redirects here to Bezoar on Wikipedia. The two topics just seem to have nothing whatsoever to do with each other. Perhaps a page on "pearl hoaxes" would be a good idea? The whole 'coconut pearl' concept could go there too. I'm sure there are others. 75.18.179.81 (talk) 14:14, 31 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bamboo Pearl Redirect? 

message: Is there any evidence on the effects (or lack thereof) of bezoar on poison?
:: Yes. It is mentioned under Arsenic in "Principles of Forensic Toxicology". I have added a reference to the article. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Filksinger (talk • contribs) 18:38, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  effectiveness? 

message: The article states "the word "bezoar" ultimately comes from the Persian pâdzahr" but this medical paper states "The term Bezoar comes from the Arabic 'badzehr' or from the Persian 'panzer' both meaning counterpoison or antidote". 
Can anybody clarify where the word originated and in which language? And then how it spread into other languages?
Hamster128 10:45, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin of the word 'bezoar'? 

message: Much of the material I've collected on snake stones mentions bezoar stones. (see Talk:Snake-Stones)
Is there a difference between a bezoar stone and a snake stone?
Hamster128 11:05, 9 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Relationship to [[Snake-Stones]]? 

message: I have supplied the requested references for the second and third paragraph for the article. Filksinger 18:41, 10 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  References 

message: I think the page has been vandalised
Brain fork 20:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalism 

message: The article lead currently treats "bezoar" and "enterolith" as synonyms.  However, the body describes "bezoar" only in the sense of "hairball" (see Wiktionary).  In the medical literature, "bezoar" sometimes is used to mean "enterolith", but I suggest putting far less emphasis on that fact in this article.  I will remove "enterolith" from the lead.  Someone please rewrite the lead to better define bezoar.  Thanks! --Una Smith (talk) 04:22, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Also, I recommend moving the etymology out of the history section to Wiktionary. --Una Smith (talk) 04:27, 26 October 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Additional problems:  much of the content, apart from the history section, is actually disambiguation.  The article may need to be made into a disambiguation page, plus a separate, expanded article about the historical use of the term in the sense of a magical object.  See Wikipedia:Writing better articles. --Una Smith (talk) 19:45, 9 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cleanup 

message: It may be helpful to readers who browse through categories, but would adding this article to :Category:Stones be too inaccurate? -- œ™ 22:12, 7 March 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Stones? 

message: Does anyone know if Bezoar is related to Sarira in Buddhism?
Kowloonese (talk) 18:47, 26 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Śarīra? 

message: Which king? Varlaam (talk) 20:15, 28 November 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: A "cook at King's court"

message: It might be interesting to explain how bezoars are formed.
There's a House episode in which drugs trapped in a bezoar produce bizarre symptoms. It's explained that this particular type of bezoar was caused by taking large amounts of antacid, which prevented food from being fully digested. This seemed odd, because my understanding is that the digestive process is alkaline, and stomach acid regulates it by slowing it down. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 12:47, 24 February 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: chemistry

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message: Subject not notable on its own merits.  Suggest merging into bezoar article Rogermx (talk) 18:35, 9 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposed merge with [[Porcupine dates]]