Talk:Sapindus

message: I agree, it should be merged.Brian1979 16:45, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I'll go ahead and merge them then. —Keenan Pepper 17:23, 6 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Topics

message: This is an important plant/berry in Pacific Northwest native cultures, mostly Interior Plateau; in the language area I'm from (St'at'imcets) it's called xoosum (pron. HOO-shum) and it's similar in Secwepemc and Nlaka'pamux; just wondering if there should be an ethnobotany and biobotanical section here with the various native names cited; and the recipes for making "Indian ice cream" and the cranberry-cocktail like drink (that's so refreshing, and good for your kidneys, too).Skookum1 23:19, 11 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: If you have verifiable sources, then by all means, be bold and start a new section! —Keenan Pepper 00:14, 12 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: First Nations/Native American names

message: Could we get a clarification on how it is both antimicrobial and good for septic systems? Since septic systems depend on microbial health to do their job, asserting both things in the same sentence seems contradictory.
--Stacymckenna (talk) 20:17, 29 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Contradiction? 

message: I have removed the following links:
*Simply Soap Nuts "Chemical Free Laundry. Beneficial to those with skin allergies." 
*New Hampshire All Natural "Buy Soap Nuts on-line from New Hampshire All Natural" 
I suspect they are using the article for self-promotion. Feel free to re-instate if I am wrong.
B. van der Wee (talk) 00:52, 17 December 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I have added a new link that has some useful information from a US distributor of soap nuts, including how to use soap nuts and hypoallergic properties. Hopefully, someone can figure out how to incorporate the bits of that page which have encyclopedic content (perhaps the bits about the smell and that they can be used in high-efficiency washers, which often require special detergents) and use that URL as a citation. At the moment, I'm failing to figure out how to "make it work", so I will have to punt it to a more experienced editor.
-- Lewellyn talk 08:53, 14 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  External Links 

message: "Soap nuts are antimicrobial and are beneficial for septic systems and greywater." How are they beneficial? Currently this reads like product promotion, and I'd personally be interested in knowing in what way they benefit septic systems and greywater. Preston McConkie (talk • contribs) 02:56, 13 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Effectiveness in sewer 

message: Could someone translate the "Wirkung" section in the German wikipedia article, to English? I don't know how it works with the Wikipedia translate request pages, and wonder if they are only for full articles, so I put the request here instead, hoping someone can translate German.Bib (talk) 18:11, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translation from the German article 

message: The article needs cleanup. Read this:
Soap nuts, especially are used medically as an expectorant, emetic, contraceptive, and for treatment of excessive salivation, epilepsy, chlorosis, and migraines. Studies show that saponin from soap nuts inhibits tumor cell growth.
Come on, people...  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.209.209.129 (talk) 17:34, 16 January 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: They forgot to mention that it is a powerful hallucinogen as well as a nuclear weapon of mass destruction, and if you snort it at midnight under a full moon in Pisces, it makes you invisible and able to fly. Succubus MacAstaroth (talk) 21:38, 3 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: So, how long should it sit without citations before we can remove the claims?  --Synaptophysin (talk) 20:58, 21 July 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Two points - first of all, many of these claims are "folk remedies".  Though the effectiveness is not scientifically clear, there is definite evidence that local people do use the sapindus plants (and extracts of it) to treat those ailments.  Secondly, modern scientific research has been conducted in some of these areas.  I have tried to go claim-by-claim and find sources for each.  (See my edits).  I was not able to verify anything related to "HIV".  I was not able to verify anything related to diabetes, though I did find this article which is incomprehensible to me.  So, I removed all claims related to diabetes and HIV.  Finally, I edited to make clear the distinction between "folk medicine" and "scientifically investigated effect."  (As an aside-  I had not even heard of sapindus or its medical uses until I saw this article, and I hate to see twelve or fifteen  tags left unfixed - so I did some deep dive research here.  Please feel free to follow up with me on my talk page if you have any comments).  Nimur (talk) 04:20, 17 August 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Snake Oil 

message: How can Lychee (Litchi chinensis) not be on the list of species in the Lychee family?--Nø (talk) 10:25, 20 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lychee