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["Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>]

The condition is called a bezoar.  It's real.  It's a concretion of skins and seeds, though you have to eat a LOT of them.  I've heard it's most common among hunters who eat wild persimmons while they are in the woods and include a lot of partially ripe ones.  
-Lon Rombough
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On Oct 14, 2008, at 2:56 PM, rob hamilton wrote:

Somehow remember being told that eating a lot of unpeeled persimmons can cause a condition where the skins can collect in the bowel. Is this true? and what is this condition called?

Also has anyone even made tea out of the leaves?  If so when is the best time to use them?

Robert

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