Talk:Four thieves vinegar

Effectiveness

It would certainly be interesting to know if it was indeed effective against the Plague or worked as a desinfectant (and why)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 31.18.167.94 (talk) 00:54, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Forthave's Vinegar

I don't know about the reference to Forthave's Vinegar... even the site it's mentioned on and cited from doesn't really seem to portray it as a reliable fact, but rather as just a curious story; and since the vinegar is originally named in French sources, where Forthave would not sound like the words for 'four thieves' I can't imagine it's very reliable. An old 19th century book (link) is the earliest I've seen of the Forthave story, which tells it alongside a bunch of other unlikely historical tidbits. It also claims that this Forthave's vinegar was first cited 1749, about 10 years after the earliest references I've seen to Thieves Vinegar from French sources. I also find no references to Forthave's Vinegar in the actual 18th century when he was supposed to have been selling it -- only from 19th and 20th century sources repeating the same story. I kind of feel like, if this fact about Forthave's Vinegar is to remain up, it needs a note of its unlikeliness. --174.56.0.212 (talk) 05:12, 4 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree. I've cleaned up some of the more speculative, fringe material. Also I removed several external links that seemed tenuous, or, in the one case of thenaturaloptions, promotional. Leptus Froggi (talk) 03:08, 2 August 2012 (UTC)

Capitalization

There's a lot of capitalization in this article, including the article name. Is there a justification for it? Spicemix (talk) 16:07, 5 January 2012 (UTC)

Thieves Oil

Thieves Oil redirects to this page, so I think it should be included in the 'also called' line. Or does Thieves Oil get its own page? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.89.96.45 (talk) 13:58, 19 June 2018 (UTC)

"Thieves" trademark

The "thieves" in four thieves vinegar is currently trademarked by Young Living, which gives them exclusive rights to this version of the name. There has been some controversy over this in the herbalist community. Should information about this go in the article, the Young Living article, or both?

Latin in lede

Unless it's an actually attested Medieval Latin form, "acetum quator furum" should be "acetum quattuor furum". 195.187.108.4 (talk) 16:16, 7 December 2021 (UTC)