Wild Cherry Bark - Prunus serotina
Latin name: Prunus serotina
**Price is per ounce (oz) for Bulk Herbs and Powders, Per Vegan Capsule, and/or Per 8 oz Organic Sunflower Infused Oil** Picture shown of what an ounce will look like packaged**
Harvested From: United States of America
History/Folklore: The Native Americans used Wild Cherry Bark for treating diarrhea and ailments with the Lungs. It didn't take long for the colonists to learn its potent medicinal uses, and incorporate it into their medicine. Syrup from the bark was made for coughs and phlegm, bitter tonics for digestive disorders and intestinal parasites, and ppoultices were used to treat wounds, ulcers, and abscesses.
Key Actions: antitussive, expectorant, astringent, nervine, antispasmodic
Key Constituents: cyanogenic glycosides, scopoletin, tannin, gallic/azulic/endosminic/benzoic acid, lignin, coumarins, gallitannnins resin, calcium, potassium, iron, essential oils, starch.
Known Uses: This herb is known to help with cough, hard phlegm, sticky mucus, lowers high blood pressure, bronchitis, loosens catarrh and coughs, heart palpitations, scrofula, spasms, diarrhea, improves eyesight, fever, intestinal worms.
Eastern Energetics:
Temperature: Cool
Energetics/Flavour: Bitter, Astringent, slightly pungent
Meridians: LU, ST
Actions:
- Stops Cough and Settles Panting
- Harmonizes the Middle, and Courses and Downbears Qi
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