Ø Cherry Bark (Wild):
Wild
Cherry Bark
§ Warning: It is recommended that farmers quickly
remove any Black Cherry trees that fall in a field containing livestock, because the wilted leaves release Cyanide, which if eaten could poison the animals.
§ Warning: The leaves of wild cherry are poisonous
when wilted because of the prussic acid contained in them. The seeds and bark are also poisonous, although the bark may be
used medicinally if dried properly. DO NOT BOIL WILD CHERRY BARK.
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Botanical name:
Prunus serotina (EHRL.) A Modern Herbal; Wikipedia.org
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Chinese Botanical name:
---Description--- To over come colds and irritating coughs from Bronchitis; Whooping cough; Asthma; Nervous Dyspepsia; Chronic Diarrhea;
helps Nervous Palpitations of the Heart. Ease Pain during Labor; an Enema for Hemorrhoids;
and cured dysentery while drinking the juice of the ripe cherries which had been allowed to ferment for a year; Wild cherry
bark also improves digestion.
Although
prussic acid is highly
poisonous, if wild cherry bark is used in medicinal
doses, the low prussic acid content (0.07 - 0.16%) ensures that the remedy is quite safe.
This tree grows from 50 to 80 feet high, and 2 to
4 feet in diameter. The bark is black and rough and separates naturally from the trunk.
---Properties--- Astringent,
sedative, stomachic
---Synonyms---Virginian Prune. Black Cherry.
---Parts
Used---Bark of root, trunk and branches.
---Medicinal
Action and Uses--- Astringent tonic, sedative, stomachic, pectoral, sedative. It has been used in the treatment of bronchitis
of various types. Wild Cherry is valuable in catarrh, consumption nervous cough, whooping-cough, and dyspepsia.
 ---References--- “Herbal Medicine – The Natural way to Get Well and Stay Well” by – Dian Dincin Buchman,
PhD, Copyright 1979, 1996, ISBN: 0-517-14767-x, Page 85-86, 152, 176.
 Indian Spring Herbal encyclopedia
 A Modern Herbal
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