Alternative Health & Herbs Remedies Wild Cherry Bark, 1-Ounce Bottle

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WILD CHERRY BARK (Prunus serotina) is an astringent, carminative, expectorant, nervine, and cough suppressant. It is best to use bark that has been collected in the fall (when the prussic acid content is highest), and some herbalists allow the bark to age before using. Its main use is for its sedative action on the respiratory nerves. This works via the prussic acid which first increases the respiration and then sedates the sensory nerves which provoke the cough reflex. It is used for coughs, asthma and other chest diseases. The other system this herb works with is the digestive system: it helps to aid digestion and is useful in the treatment of digestive weakness, including ulcers, gastritis, colitis, diarrhea, dysentery, and dyspepsia. The American Indians had numerous uses for this herb: to ease the pain of labor, diarrhea, lung problems, as an enema for hemorrhoids, and for dysentery (using the juice of ripe cherries and then fermented for one year).