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Common Names<\/a> | Parts Usually Used<\/a> | Plant(s) & Culture<\/a> | Where Found<\/a> | Medicinal Properties<\/a> <\/center><\/p>\n \n<\/b> Back to Top<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n Dried inner bark. (Leaves and seeds are poisonous) A deciduous tree that grows 40-90 feet tall. The bark is rough, dark gray fissured to expose inner reddish bark beneath. The leaves are oval to lance-shaped, blunt-toothed margins; smooth above, pale beneath, with whitish brown hairs on the prominent midrib. The flowers are in dense drooping slender racemes or spikes, blooms April to June. Fruits are strings of small, juicy cherries, dark red turning black, at times nearly black cherries.<\/p>\n Best known for its highly valued and beautiful wood. Dry woods. Nova Scotia to Florida; Texas to North Dakota; Minnesota.<\/p>\n The cherry tree is a native of Asia and was brought to Italy in the first century BC. Alterative, astringent, sedative, anti-tussive, digestive, expectorant, carminative, antispasmodic, diuretic Wild Cherry bark is an aromatic bitter, popular both in the form of a decoction or steeped in whiskey, brandy or wine. As an infusion, the bark should NOT be boiled, as it destroys much of the virtues. Aromatic inner bark traditionally used in tea or syrup for coughs, “blood tonic”, fevers, colds, flu, laryngitis, cough, whooping cough, bronchial spasms, bronchitis, sore throats, asthma, high blood pressure, colic, edema, arthritis, diarrhea, lung ailments, eye inflammation, swollen lymph glands, tuberculosis, pneumonia, inflammatory fever diseases, and dyspepsia. Useful for general debility with persistent cough, poor circulation, lack of appetite, mild sedative, and expectorant. Fruits used as “poor man’s” cherry substitute. Infusion:<\/b> steep 1 oz. of the bark in 1 pint of water. Allow to stand over night. Add honey, if desired. Dose: 1\/2 wineglassful 3 times a day. Vitamin C Supermarket (fruits) Bark, leaves, and seeds contain a cyanide-like glycoside, puransin, which converts (when digested) to the Highly Toxic hydrocyanic acid. Toxins are most abundant in bark harvested in the fall.<\/p>\n Should be used only under medical supervision. PubMed.gov: Fruits and vegetables protect against the genotoxicity of heterocyclic aromatic amines activated by human xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes expressed in immortal mammalian cells.<\/a><\/p>\n PubMed.gov: Efficacy of tart cherry juice in reducing muscle pain during running: a randomized controlled trial<\/a><\/p>\n PubMed.gov: Effects of a tart cherry juice beverage on the sleep of older adults with insomnia: a pilot study<\/a>.<\/p>\n PubMed.gov: Tart cherry juice decreases oxidative stress in healthy older men and women.<\/a><\/p>\n Back to Top<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
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