Slippery Elm Root (Flowers) & Willow Bark

[Guest guest]

I purchased some slippery elm root & willow bark botanicals today..does

anyone know what these are good for? I'm just spending some down time trying

new

things and experimenting, lol with what I don't know...mabe soaps, salves,

who knows..

 

Thanks-Robin

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Oh my goodness yes!

Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra), is a demulcent, emollient, pectoral, nutritive,

expectorant, diuretic, tonic, and slightly astringent herb. It has a

distinctively " slimy " or mucilaginous taste. It is one of the most valuable

medicines in the herbal world. Externally, it is very beneficial for

inflammatory conditions of the stomach, lungs, intestines, and urinary

organs. It is especially soothing and healing to irritated and inflamed

surfaces. There are many many uses for Slippery Elm! It is definitely one

of my favorites. However, I have known of using the flowers, but it is the

inner bark that is used.

 

Willow Bark, otherwise knows as White Willow (Salix alba) is a tonic,

antiperiodic, astringent, antiseptic, anodyne, diaphoretic, diuretic, and

febrifuge. It reduces fever and alleviates pain. That is where common

aspirin comes from. It is useful in stomach troubles, heartburn, fevers,

chills, rheumatism. It can be used internally as well as externally. Once

again, it has many many excellent properties.

 

Ok, sorry, probably more than you wanted to know...I just love herbs! Cindy

 

 

[Guest guest]

I have both of these growing here and have been busy harvesting.

I hate to say one of my Slippery elm trees got rubbed against so bad by my cows

that it looks like it is dying. I have harvested off branches here and there.

But should I harvest all i can now befor it is completely dead? It has dropped

all its leaves. Jeanne

 

 

[Guest guest]

I would do that, and get the best that you can while it still contains the life

force. Cindy