Prunus avium and Other Species (LINN.)
N.O. Rosaceae
Part Used: Fruit stalks.
Habitat: Britain, Clermond Ferrand in France, and other parts of the
Continent.
Description
| Medicinal Action
and Uses
¶ Description.
The fruit stalks of all species are
used, their distinctive characteristics are stalks 1 3/4 inch long, very thin
and enlarged at one end.
¶ Medicinal Action and
Uses. Astringent, tonic.
Used in bronchial complaints anaemia, and for looseness of bowels, in the form
of an infusion or decoction. 1/2 oz. of the stalks to a pint of water.
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Reprinted from "A
Modern Herbal" (1931)
Mrs. M. Grieve, Edited by Mrs. C.F. Leyel
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