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Post by Sam on Nov 24, 2017 5:05:35 GMT -5
Climbing bittersweet was used medicinally by a number of native North American Indian tribes, though it is scarcely used in modern herbalism. It is a folk remedy for chronic liver and skin ailments (including skin cancer), rheumatism, leucorrhoea, dysentery and suppressed menses. A strong compound infusion, usually combined with raspberry leaf tea, has been used to reduce the pain of childbirth. A poultice of the boiled root has been used to treat obstinate sores, skin eruptions etc. Externally, the bark can be used as an ointment on burns, scrapes and skin eruptions. There has been some research on extracts from the bark for their use in cardiac medicines and tumor treatments. Most paper list the whole plant as toxic. The beautiful berries can be tolerated by some birds, I'll leave that to them. The biggest use seems to be either growing or cutting the vines for fall ornamentation.
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Post by froglady on Nov 24, 2017 10:23:30 GMT -5
Truly a part of nature that is being hidden through greed. Me thinks they do not want to 'heal' anyone anymore.
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Post by les on Nov 24, 2017 23:37:24 GMT -5
Nice shot and info Sam
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Post by Sam on Nov 25, 2017 4:53:32 GMT -5
Truly a part of nature that is being hidden through greed. Me thinks they do not want to 'heal' anyone anymore. I think you're right and there is a growing number of folks becoming VERY suspicious of the medical and pharmaceutical companies.
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Post by Sam on Nov 25, 2017 4:54:03 GMT -5
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