[Prunus serotina (EHRL.)]

Cherry Bark (Wild): Wild Cherry Bark 

         Warning It is recommended that farmers quickly remove any Black Cherry trees that fall in a field containing livestock, because the wilted leaves release Cyanide, which if eaten could poison the animals.

        Warning The leaves of wild cherry are poisonous when wilted because of the prussic acid contained in them. The seeds and bark are also poisonous, although the bark may be used medicinally if dried properly. DO NOT BOIL WILD CHERRY BARK.

—Botanical name—   Prunus serotina (EHRL.) A Modern Herbal; Wikipedia.org  

—Chinese Botanical name—

—Description— To over come colds and irritating coughs from Bronchitis;  Whooping cough; Asthma; Nervous Dyspepsia; Chronic Diarrhea; helps Nervous Palpitations of the Heart. Ease Pain during Labor; an Enema for Hemorrhoids; and cured dysentery while drinking the juice of the ripe cherries which had been allowed to ferment for a year; Wild cherry bark also improves digestion. Although prussic acid is highly poisonous, if wild cherry bark is used in medicinal doses, the low prussic acid content (0.07 – 0.16%) ensures that the remedy is quite safe. #

This tree grows from 50 to 80 feet high, and 2 to 4 feet in diameter. The bark is black and rough and separates naturally from the trunk. 

—Properties— Astringent, sedative, stomachic 

—Synonyms—Virginian Prune. Black Cherry. 

—Parts Used—Bark of root, trunk and branches.

—Medicinal Action and Uses— Astringent tonic, sedative, stomachic, pectoral, sedative. It has been used in the treatment of bronchitis of various types. Wild Cherry is valuable in catarrh, consumption nervous cough, whooping-cough, and dyspepsia.  #

The constituents in wild cherry bark help to reduce inflammation, relieve spasms in smooth muscles, and act as an astringent to tissues. Due to the astringent properties of wild cherry bark, it can also be used to treat gastrointestinal disease.

The bark is used to make medicine. Wild cherry is used for colds, whooping cough, bronchitis and other lung problems; diarrhea; gout; digestive disorders; pain; and cancer. It is also used in cough syrups because of its sedative, expectorant, drying, and cough-suppressing effects.

Research shows that the antioxidants in tart cherry juice can reduce pain and inflammation from osteoarthritis (OA). A 2012 study showed that drinking cherry juice twice a day for 21 days reduced the pain felt by people with OA.

A 2-week course of tart cherry juice significantly improved nondiabetic peripheral neuropathy in the majority of patients in the study. None of the patients reported any adverse effects from the treatment.

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