Wild Cherry Tree Bark

Posted on by Francis Stevens, MD

Wild Cherry Tree Bark tea has primarily been used for treating diarrhea and ailments of the lungs. It is excellent as a tonic used for colds and can improve asthma. Wild Cherry tree bark’s tonic action is mild, soothing, and slightly astringent to the mucous membranes, especially those of the respiratory tract. The colonists used the bark for cough syrups because it is a very useful expectorant.

It was also used as an ingredient in tonics and as a tea or extract to expel worms. It is a remedy for stomach irritation type problems such as ulcers, gastritis, colitis, diarrhea, and dysentery. It is a remedy for heart problems when it is caused by stomach problems. It is a tonic to the stomach and improves digestion by stimulating the gastric glands.

Poultices made of Wild Cherry Tree Bark were used to treat ulcers and abscesses.

Bodily Influence:
Anti-tussive: This herb inhibits the cough reflex helping to stop coughing

Aromatic: This herb contains volatile, essential oils that aid digestion and relieves gas.

Astringent: This herb has a constricting or binding effect, for example: one that checks hemorrhages or secretions by coagulation of proteins on a soft surface

Bitter: This herb stimulates secretion of digestion and encourages appetite

Carminative: This herb relieves intestinal gas pain and distension; promotes peristalsis

Expectorant: This herb encourages the loosening of phlegm from the respiratory tract

Nervine: This herb strengthens functional activity of the nervous system

Parasiticide: This herb kills parasites and worms

Pectoral: This herb is healing to problems in the bronchio-pulmonary area

Sedative: This herb exerts a quieting, soothing or tranquilizing effect; sedatives may be local, general, nervous or vascular

Stomachic: This herb strengthens stomach function

Stimulant: This herb increases internal heat, dispels internal chill and strengthens metabolism and circulation

Tonic: This herb restores, nourishes, and supports the entire body; it exerts a gently strengthening effect on the body