BLACK HAW. Viburnum prunifolium. N.O. Caprifoliaceae.
Synonym : American Sloe, Stagbush.
Habitat : Dry woods, throughout Central and Southern States of North America.
Features : A tree-like shrub, ten to twenty feet high. Fruit shiny black, sweet and edible. Young bark glossy purplish-brown, with scattered warts. Old bark greyish-brown, inner surface white. Fracture short. Root bark cinnamon colour. Taste bitter, astringent.
Part used : Root bark (preferred) ; also bark of stem and branches.
Action : Uterine tonic, nervine, anti-spasmodic.
Uterine weaknesses, leucorrhcea, dysmenorrhoea. Prevention of miscarriage—given four or five weeks before. Infusion of 1 ounce to 1 pint of boiling water—tablespoonful doses.
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