WHITE WILLOW
salix alba (LINN.)
salix
Salicaceae

AKA
European Willow
White Willow Bark

PART USED
Bark

Constituents
The bark contains up to 13 per cent of tannin
as its chief constituent, a small quantity of salicin.

Medicinal Action and Uses
tonic
analgestic
antiperiodic
astringent

It has been used in dyspepsia connected
with debility of the digestive organs.

In convalescence from acute diseases, in worms,
in chronic diarrhoea and dysentery, its
tonic and astringent combination renders it very useful.

(NOTE from Myssah's BOS: Willow Bark has
properties similar to Asprin and was used
before Asprin and Quinine. Great for headaches,
toothaches, and minor muscle pain.)

Reduces pain, swelling and fever,
good anti-inflammatory, and helps insomnia.

DOSAGES
1 drachm of the powdered root.
1 or 2 fluid ounces of the decoction.

HABITAT
Central and Southern Europe

DESCRIPTION
A large tree with a rough greyish bark,
the twigs being brittle at the base; the leaves are
pubescent on both surfaces and finely serrulate;
it hybridizes with other species of Salix,
it flowers in April and May and the bark is easily
separable throughout the summer; flowers and leaves
appear coincidently from March to June.


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SOURCE(S)
Edain McCoy

Jude's Home Remedies,
by Jude C. Williams,M.H.

The Herb Book
by John Lust

The Natural History of Wild Shrubs and Vines,
by Donald W. Stokes

Botanical
Umatilla National Forest
The Daily Guide

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