(Herbs Knowledge) Bittersweet
Bittersweet Scientific Names and Common Names,Bittersweet Biochemical Information,Uses,Warning,Where Found,Parts Usually Used,Bittersweet Description of Plant(s) and Culture,Medicinal Properties.
Contents:Common Names | Parts Usually Used | Plant(s) & Culture | Where Found | Uses | Warning | Bibliography |
Scientific Names
Celastrus scandens L. Celastrus orbiculatus Staff tree family
Common Names
American Bittersweet
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Parts Usually Used
Bark of root
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Description of Plant(s) and Culture
Climbing, twining shrub; grows to 50 feet. Leaves ovate to oblong, sharp pointed, fine-toothed. Flowers greenish, in clusters, May to June. Fruit capsule scarlet to orange, splitting, to reveal scarlet seeds.
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Where Found
Rich thickets from Quebec to Georgia; Alabama, Oklahoma to North Dakota.
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Uses
Root-bark tea induces sweating; diuretic, emetic. Folk remedy for chronic liver and skin ailments, rheumatism, leukorrhea, suppressed menses. Externally; bark used in ointment for burns, scrapes, skin eruptions. American Indians used this plant as above, also used astringent leaf tea for diarrhea, dysentery. Root-bark tea is used for pain of childbirth. Bark extracts thought to be cardioactive.
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Warning
Fruits are toxic. All parts potentially toxic.This herb should not be used without medical supervision.
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Bibliography
, by Steven Foster and James A. Duke., Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10000
, by Frances Densmore, Dover Publications, Inc., 180 Varick Street, New York, NY 10014, first printed by the United States Government Printing Office, Washington, in 1928, this Dover edition 1974
, by Clarence Meyer, Meyerbooks, publisher, PO Box 427, Glenwood, Illinois 60425, 1973
, by Penelope Ody, Dorling Kindersley, Inc, 232 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016, First American Edition, copyright 1993
, by Alma R. Hutchens, Shambala Publications, Inc., Horticultural Hall, 300 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, 1973
Category: Herbs
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