Common Names: Saxifrax; Saloop; Ague Tree; Cinnamon Wood;
Pollinator Forage
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Idententifing Character
StemUsually shrubby or small trees but can reach STEM: heights of 30m, and diameters of 2m. Bark dark red-brown, deeply furrowed, soft and brittle with short, corky, layered fracture, with many oil cells, aromatic, agreeable taste. Young twigs are green,
LeavesBright green above, downy beneath, are 4-6in. long, oval, specially on older branches often mitten shaped, or three- lobed on younger shoots or twigs. turn various shades of yellow, orange, pink and deep red.
Flowers small greenish appear in April or early May before the leaves.
Fruit pistil, ripens into a blue drupe
Taste
Odour
Root
Distribution The generic name of three species of trees., two native to eastern Asia, one to eastern North Americ
Medical Uses Corrective in Rheumatism. , varicose ulcers Painful menstruation; Afterbirth pains; skin eruptive diseases; essential oil for painful toothache; Used to improve flavour of other compounds; Poultice ulcers, oil in liniments and application for bruises and swellings.
Constituents
Solvents Boiling water, alcohol
Dosage Infusion of 1 oz crushed or chipped bark to 1 pint of boiling water Tincture, 15-30min
administration
Formulas Formula #176 Acne Formula #178 Boils (poultice)
Contra Indications
Chinese
Veterinary
Harvest
Non Med
History Said to have added discover of America by its aromatic smell that carries far out to sea.
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