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Bot.: Salix alba
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Other name: Willow, white
Medical important are also the sorts Salix purpurea L., Salix fragilis L. and Salix pentandra L.
- for rheumatic pain - gout - fever - headache - diarrhea Willow bark works - diuretic - pain-relieving - sudorific - astringent. How to use:
The thin bark of the young branches is skinned in spring and dried in order to make tea.
Recipe for the Willow bark tea:
Pour 1/4 litre water on 1 dessert spoon Willow bark powder or rasped Willow bark, boil it only for a short time, let it draw for 5 minutes.Then pass it through a sieve. Drink 2 cups of Willow bark tea per day.
I tested the Willow bark tea: It doesnīt taste very good. Itīs bitter. Description of the plant:
Willows grow as tree or as shrub, mostly in moisty locations at streams, flood areas and lakes.
Everbody knows the typical characteristic, the pussy willows, which appear in spring before the leaves beginn to grow.
Propagation:
It is very easy to propagate Willows. In spring you only have to put 1 cm thick branches in moisty soil. The branches build roots. Ingredients:
flavonoids, tanning agents, glycosids and salicylacids.
