All Healing Herbs

Delicious in tea and easily available in any supermarket; active ingredient is tannin, an herbal astringent; primarily used for diarrhea and sore throat; for diarrhea, dysentery, food poisoning, hemorrhoids, bowel inflammations, intestinal ulcers; inflammation of throat, mouth, gums; tightens loose teeth; common cold with sore throat, laryngitis, tonsillitis, lung dis-eases, bronchitis; loosens phlegm; also reduces heavy menstrual flow, brings on menses, corrects lack of menses; uterine tonic, douche for vaginitis; eases labor pain; skin tonic and for all skin conditions (used externally), boils, eczema; black hair dye; traditionally used for whooping cough, appendicitis, and cholera; diuretic for swollen feet and ankles (kidney and heart dis-ease), gout, swollen arthritic joints, rheumatism, cystitis; poison antidote, antidote for venomous snakebites and insect bites; anemia; antioxidant to prevent and reverse cell damage, preventive for heart dis-ease, cancer, strokes, degenerative eye dis-eases such as cataracts and macular degeneration. Anti-inflammatory, astringent, tonic, mild diuretic, stops bleeding. A very few sensitive individuals may experience nausea or vomiting, especially those with chronic gastrointestinal dis-ease; no known drug interactions.