Slippery elm (Ulmus Rubra) is a tree which is native to North America. Its inner bark contains many polysaccharides, tannins, and minerals.
External usages
Slippery elm in powder form is often used against zits, boils, chronic wounds, splinters, and eye infections.
Internal usages
It is used again fever, the common cold, cough, bronchitis, haemorrhoids, irritable colon, colic, stomach acid, constipation, inflammatory intestinal disease (Mb. Crohn and colitis ulcerosa), overly permeable intestines, and tuberculosis.
It is good together with marsh mallow (Althea officinalis) and other anti-inflammatory herbs if suffering from inflamed intestines.
Dosage
Capsules: 300 – 400 mg 3 – 4 times daily.
Tea: 2 – 4 cups daily ( 1 – 2 teaspoons bark set in boiling water for 10 – 15 minutes.
Side effects
None at recommended dosage
