Origin: Thickets, borders of woods, and shores.

Uses: This plant has the same qualities as V. Nudum (Uses: the bark is a uterine sedative, diuretic, antispasmodic, and tonic.) In Appalachia, a root tea is used as a tonic.

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This deciduous shrub is native to the American woodlands. The bark of the branches and roots contains many active compounds, including coumarin and salicin that have anticoagulant and aspirin-like qualities, respectively. The plant’s medicinal use is mainly related to its strong antispasmodic properties. Native Americans used it to abate heavy or painful menstrual bleeding and threatened miscarriage. It was also used for cramping conditions of the intestine, bile ducts, and bladder. As a smooth muscle relaxant, it may help in asthma and hypertension by opening airways and peripheral blood vessels.

Part used::
Bark, Root bark

Origin:
America
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Origin

Native to eastern and central USA. (Experimental cultivation in the Nilgiri hills.)

Action:

Uterine sedative (used in the treatment for threatened miscarriage, under strict medical supervision. Spasmolytic. (The British Herbal Pharmacopoeia.) Used after childbirth to check bleeding and pain, also in dysmenorrhoea.

1) A guide to medicinal plants of  Appalachia/ Krochmal, Arnold; Walter, Russel S.; Doughty, Richard M.: USA: U.S.D.A Forest Service:,1959

2) Hull, Kathleen; Photog. Hull, Meredith /Indiana Medical History Museum: Guide to the Medicinal Plant Garden./ USA: Indiana Medical History Museum. 2010. -- p. 58.

3) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 701.