What is Cherry Bark?

 

Known as "Wild Cherry" it is a plant. The bark is used to make medicine.

 

How to use Cherry Bark?

 

In foods and beverages, wild cherry is used as a flavoring agent.

 

Medicinal benefits of Cherry Bark

 

Wild cherry is used for colds, whooping cough, bronchitis an d other lung problems; diarrhea; gout; digestive disorders; pain; and cancer. It is also used in cough syrups because of its sedative, expectorant, drying, and cough-suppressing effects.

 

Other names:

 

Black Cherry, Black Choke, Cerezo Silvestre, Cerisier à Grappes, Cerisier d’Automne, Cerisier de Virginie, Cerisier Noir, Cerisier Sauvage, Cerisier Tardif, Choke Cherry, Prunier d’Automne, Prunus serotina, Prunus virginiana, Rum Cherry Bark, Virginian Prune, Wild Black Cherry.