Wild cherry bark

Wilde, m. /. savage wildness wilderness. Wildgeschmack, m. gamy taste, wildgewachsen, a. grown wild, rtm wild. Wild-hefe, /. wild yeast, -kirschenrinde, /. wild cherry bark, -leder, n. buckskin, deerskin chamois sudde. 

Wild cherry is a large tree, native to southern Canada. It is widespread in the United States and Europe. The bark, small branches, and twigs are used to prepare the fluid extract and tincture. The main constituent of wild cherry extract is the glucoside prunasin, which on enzymatic hydrolysis yields prussic acid, glucose, and benzaldehyde. Also present are coumarin, phytosterols, benzoic acid, and fatty acids (e.g., oleic, linoleic, and palmitic acids). It has a characteristic sweet, tart, cherry-like flavor. Wild cherry bark extract is commonly used at concentrations of approximately 50-800 ppm in foods and pharmaceuticals. 

Plants such as Wild Cherry bark and Bitter almonds owe their medicinal use to the formation of HCN and benzaldehyde as a result of enzyme action on the cyanogenetic glycosides. 

Several combination products contain coltsfoot. Hormone Rejuvenator is a capsule containing bilberry bark, cascara sagrada, chamomile, chickweed, coltsfoot, comfrey root, dandelion root, golden seal root, hyssop, juniper berries, licorice root, and wild cherry bark. Respiratory Rejuvenator contains pleurisy root, horehound, lobelia, fenugreek, eucalyptus, coltsfoot, comfrey, mullein, lady slipper, marshmallow, white pine bark, myrrh, and hyssop. Alvita Teas, Herb Pharm, and Nature s Answer are all manufacturers that provide coltsfoot products. 

Compound Elixir of Taraxacum. As prepared by Mr. Oandidus for Dr. Cochran, of Mobile. Reduce the following ingredients to a moderately fine powder 6 ounces taraxacum root, 4 oimces wild cherry bark, 1 ounce gentian root, 2 ounces orange peel, 1 ounce cinnamon, 1 ounce coriander sc, 2 drachms each anise, caraway and cardamom seeds, and 1 ounce liquorice root. Dilute sufficient alcohol with twice its bulk of water, and moisten the powdered ingredients with 6 ounces of it, pack in a conical percolator and displace 64 pints with the duuted alcohol. 

Ayer s Wild Cherry Expectorant. Mix together 3 grains acetate of morphia, 2 fluid drachms tincture of blood-root, 3 fluid drachms each antimonial wino ancl ipecacuanha wine, and 3 fluid ounces syrup of wild cherry bark. Dose, 1 tea-spoonful in catarrh, bronchitis, and influenza. 

Atlee s Cot h SEixture. 2 mind acetate of morphia 1 drachm each tincture of belladonna and tincture of nux-Tomica 3 drachma each antimonial wine and syrup of ipecacuanha root 1 ounce fluid extract of wild cherry bark, and 2 ounces syrap of balsam of tola. A teo-spounful 4 times a day relieves chronic or backing cough. 

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Synonyms Prunus serotina Prunus serotina bark extract Prunus serotina extract Wild cherry bark extract... 

Its major use is in cough preparations often together with white pine and wild cherry barks, bloodroot, and spikenard root, as in white pine compound or its variations. 

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