Witch-hazel

Witch hazel has astringent, antihemorrhagic, and anti-inflammatory properties. Traditionally, it has been used for diarrhea, mucous colitis, hemorrhoids, hematemesis, hemoptysis, and externally for external hemorrhoids, bruises, and localized inflamed swellings. 

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Aluminum acetate (Burow s solution), calamine, and witch hazel are safe and effective products available for use.25 Patients apply solutions as a compress for 15 to 30 minutes two to four times a day. 

Witch hazel is a shrub, normally attaining a height of 5 to 15 feet, native to the northeastern United States. It has oval leaves and yellow flowers, the latter appearing in October and November, after the leaves have fallen. An early analysis of the air-dried bark of this shrub indicated the presence of 6.75 % of tannins.16 In a subsequent investigation of the bark of witch hazel, Griittner18 found that from these tannins could be isolated a crystal-... 

Astringents such as aluminum acetate or witch hazel decrease weeping from lesions, dry out the skin, and relieve itching. They are applied as a wet dressing for no longer than 7 days. 

Wisconsin nitric acid process, 17 186, 292 Witch hazel distillate... 

Optrex preparations contain witch hazel, which has both astringent and antiinflammatory properties. It is indicated for sore and tired eyes. 

Ask the average person on the street about "natural products," and he or she is likely to mention the kinds of products found on the shelves of grocery stores and stores that specialize in "organic and "natural foods. Those items are overwhelmingly plant products, and they range from aconitum napellus (monkshood), alfalfa, allium cepa, aloe vera, angelica, and anise seed to witch hazel, yarrow, yellow dock, yohimhe hark, and yucca. 

FIGURE 11.24 Leaching (a) Standard pieces of different trees leach out different amounts of phenolics and other compounds. During 24 hours, red maple and witch hazel (left) stain water a darker brown than willow and quaking aspen (right), (b) and (c) Beavers leave pieces of branches in the water for 1-3 days with some or all bark intact before eating the bark. This presumably leaches out water-soluble plant secondary compounds. 

Among the branched-chain sugars shown in Table I, apiose (1) and hamamelose (2), respectively found in parsley and witch hazel early in this century, are now known to have widespread occurrence in the plant... 

This family is widespread but is found chiefly in the subtropics of southeast Asia. A few are North American, including the familiar witch hazel (Hamamelis). 

Valerian Witch hazel Yarrow Yellow dock... 

Witch hazel, Hamamelis, winterbloom, tobacco wood)... 

Witch hazel is a rich source of tannins, which tighten skin proteins to provide increased resistance to inflammation, assist the healing of broken skin, and help repair damaged blood vessels. Witch hazel is useful for a variety of skin conditions, as well as for varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and bruises. 

Maxi pads (unbleached or natural cotton is preferable) in multiple sizes. You may be bleeding for up to six weeks. For pain, a few of these soaked in organic witch hazel, then frozen, can be quite soothing. 

Hemorrhoid pads, preferably ones containing witch hazel. 

The infusion of 1 ounce of the flowers or herb to 1 pint boiling water is prescribed both for internal use in 1-2 tablespoonful doses, and externally as a lotion for chronic ulcers and varicose veins. The infusion is also given to children (in doses according to age) suffering from measles and other feverish and eruptive complaints. Sprained muscles gain relief from the hot fomentation. Marigold is frequently combined with Witch Hazel when a lotion is required. 

Used almost entirely (as the common name denotes) in the treatment of piles. The ounce to pint boiling water infusion is taken consistently in wineglass doses, and an ointment is made by macerating the herb in boiling lard for twenty-four hours. Probably the best of all known remedies for this complaint, the combination with Witch Hazel is found to be particularly effective. 

A decoction of the bark, which is more astringent than the leaves, checks external and internal hemorrhages, and this astringency, when in combination with the more specific principles of Pilewort, makes one of the most effective pile medicines known. The compound can be obtained in the form of both ointment and suppositories for external application. For varicose veins an extract of the fresh leaves and young twigs of Witch Hazel is applied on a lint bandage kept constantly moist. 

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