SLASH PINE SLIPPERY ELM

SLASH PINE (Pinus elliotii Engelm.) +

Activities (Slash Pine) :
Analgesic (f; DEM); Antiseptic (1; CRC); Expectorant (1; CRC); Insectifuge (f; CRC).

Indications (Slash Pine) :
Ache (f; DEM); Backache (f; DEM); Bronchosis (1; CRC); Catarrh (f; CRC); Cold (f; CRC); Dysuria (f; CRC); Enterosis (f; CRC); Gonorrhea (f; CRC); Hemorrhoid (f; CRC); Leukorrhea (f; CRC); Pain (f; DEM); Parasite (f; CRC); Psoriasis (f; CRC); Rheumatism (f; CRC; DEM); Sore (f; CRC; DEM); Ulcer (f; CRC); VD (f; CRC); Wound (f; CRC; DEM).


SLIPPERY ELM (Ulmus rubra Muhl.) +++

Synonym :
Ulmus fulva Michx.

Activities (Slippery Elm) :
Antioxidant (1; CRC); Antiseptic (f; CRC); Antitussive (1; CAN); Astringent (1; APA; PED; WAM); Demulcent (2; APA; PH2; PNC; WAM); Depurative (f; DEM); Diuretic (f; CRC; GMH); Emollient (1; CRC; PH2; PNC); Expectorant (f; CRC; GMH; PED); Laxative (f; CRC; DEM); Vermifuge (f; CRC); Vulnerary (f; CRC; GMH; PED).

Indications (Slippery Elm) :
Abscess (f; CAN; FAD); Adenopathy (f; CRC; DEM; PH2); Bleeding (f; CEB; DEM); Boil (1; APA; CRC; GMH; PNC); Bronchosis (f; CRC); Burn (1; APA; FAD; GMH; PH2; WAM); Cancer (f; CRC; FEL; JLH); Carcinoma (f; CRC); Cardiopathy (f; GMH); Caries (f; CRC); Catarrh (f; CRC; DEM; GMH); Chilblain (f; CEB); Childbirth (f; CRC; DEM); Cholera (f; CEB); Cold (f; SKY); Cold Sore (1; APA); Colitis (1; APA; CAN; CRC; GMH); Conjunctivosis (f; CRC; DEM); Constipation (f; CRC; DEM); Cough (2; APA; FAD; HHB; WAM); Cramp (f; CEB; CRC); Crohn’s Disease (1; SKY); Cut (f; FAD); Cystosis (1; GMH; WAM); Dermatosis (1; APA; PH2; PNC; WAM); Diarrhea (1; APA; CAN; FAD); Duodenosis (f; PH2); Dysentery (f; CRC; FAD); Dyspepsia (1; FAD); Dysuria (f; CRC); Eczema (f; CRC); Enterosis (2; APA; CEB; GMH); Erysipelas (f; FEL); Esophagosis (2; APA); Felon (f; CRC; JLH); Fever (f; CRC); Fistula (f; FEL); Fracture (f; CRC; DEM); Gangrene (f; CRC); Gastrosis (2; APA; GMH; PHR; PH2; SKY); Gonorrhea (f; DEM); Gout (f; CRC; HH2; PH2); Heartburn (f; DEM); Hemoptysis (f; CEB; GMH); Hemorrhoid (f; CEB); Herpes (f; CRC; FEL); Infection (f; CEB); Inflammation (2; APA; CEB; WAM); Mastosis (f; DEM); Mucososis (f; CRC); Nephrosis (f; DEM; FEL); Ophthalmia (f; DEM); Pharyngosis (2; APA); Pleurisy (f; CRC; FAD; GMH); Pulmonosis (f; CRC; DEM); Quinsy (f; DEM); Rheumatism (f; CRC; HH2; PH2); Sore (1; APA; FEL); Sore Throat (2; APA; FAD; FEL; WAM); Stomach Distress (1; FAD; PNC); Stomatosis (2; APA); Strangury (f; FEL); Swelling (f; CEB; HHB); Synovosis (f; GMH); Syphilis (f; CRC; FEL); Tapeworm (f; CRC); Toothache (f; CRC; GMH); Tuberculosis (f; CRC; DEM; GMH); Tumor (f; CRC); Typhoid (f; CRC; GMH); Ulcer (1; APA; CAN; FAD); UTI (f; CRC; GMH); VD (f; CEB; CRC; DEM; FEL); Water Retention (f; CRC; GMH); Whitlow (f; CRC; JLH); Worm (f; CRC); Wound (1; APA; PHR; PH2; WAM).

Dosages (Slippery Elm) :
1–3 tsp powdered herb/cup water 1–3 ×/day (APA); 1–2 g bark in tea 3–4 ×/day (SKY); 0.25–0.5 cup fresh bark (PED); 2–4 tsp dry bark (PED); 3 tsp dry bark/4 cups boiling water (PED); 0.5–2 g powdered bark/cup 2–3 ×/day; 4 g powdered bark in 500 ml decoction 3 ×/day (CAN); 4–16 ml (1:8) powdered bark decoction 3 ×/day (CAN; HHB); 5 ml liquid bark extract (1:1 in 60% ethanol) 3 ×/day (CAN); 5 ml bark tincture 3 ×/day (SKY); 2 (340–500 mg) capsules as needed (JAD); 2 (340 mg) capsules as needed (APA).

Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Slippery Elm) :
Class 1 (AHP). “Hazards and/or side effects not known for proper therapeutic dosages” (PH2). None known (CAN; WAM). While I consider slippery elm safer than coffee, LRNP (March 1991) says, “preparations of slippery elm had been used as abortifacients.” Perhaps they refer to Foster and Duke, who note slivers of bark being used mechanically to induce an abortion, sort of the herbal coat hanger. Oleoresins from several elm species can cause dermatosis. Pollen is allergenic (CRC; LRNP, March 1991). But even conservative CAN says, “it would appear to be non-toxic.” The copious mucilage of the inner bark justifies its use as antitussive, demulcent, and emollient (CAN).