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Bayberry Root Bark

Bayberry is an evergreen shrub or tree found in woods and fields from New Jersey to Florida and Texas. As a tree it grows as high as 35 feet. Covered with smooth, gray bark, the branches bear alternate, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate leaves whose downy undersides are dotted with glands. The yellowish flowers grow in scaly catkins, the male catkins elongated, the female tending to globular. The fruit is a grayish-white, round, drupe-like nut covered with a waxy crust.

	5 lb	10 lb	25lb
Bayberry Root Bark c/s	@ $26.27/lb	@ $23.64/lb	@ $21.28/lb
Bayberry Root Bark Powder	@ $26.27/lb	@ $23.64/lb	@ $21.28/lb

Properties/Uses - The bark, leaves, and wax from the fruit of the bayberry have been made into astringent teas, gargles, and douches for diarrhea, hemorrhages, sore throat, poultices for wounds, cuts, and bruises. One tribe of American Indians took a decoction of the stems and leaves for fever. Powdered bayberry can be used as a snuff for nasal congestion. Bayberry tea has also been recommended for jaundice and scrofula. Astringent, tonic.

Botanical Name - Myrica cerifera

Part Used - Root Bark

Common Names/Synonyms - Bayberry, candleberry, tallow shrub, wax myrtle, vegetable tallow, waxberry.

Cautions - No side affects or contraindications with normal use.

Bayberry Bark in smaller sizes


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