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Birch Leaf

Birch is a tree found growing to a height of 65 feet in the northern U.S., Canada, and northern Europe. It has white bark which can be peeled off in horizontal strips. Its leaves are cordate, bright green above and lighter beneath, serrate, and glabrous or minutely hairy. The flowers are borne in male and female catkins, the female developing into seed cones.

	2 oz	4 oz	8 oz	1 lb
Birch Leaf c/s	$3.40	$5.95	$10.63	$17.85
Birch Leaf Powder	$3.40	$5.95	$10.63	$17.85

Properties/Uses - Various parts of the tree have been applied to medicinal uses. The young shoots and leaves secrete a resinous substance having acid properties, which, combined with alkalies, is said to be a tonic laxative. The leaves have a peculiar, aromatic, agreeable odor and a bitter taste, and have been employed in the form of infusion (Birch Tea) in gout, rheumatism and dropsy, and recommended as a reliable solvent of stone in the kidneys. With the bark they resolve and resist putrefaction. A decoction of them is good for bathing skin eruptions, and is serviceable in dropsy. A decoction of the leaves is sometimes recommended for baldness, and as a mild sedative.

Botanical Name - Betula alba

Part Used - Leaf

Common Names/Synonyms - White Birch, Canoe Birch, Paper Birch, Bouleau, Berke, Bereza, Monoecia Triandria.

Cautions - No side effects or contraindications with normal use.

Birch Leaf in larger sizes


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