Wild Cherry Bark
Botanical Name: Prunus serotina
Common Names and Synonyms: Chokecherry
Background: The wild cherry tree can grow 50 to 80 feet tall.
The leaves are 2 to 5 inches long, finely serrated and smooth. Clusters
of pale white flowers are followed by round, red to purple-black,
sour-tasting cherries. In young trees the bark is reddish-brown.
In older trees the trunks can range from 2 to 4 feet in diameter. The bark
is black, aromatic and rough, and naturally separates from the trunk. The
bark is harvested in the autumn and the freshly stripped bark has the scent
of almonds, which dissipates once carefully dried in the shade. Native
Americans used wild cherry bark for treating diarrhea and pulmonary problems.
Settlers found it helpful in making cough syrup and in external applications
as a poultice for treating ulcers and abscesses. Today, herbalists
still use wild cherry bark for respiratory problems as an expectorant and
remedy for all catarrhal conditions. It is also highly regarded as
a digestive aid.
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Wild Cherry in the Cayce Readings
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Edgar Cayce recommended wild cherry bark for pulmonary conditions and as
an aid to digestion. It was also noted for its role in cleansing and building
blood.
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Various amounts of wild cherry bark was recommended with the following
frequency:
| 2 ounces |
101 readings |
| 4 ounces |
51 readings |
| 6 ounces |
34 readings |
| 1 ounce |
18 readings |
| 8 ounces |
18 readings |
| 3 ounces |
15 readings |
| 1/2 ounce |
7 readings |
| 1 1/2 ounces |
3 readings |
| 5 ounces |
3 readings |
| 16 ounces |
3 readings |
| 2 1/2 ounces |
1 reading |
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In several readings wild cherry was recommended as either an essence, syrup,
tincture, or fluid extract as follows:
| 1/2 ounce |
17 readings |
| 1 ounce |
15 readings |
| 2 ounces |
9 readings |
| 1/4 ounce |
3 readings |
| 1 1/2 ounce |
1 reading |
| 6 ounces |
1 reading |
| 96 ounces |
1 reading |
| 1/2 pint |
1 reading |
| 20 minims |
2 readings |
| 40 minims |
1 reading |
| 20 minims |
2 readings |
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Wild cherry was typically recommended with other substances in a compound.
Although a wide diversity of formulas were given, the most common
substances in mentioned in the same readings as wild cherry are as follows:
| Tolu |
214 readings |
| Sarsaparilla |
211 readings |
| Yellow Dock |
175 readings |
| Calisaya |
132 readings |
| Stillingia |
105 readings |
| Burdock Root |
88 readings |
| Elder Flower |
85 readings |
| Buchu Leaves |
84 readings |
| Sassafras |
81 readings |
| Mandrake |
77 readings |
Cayce Quotes on Wild Cherry Bark
1012-1
The first ingredient, the Wild Cherry Bark, is a
direct activative force upon the pneumogastrics and the pulmonary system.
643-1
Wild cherry bark is an expectorant and a purifier
as combined especially with other ingredients for the blood supply.
808-3
The taking of those properties indicated for the
allaying of cold and congestion - as in the cherry, the horehound - will
not only aid digestion but stimulate the circulation for the upper portion
of the head and through the bronchial area, thus giving a better flow of
circulation for the throat and the gums...
2790-1
The active principle from the wild cherry bark,
with the other ingredients, is a stimulation to the lungs, throat and bronchials,
and those organs above the diaphragm.
5653-1
To this we would add Wild Cherry Bark (this is to
act as an active force with the gastric juices of the stomach, as well
as a carrier for the rest of the system, acting with the respiratory system)
457-3
The Wild Cherry Bark is for cleansing the blood
supply.
3724-1
The action of these properties combined within the
system are to act on the effects acquired in the lung forces within clarifying
blood. The action of certain properties is to rebuild the Hemoglobin
within the blood to give more Leukocytes to the blood, as we find in the
bark of Wild Cherry and Sarsaparilla.
5681-1
Wild Cherry Bark (Preferable that taken from the
North side of the tree) ... 4 ounces .
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