Common Name: Birch
Comment: a wash for rheumatism; tea for indigestion, energy, diarrhea.
Constituents: volatile oil (empyreumatic oil of birch including betulin - a camphor-type oil);
Resins; Saponins; Flavonoids; Tannins.
Purposes: (See also Disease: Signs & Symptoms)
Used In: (See Formulas)
Properties:
Contraindication(s): Gout.
Constituents:
| Flavonoid | s. |
| Resin | s. |
| Salicylic glycoside | Gaultherin (methyl salicylate + primaverose). |
| Saponin | Diuretic. |
| Tannin | s. |
| Volatile oil |
Materia Medica: (See Materia Medica.)