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Use For hundreds of bayberry years, the Choctaw Indians used Bayberry. They boiled the leaves and drank the decoction as a treatment for therapeutic purposes had waned since fever. Later, Louisiana settlers drank Bayberry wax in hot water as a cure for dysentery. By the 19th century, when the popularity of this herb was at its peak. Neverthelessherbalists recommended Bayberry bark tea for colds, flu, other infectious diseases, some herbal practitioners as well as common people continue to use this plant even to this day to treat diarrhea, fever and a number of other health conditionsfever. The herb's rook bark encloses a chemical compound called myricitrin, which is known to possess anti-fever attributes. Additionally, myricitrin together with the tannins present in the herb possesses anti-diarrheal qualities. While myricitrin acts as an antibiotic, tannins enclosed by bayberry work as astringents.* treating common cold, coughs and flu : The dried bark in an infusion, can be used to treat colds, flu, fever, coughs, sore throats, and can also be used to treat excess vaginal discharge.* The astringent property of bayberry is believed to cure intestinal problems, for instance irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) as well as mucous colitis (irritable bowel syndrome distinguished by the passage of abnormally great amounts of mucus). Then again, a paste made with the powdered bayberry root bark is applied topically on the ulcers and sores. * an infusion prepared with the root bark of bayberry is also believed to facilitate in treating excessive vaginal discharge.* Despite safety concerns, some people take bayberry for head colds, painful and swollen intestines (colitis), diarrhea, and nausea. * prevent bacterial infections