Slippery Elm

Slippery Elm

See also : Essiac Tea
Other Names: Indian Elm, Moose Elm, Olmo Americano, Orme, Orme Gras, Orme Rouge, Orme Roux, Red Elm, Sweet Elm, Ulmus fulva, Ulmus rubra.
Slippery elm is a tree. The inner bark (not the whole bark) is used as medicine.

Special Precautions of Slippery Elm

• Slippery elm is POSSIBLY SAFE for most people when taken by mouth. When applied to the skin, some people can have an allergic reactions and skin irritation.
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Folklore says that slippery elm bark can cause a miscarriage when it is inserted into the cervix of a pregnant woman. Over the years, slippery elm got the reputation of being capable of causing an abortion even when taken by mouth. But there’s no reliable information substantiating this claim. Nevertheless, stay on the safe side and don’t take slippery elm if you are pregnant or breast-feeding.
• Medications taken by mouth (Oral drugs) interacts with slippery elm.

The benefits of Slippery Elm are

Slippery elm contains chemicals that can help soothe sore throats. It can also cause mucous secretion which might be helpful for stomach and intestinal problems. Demulcent properties.

• Sore throat, when added to lozenges. Commercial lozenges containing slippery elm are preferred to the native herb when used for cough and sore throat, because lozenges prolong the pain-killing effect.
• Coughs.
• Colic.
• Diarrhea.
• Constipation.
• Hemorrhoids.
• Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).
• Bladder infection.
• Urinary tract infections
• Cancer : Ingredient of Essiac Tea
• syphilis
• herpes
• expelling tapeworms
• applied to the skin for wounds, burns, gout, rheumatism, cold sores, boils, abscesses, ulcers, toothaches, sore throat, and as a lubricant to ease labor.
• for protecting against stomach and duodenal ulcers
• colitis
• diverticulitis
• GI inflammation
• too much stomach acid.