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CRAMP BARK
(Viburnum opulus)
guelder rose, high cranberry, rose elder, snowball tree, dog rowan tree, black haw

Description: Deciduous, thicket-forming shrub, 12 ft. tall, with smooth gray branches. Winter buds are scaly. Leaves, maple-like, pubescent beneath with 3-5 acuminate lobes, coarsely, irregularly toothed, turns burgundy in autumn. In early summer, conspicuous, large, nearly flat-topped heads of snow-white flowers appear. Berries are bright red. Cultivated and wild throughout U.S.

Edible, Medicinal: Fruit, used as substitute for cranberries, makes a tart jelly or distilled spirit. Toxic and bitter if eaten fresh. Bark from the stem is a nerve-sedative, uterine antispasmodic which reduces muscle cramps in intestinal spasms. Use 1 tsp. to 1 cup of bark decoction in tablespoon doses. Native Americans used it to treat mumps. Note:Viburnum prunifolium bark is used similarly.V.trilobum was used by the Alberta Cree tribe for many illnesses, especially high fever and pain relief.

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