Blackberries For Dysentery


Blackberries for dysentery

Blackberries are extremely useful in cases of dysentery*. To eat the berries is very healthy; tea made of the roots and leaves is beneficial; and a syrup made of the berries is still better. Blackberries have sometimes effected a cure when physicians despaired.
American Frugal Housewife, 1833

*Dysentery (formerly known as flux or the bloody flux) is an infection of the digestive system that results in severe diarrhea containing mucus and blood in the feces. Dysentery is typically the result of unsanitary water.

Ingredients:
Raspberry Leaf *
Recipe Instructions:
Source: Alice Cooke Brown. Early "American Herb Recipes", (1966)

Tags and Uses for this Remedy

  • Diarrhea : Occasional bouts of diarrhea can be safely treated with home remedies, which are often more effective than store bought ones.
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