Slippery Elm

Slippery Elm
(Ulmus rubra Muhl.)
LEAVES: Alternate, simple, 5"-7" long; usually larger than those of American elm, rough on both sides or soft-hairy below; margin coarsely toothed. Petiole short.

Additional Comments: Native Americans used slippery elm bark as a treatment for constipation and for diarrhoea. Mrs. Grieve notes that a pinch of the powder put in a hollow tooth stops a toothache and delays decay.

Slippery elm
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Slippery elm - Ulmus spp. (rubra, fulva) (in the Ulmaceae or Elm family) ...

Slippery Elm
Ulmus fulva
MEDICINAL: Slippery Elm is used to neutralize stomach acids. It is used to boost the adrenal glands, draws out impurities and heals all parts of the body. It is most useful for the respiratory system.

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28. Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra
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Combined with the barks of slippery elm and white pine and taken freely, the decoction is said to have been greatly beneficial in syphilis.

Some may even confuse it with choke-cherry (Prunus serotina) and hackberry (Celtis sp.). The native slippery elm and American elm typically have leaves that are greater than 3 in (7.3 cm) long, with unequal heart-shaped leaf bases, ...

rubra, the Slippery elm is a medicinal plant known for the demulcent property of its inner bark. Planera aquatica is also a timber species. Planera, Ulmus, and Zelkova are all grown as ornamental trees.

The mucilaginous inner bark of the slippery elm (U. fulva) is used medicinally in cough drops. Some species of the genus Celtis (the hackberries of America and the nettle trees of the Old World) are cultivated for their edible fruit.

Slippery Elm [English]: Ulmus rubra
Slippery Globemallow [English]: Sphaeralcea digitata
Slippery Vegetable [English]: Basella alba
Slippery-Root [English]: Symphytum officinale
Slirk-Krote Sirk [Khmer]: Citrus hystrix ...

See also: Elm, May, Medic, Green, Fruits