of alder buckthorn.

Buckthorn alder  (Franguh. Dimes)Tall shrub or small tree. The branches are smooth, without thorns. If you scrape the top layer of the cortex, then it will be under a layer of red - is the main difference buckthorn alder . The leaves are alternate, elliptic. The flowers are small, five-membered, collected in the axils of leaves. Fruit - drupe, first red, when fully ripe purple-black. It flowers in May and June, fruits ripen in August and September.
The crust contains up to 10% of tannins, seeds - up to 29% of a fatty oil. As a medicinal plant used the bark of buckthorn, its harvest in early spring. Receiving fresh bark may cause vomiting, so it is kept for at least 1 year. Buckthorn bark decoction is laxative.ATTENTION!The fruits of buckthorn are poisonous by eating cause severe poisoning!
CONSTIPATION chronic intestinal, intestinal pain
Pour 2 tablespoons chopped buckthorn bark 1 cup of boiling water, heated in a water bath for 30 minutes, insist 15 minutes, drain. Take 1/2 cup of the night. Action broth occurs typically within 10-12 hours.
ATTENTION!Pregnant women receiving long-buckthorn bark decoction is contraindicated.
Pour 1 tablespoon of powdered bark of buckthorn 0.5 liters of vodka and infuse for 3 weeks. Take 1 teaspoon 3 times a day for 30 minutes before eating.