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Common Name | Bilberry |
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| Other Names | Huckleberry |
| Parts Used: | The ripe fruit. The leaves |
| Constituents |
quinic acid, tannin |
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Remedies using Bilberry
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The huckleberry of North America and the Bilbery of England are all closely related to the cranberry and blueberry. The ancients used them largely, and Dioscorides spoke of them highly (Grieve, AMH) The ripe fruit is best for therapeutic purposes, but the leaves are used also. |
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| Night Blindness | | [364] The anthocyanosides in bilberry help ensure good circulation in the small capillaries around the eyes and skin preserving the blood supply to the eyes, and their antioxident properties help to fend off free radical damage. For night blindness no prescription counterpart exists.
(Duke, James A, Ph.D. ) | | [618] Bilberry fruits have a great reputation for strengthening and protecting capillaries and improving circulation making them a good choice for bruises.
(White,Linda B., M.D. ) | |
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They are under the dominion of Jupiter. It is a pity they are used no more in physic than they are. The black bilberries are good in hot agues, and to cool the heat of the liver and stomach; they do somewhat bind the belly, and stay vomiting and loathings; the juice of the berries made in a syrup, or the pulp made into a conserve with sugar, is good for the purposes aforesaid, as also for an old cough, or an ulcer in the lungs, or other diseases therein. Nicholas Culpeper |
Common Typos: billberry
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