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Antibacterial*
Analgesic*
Depurative*
Diaphoretic*
Antirheumatic*
Febrifuge*
Repels Insects*
AntiViral*
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Root Bark, Bark and essential oil |
| Constituents: | Alpha-pinene, anethole, apiole, asarone, beta-sitosterol, boldine, caryophyllene, elemicin, eugenol, mucilage, myristicin, reticule, safrene, safrole, tannins, thujone. |
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A cup of sassafras root tea is a traditional spring tonic in the South for hundreds of years, and was part of the home medicine of the early American colonists, who learned of it's use from the Iroquois and Seneca tribes. Sassafras tea was considered to be a blood purifier and the essential oil was used in liniments. Sassafras was exported from the colonies to Europe where it caused quite a stir
In the bayous of Louisiana, filÉ powder. is made from dried and ground sassafras leaf. It is used as a seasoning and primarily thickening agent in gumbo, and has a wonderfully pungent and aromatic flavor..
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Related Species
Sassafras tzumu Chinese Sassafras or Tzumu. |
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| Not for use in pregnancy. Do not experiment with sassafras if you are not knowledgeable about herbs. Not for long term use.
Animal studies in the 1970's showed that safrole caused permanent damage to liver tissue, leading to it's ban in food products by the FDA. Safrole is a precursor for the clandestine manufacture of the drug MDMA (ecstasy), and as such, its transport is monitored internationally. 1 |
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Preparation Methods :Almost always found as a beverage or tea. The essential oil is more difficult to find and use and is often adulterated with camphor.
 Remedies using : sassafrass
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Sassafras leaf
- Flowers and Fruit:Tiny yellow flowers, blue-black fruits
- Plant Class:Tree, up to 100 ft
- Leaves: Young leaves are mitten shaped, with 2 thubms, mature leaves grow more rounded,The young leaves and twigs are quite mucilaginous, and produce a citrus-like scent when crushed.
- Bark: Thick, red brown bark, deeply furrowed
- Preferred Habitat:Generally found on hills and ridges, mountainous areas
- Flowering Season:Late Summer
- Distribution:Eastern coast of North America, from Canada to Florida
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 Sassafras is first mentioned in correspondence by Spanish explorers to the New World in 1574, as a miracle cure for ague (malaria like fever and chills), giving rise to the common name "ague tree". 2 North American Indian tribes used sassafras as a tonic after labor, to cure venereal diseases, cases of rheumatism, and to ward off colds and fevers. 2 |
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- Wikipedia
- Erichsen-Brown, Charlotte. Medicinal Uses of North American Plants(1979)
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Eucalyptus opens the lungs and encourages breathing by increasing oxygen in the cells. Eucalyptol, found in many over-the-counter remedies, loosens phlegm in the chest and helps to open clogged nasal passages.
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