White Oak Bark

Relaxation of mucosa, with unhealthy discharges; ulcerations with spongy granulations.

Clinical Notes. High tannin content requires caution with prolonged internal use combine with aromatics for diarrhea traditional Native American, Eclectic, and European uses for astringency used internally in small doses King's Caring Sunshine

Clinical Notes. Inner bark is used Do not use as full-body wash for those w/ infection febrile disease, weeping ecz, large areas of skin damage, cardiac insufficiency stages III & IV and hypertonia stage IV d/t absorption of tannins Do not mix in tincture w/ herbs high in alkaloids Take separately from oral thiamin, metal ion supplements (inhibits absorption) or alkaloid-containing meds (binds and causes precipitation

Action and Therapy. External. Oak bark depends chiefly for its virtues upon the tannin it contains. However, it sometimes proves more agreeably effectual than the acid when used in decoction or poultice upon ill-conditioned ulcers, with stinking, spongy granulations, in gangrene, as an astringent for relaxed uvula, with flabby or ulcerated sore throat, and as an injection for leucorrhea, prolapsed rectum and hemorrhoids.

Therapy. The agent is of value in epidemic dysentery acute and chronic diarrhea, obstinate intermittents, pulmonary and laryngeal phthisis tabes mesenterica, great exhaustion of the vital powers from disease, profuse, exhausting night sweats, colliquative sweats in the advanced stages of adynamic fevers, and debility, and severe diarrhea in sickly children, scrofula, gangrene, ulcerated sore throat, fetid, ill-conditioned and gangrenous ulcers, relaxed mucous membranes with profuse discharges, bronchorrhea, passive hemorrhages , relaxed uvula and sore throat, spongy granulations , diabetes, prolapsus ani, bleeding hemorrhoids, leucorrhea, menorrhagia, hemoptysis.