Butternut Bark Powder 1 lb bottle: HE

This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ”00” capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Butternut – Botanical Powder — Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Other common names: Oilnut, White Walnut, Gray Walnut, Lemon Walnut, Oilbean Nut Butternut is a mild and easily digested laxative that helps cleanse the bowel, as well as cleanse and stimulate liver function . Both these qualities are an excellent way to remove toxins from the system and relieve many ailments associated with sluggish bowels and liver, including indigestion, constipation and skin problems. History: Butternut is a deciduous, not particularly decorative, tree that is native to eastern North America, and widely distributed throughout the United States, South America and Eurasia, with several varieties used for the same medicinal applications. The tree may reach a height of one hundred feet, a diameter of three feet and a breadth of fifty feet, with a grayish bark that is occasionally used for dyeing wool a dark brown (but is inferior to the black walnut bark for that purpose). The tree bears dark green, hairy leaves and fruits (nuts) and thrives in moist, fertile soil. It is seldom found growing in pure stands and is usually found in association with cherry, basswood, oak, walnut, ash, maple, elm and hemlock stands and is subject to canker disease. Its botanical genus, Juglans, is derived from both the reference to the Roman god, Jupiter, and the Latin word, glans, meaning ”nut” or ”walnut,” describing the ”nut of Jupiter” or ”food of the gods.” The wood of the Butternut tree is used commercially in the manufacture of plywood, and the inner bark of the tree has a venerable history in American herbal medicine, having been used by both settlers and native tribes alike as a treatment for constipation and to expel worms. It was one of the most widely-used laxatives in the nineteenth century and was listed in the United States Pharmacopoeia from 1820 through 1905. It is now used by herbalists for the treatment of constipation associated with dyspepsia, liver dysfunction and skin eruptions. Some of the constituents in Butternut include fixed oils, essential oils, bitter principle, tannin and napthaquinone (juglone). Beneficial Uses: Butternut bark is considered a mild and r

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