{"id":2156,"date":"2013-05-10T05:00:16","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T05:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2013-06-30T14:32:32","modified_gmt":"2013-06-30T14:32:32","slug":"crampbark-viburnum-opulus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=2156","title":{"rendered":"Crampbark ~ Viburnum opulus"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Crampbark<a href=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Viburnum-opulus.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-2157\" title=\"Viburnum opulus\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Viburnum-opulus.jpg\" width=\"250\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em>Latin name<\/em>: <strong>Viburnum opulus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Family<\/em>: Caprifoliaceae<\/p>\n<p><em>Part used<\/em>: bark<\/p>\n<p><em>Habitat<\/em>: Europe, Britain, America<\/p>\n<p><em>Main constituents<\/em>: Hydroquinones (arbutin, methylarbutin), coumarins (scopoline), tannins (catechins)<\/p>\n<p><em>Energetics<\/em>:\u00c2\u00a0 Astringent, aromatic, drying<\/p>\n<p><em>Main herbal actions<\/em>: antispasmodic, nervine, cerebrospinal vasostimulant, carminative, astringent<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor herbal actions<\/em>: anti-inflammatory,<\/p>\n<p><em>Main medicinal uses<\/em>: connective tissue support (Khalsa), bronchial, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, and skeletal muscle spasms, menstrual cramps<\/p>\n<p><em>Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: atony of pelvic organs, asthma, threatened miscarriage, morning sickness, hemorrhage during labor<\/p>\n<p><em>Preparations<\/em>: decoction: 1-2 ounces per day (Khalsa), dry strength liquid extract<\/p>\n<p><em>Contraindications<\/em>: viburine in leaves and fruits may cause gastroenteritis; contains coumarin, thus CI with blood thinning agents; large doses may case hypotension; pregnancy<\/p>\n<p><em>Toxicity<\/em>: berries may be fatal<\/p>\n<p><em>Sources<\/em>: Sharol Tilgner, N.D.: <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Herbal Medicine from the Heart of the Earth; <\/span>Wren, R.C. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Module 3<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Good to use with Rolfing<\/p>\n<p>Grows in Northeast US.\u00c2\u00a0 Related to Black Haw &#8211; Haw means &#8220;berry&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Used for Uterine Cramps<\/p>\n<p>Dose 1\/2 oz to 1 oz of herb.\u00c2\u00a0 Students get good results with capsules.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crampbark Latin name: Viburnum opulus Family: Caprifoliaceae Part used: bark Habitat: Europe, Britain, America Main constituents: Hydroquinones (arbutin, methylarbutin), coumarins (scopoline), tannins (catechins) Energetics:\u00c2\u00a0 Astringent, aromatic, drying Main herbal actions: antispasmodic, nervine, cerebrospinal vasostimulant, carminative, astringent Minor herbal actions: anti-inflammatory, Main medicinal uses: connective tissue support (Khalsa), bronchial, gastrointestinal, genitourinary, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,91,81,195,72,523,38,512,90,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-antispasmodic","category-areomatic","category-astringent","category-astringent-energetics-taste","category-carminative","category-cerebrospinal-vasostimulant","category-drying","category-module-3","category-nervine","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2631,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions\/2631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}