Saturday, September 17, 2011

Barberry for the eyes

Yellow-flowered plant also good for some respiratory ailments.

Amplify’d from www.altmeds.com

Barberry


 

Barberry comes from the roots, wood, and bark of Mahonia vulgaris, a landscape scrub native to Europe and some parts of North America. The plants have edible, red-orange berries. The root wood of the barberry plant gets its bright golden-yellow color from berberine, a substances sometimes added to eyewashes and eyedrops. Barberry may be recommended as an herbal eye astringent and as an herbal treatment for cough, diarrhea, fever, and jaundice. Barberry is available as a tablet, liquid, extract, or tea.
Read more at www.altmeds.com
 

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