Woodland CHOKECHERRY BARK TINCTURE

2 oz., 4 oz., 8 oz., or 16 oz. glass bottle.
Reduce coughing by promoting relaxation of the cough reflex. Take 1/2 tsp. in warm water (sweetened with honey if desired) as needed.

Relieves occasional indigestion and upset stomach. Take 1 tsp. in one cup water and sip slowly.

Ingredients: Fresh Chokecherry bark (Prunus virginiana)*, distilled water, and food grade alcohol. *Wild harvested in Idaho.
Chokecherry is deciduous and often a straggly shrub or small tree with twisted or crooked trunks and smooth dark reddish to grayish bark. Its thin leaves are broadly oval and tapering at both ends with fine, sharply-toothed edges and a short, pointed tip. The flowers grow in long clusters at the branch tips. The faintly-scented small white flowers are saucer-shaped and have five rounded petals each. The shiny red to black cherries appear in autumn. They have a very astringent aftertaste. Chokecherry is found scattered at low to mid-elevations in open woods, grasslands, and clearings. During winter look for dried fruit or small pits clinging to twig tips as an identification aid.

The bark is gathered from young plants in the late winter or mid-autumn (when the prussic acid content is highest). The bark is stripped off and carefully dried in the shade, tinctured, or made into syrup.


Fresh Plant Tincture
Extract initiated within 36 hours of harvest.
Ratio 1g : 5 mL
Both alcohol and water soluble plant constituents are extracted by immersing plant materials in a food grade alcohol and distilled water blend.