Description: Cut Dried Bark of the Prickly Ash Tree, Zanthoxylum americanum.

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Traditional use: Historically, many Native American tribes used prickly ash as a medicinal herb. They used an infusion of the bark to treat everything from itchy skin to back pain, for rheumatic conditions, and as a digestive aid.

Today, Prickly ash is commonly used to promote blood flow throughout the body, specifically for the treatment of rheumatism. Rheumatism (including various types of arthritis) is any disease involving pain and swelling or inflammation of the joints, ligaments, and muscles. Prickly ash is said to help improve rheumatism and alleviate joint pain by inhibiting hormones called prostaglandins that stimulate inflammation.

In addition, Prickly ash is said to have numerous other functions and benefits, such as being an appetite tonic, improving digestion and relieving gas, helping bring down high blood pressure and bringing relief in tinnitus, and as an antifungal agent.

Caution: Some people may be allergic to Prickly ash bark. Not recommended to be taken with prescription blood thinners without professional advice. Not recommended for children, or during pregnancy and breast feeding.

Method of Use: Bark Infusion (Decoction). 

References: 

https://www.verywellhealth.com/the-benefits-of-prickly-ash-4684452

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