Gemmotherapy Betula alba/pubescens (White birch)
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Latest Edit: Iva Lloyd, ND 2014-02-22 (EDT)
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Betula alba/pubescens, or White birch is a pioneer tree that colonizes wetlands or peat bogs, and prefers cold climates. This tree can grow up to twenty five metres high and can be recognized by its silver bark, which is water and rot-proof.[1]
Key notes
- Deeper action than Betula verrucosa[2]
- Intense diuretic, kidney drainage
- Anti-inflammatory
- immunomodulator
- Antithrombotic
- Stimulates Kupffer cells of the liver, liver drainage
- Stimulates bone regeneration
Therapeutic actions
- Good for skin conditions and valuable in rheumatic diseases
- Activates the diuresis and elimination of organ wastes
- Anti-inflammatory, analgesic, remineralising, and anti-thrombotic properties
Clinical indications
- Fatigue, particularly in the elderly
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Gout
- Joint pain
- Osteoporosis
- Rickets
- Hepatitis
- Pancreatitis
- Upper respiratory infections (bronchitis, pleurisy, colds, flu, pharyngitis, sinusitis)
- Allergies
- Prevents arthritis
- Bone fractures and decalcification
- Impotence and sexual asthenia