Sorbus domestica (Service-tree)
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Latest Edit: Hector 2014-02-19 (EDT)
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Sorbus domestica or the Service tree, grows in warm places such as South exposed sites and requires a lot of light. It prefers to grow in deep, nutrient-rich permeable limestone soils for its deep roots to grow. It can grow up to five to ten metres high and can live up to six hundred years. This tree has a reddish, hard wood that is considered one of the most precious woods for carpentry and making instruments.[1]
Key notes
- Venous problems[2]
- Lymph drainage
Therapeutic actions
- Venous detoxifier, used for conditions caused by hyperviscosity of the blood and slow circulation
- Tones the venous wall
- Moves congestion
- Decreases serum viscosity
Clinical indications
- ENT: Buzzing in ears, tympanic sclerosis, vertigo, and feeling of fullness of the ear
- Vascular: venous sluggishness, phlebitis/thrombophlebitis, varicose veins & hemorrhoids
- Arterial: Raynaud's Disease, menopausal circulation issues with decreased pulse pressure and increased diastolic pressure
- Lymphatic: conditions that require lymph drainage
- Skin: Cellulite
- Nervous: Brain pathologies, Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease. Congestive headaches
- Other: Acroparesthesia (weird feeling in the extremities), menopause
