Ulmus fulva

Ulmus fulva

Botanical name: Ulmus rubra

Family : Ulmaceae

Common name: Moose elm, Red elm, Slippery elm, Ulmus fulva, Ulmus rubra

Habitat : Mountains of Canada and Pennsylvania

Part used: Inner bark

Action

Anti-inflammatory

Inside story

It has been used traditionally for soothing nutritive demulcent which is perfectly suited for sensitive or inflamed mucous membrane linings in the digestive system.

Indications

·         Wrist painful, as if sprained². 

·         Pressing pain in right carpal and metacarpal joints.² 

·         Formication in feet, numb, creeping pain in legs and feet; rheumatic pains above wrists; numbness, tingling, and full soreness where gastrocnemius gives off its tendon²

·         Tearing pains in loins. Rheumatic pains in small joints, wrist⁴, 

·         Wrist painful, as if sprained⁴.

·         PA Rheumatic, in small joints, wrist⁷

References

1.       Allen T.F., Encyclopedia of pure materia medica

2.       Boerricke W., Homoeopathic materia medica

3.       Clarke, J. H, A dictionary of practical materia medica

4.       Murphy R, Homoeopathic remedy guide

5.       Practicalplants.org,. "Filipendula Ulmaria (Meadowsweet) - Practical Plants". 2016. Web. 12 Jan. 2016.

6.       Scu.edu.au,. "Filipendula Ulmaria - Southern Cross Plant Science - SCU", 2016. Web. 15 Jan. 2016.

7.       Vermeulen F., Concordant materia medica