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white birch

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white birch

Trees have paper-like bark. Snapped twigs have wintergreen aroma. Bark and twig tea used for lung problems, sore muscles, joint pain, skin fungus, cracked heels, bladder and urinary issues, stomach aches, laxative, diuretic, colds, fever, rheumatism, diarrhea, tumors, cancer, anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, skin cancer. Birch tea has been historically used in enemas. Worm-like flowers (catkins) also edible.

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Abdilda Tazhibaev
Arishima, Takeo
Betulaceae
Binomial Nomenclature
birch
Birch Forests
black birch
Bubennov, Mikhail
Bubennov, Mikhail Semenovich
Crimean Forest and Game Reserve
Epithet
Huron National Wildlife Refuge
Kamchatka
Khingan Preserve
Literature
Mikhail Bubennov
Mikhail Semenovich Bubennov
Mushakoji Saneatsu
New Hampshire

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