Herb latin name: Button Bush,Button Bush Extract

Latin name: Cephalanthus occidentalis

Family: Rubiaceae (Madder Family)

Medicinal use of Button Bush: Button bush was often employed medicinally by native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat arange of ailments. It is little used in modern herbalism. Atea made from the bark is astringent, emetic, febrifuge and tonic. Astrong decoction has been used to treat diarrhoea and dysentery, stomach complaints, haemorrhages etc. It has been used as awash for eye inflammations. Adecoction of either the roots or the fruits have been used as alaxative to treat constipation The leaves are astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic and tonic. Atea has been used to check menstrual flow and to treat fevers, kidney stones, pleurisy etc. The plant has afolk reputation for relieving malaria. The inner bark has been chewed in the treatment of toothaches.

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Habitat of the herb: the herb: A lowland species, growing along the edges of streams, rivers, lakes, swamps and wet floodplains.

Other uses of Button Bush: Wood - light, tough. Of no commercial value.

Propagation of the herb: Seed - we have no details on this plant but would suggest sowing the seed as soon as it is ripe in an acid compost in a cold frame. Sow stored seed in late winter in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Cuttings of soft or semi-ripe wood, July in a frame. Layering.

Cultivation of Button Bush: A lowland species, growing along the edges of streams, rivers, lakes, swamps and wet floodplains.

Known hazards of Cephalanthus occidentalis: The leaves contain glucosides and can be toxic in large doses. Symptoms include vomiting, convulsions, chronic spasms and muscular paralysis.

Herb latin name: Button Bush,Button Bush Extract

Latin name: Cephalanthus occidentalis

Family: Rubiaceae (Madder Family)

Medicinal use of Button Bush: Button bush was often employed medicinally by native North American Indian tribes who used it to treat arange of ailments. It is little used in modern herbalism. Atea made from the bark is astringent, emetic, febrifuge and tonic. Astrong decoction has been used to treat diarrhoea and dysentery, stomach complaints, haemorrhages etc. It has been used as awash for eye inflammations. Adecoction of either the roots or the fruits have been used as alaxative to treat constipation The leaves are astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic and tonic. Atea has been used to check menstrual flow and to treat fevers, kidney stones, pleurisy etc. The plant has afolk reputation for relieving malaria. The inner bark has been chewed in the treatment of toothaches.

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Habitat of the herb: the herb: A lowland species, growing along the edges of streams, rivers, lakes, swamps and wet floodplains.

Other uses of Button Bush: Wood - light, tough. Of no commercial value.

Propagation of the herb: Seed - we have no details on this plant but would suggest sowing the seed as soon as it is ripe in an acid compost in a cold frame. Sow stored seed in late winter in a cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a cold frame for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Cuttings of soft or semi-ripe wood, July in a frame. Layering.

Cultivation of Button Bush: A lowland species, growing along the edges of streams, rivers, lakes, swamps and wet floodplains.

Known hazards of Cephalanthus occidentalis: The leaves contain glucosides and can be toxic in large doses. Symptoms include vomiting, convulsions, chronic spasms and muscular paralysis.