Viburnum prunifolium. N.O. Caprifoliaceae.Synonym: American Sloe, Stagbush.
Habitat: Dry woods, throughout Central and Southern States of North America. Features ? A tree-like shrub, ten to twenty feet high. Fruit shiny black, sweet and
edible. Young bark glossy purplish-brown, with scattered warts. Old bark greyish-brown, inner surface white. Fracture short. Root bark cinnamon colour. Taste bitter,astringent.Part used ? Root bark (preferred); also bark of stem and branches.
Action: Uterine tonic, nervine, anti-spasmodic.
Uterine weaknesses, leucorrhaea, dysmenorrhea. Prevention of miscarriage—given four or five weeks before. Infusion of 1 ounce to 1 pint of boiling water—table-spoonful doses.... black haw
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