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Cramp bark
Viburnum opulus
A hedge viburnum whose bark is the old antispasmodic of European midwives — a cramp folklore, not a candy.
Flavor
Bark tea is bitter, astringent, a little viburnum musk.
Symptoms
cramps, muscle tension, pain
In favor
A common hedge plant
Against
Berries are not this medicine
Days to harvest
3–5 years from a shrub to a first careful prune
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