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Lay two plants next to each other — uses, risks, and whether either has a grow guide.
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Slippery elm
Ulmus rubra
The mucilaginous inner bark of an American elm — a slippery tea for a raw throat and a raw gut.
Flavor
Bland, maple-sweet, slippery — more texture than taste. Cinnamon helps the cup.
Symptoms
sore throat, cough, indigestion, irritable skin
In favor
Genuinely demulcent
Against
Wild harvest pressure
Days to harvest
A tree is years; the honest kitchen crop is purchased powder
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