Red Alder

The herbs listed in the compendium should only be used for writing purposes in role play and are not a guide for real life use as they can lead to harmful effects.

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Red Alder
Medicinal Toxic
Found during: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter

These trees thrive in thicker forests that provide a lot of shade. The bark is good once dried but the rest of the plant is inedible and toxic. It is used as mediation by chewing on the dried-out bark. The bark can help spark an appetite, be used to clean wounds, can be cathartic, can help treat headaches, rheumatic pains, internal injuries, and diarrhea. Catkins and young cones can be chewed to treat diarrhea. Bark can be used to treat poison ivy or similar plants, insect bites, and other skin irritations, headaches, and mouth sores or ulcers.

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