❄️Scandinavian Folk Medicine
Cranberry (Tranebær)
Vaccinium oxycoccos
About Cranberry (Tranebær)
Cranberry (Tranebær) (Vaccinium oxycoccos) is a herb used in the Scandinavian Folk Medicine tradition to help with UTI, Kidney Support, Antioxidant, and Heart Health, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Vaccinium oxycoccos is a species of flowering plant in the heath family. It is known by the common names small cranberry, bog cranberry, swamp cranberry, or, particularly in Britain and The Netherlands, just cranberry. It is widespread throughout the cool temperate northern hemisphere, including northern Europe, northern Asia and northern North America.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal