Slippery Elm
Ulmus rubra
About Slippery Elm
Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra) is a herb used in the Western Herbalism, Indigenous / Native American and Appalachian Folk Medicine traditions to help with IBS, Digestive Issues, Gut Health, and Cough, among 4 other conditions it addresses. The bark (inner) is the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Ulmus rubra, the slippery elm, is a species of elm native to eastern North America, ranging from southeast North Dakota, east to Maine and southern Quebec, south to northernmost Florida, and west to eastern Texas, where it thrives in moist uplands, although it will also grow in dry, intermediate soils. Other common names include red elm, gray elm, soft elm, moose elm, and Indian elm. The tree was first named as part of Ulmus americana in
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist