Health Benefits and Therapeutic Uses

This plant is used as a diuretic and to control kidney and liver problems. It can help get rid of excess water in the body.
This plant can also allow the body to produce more urine. This, in turn, helps reduce edema, diarrhea, abdominal distention and difficulty producing urine.
This herb is also classified as a ‘cooling herb’ so it is also used to treat dizziness and ringing in the ears.
This herb is used in home remedies for blood pressure. It also can reduce lipids in the blood. This herb even helps lower cholesterol and sugar levels. You should also consult your doctor if you decide to take this herb. There might be contraindications.
It can also help expel phlegm from the body.
The leaves are used like a poultice for bruises and swelling. The leaves, ingested, can help reduce inflammation of the intestinal tract and urinary tract infections.
This herb has also been known to prevent fatty deposits on the liver.
It is also used in home remedies to promote milk secretion in lactating mothers.
As this herb is a cool herb, it is also used in reducing fevers.
This herb is also used to treat nightly emissions, premature ejaculation and spermatorrhea.

Other Uses

The root of this plant is sometimes used to make homeopathic remedies.
This herb is used very often in Chinese herbal remedies. It is usually mixed with other herbs like lycium chrysanthemum, rehmania, schizandra and cornus. This herb is also used in treatments for infections.
This herb, like other herbs, can have adverse reactions and contraindications for medications. Sometimes in a bid to cure kidney infections, it can create additional complications. If you suspect you have kidney infection, visit a doctor before self-medicating. There have been some indications that the herb can cause skin irritation. Though there is little information on how this herb might react, you should take it only after consulting your doctor. Scientific studies regarding the effect of this herb are still not done. That is the reason you should seek caution.

Wild Sumac contains Calcium malate, Dihydrofisetin, Fisetin, Iodine, Gallic-acid-methylester, tannic and gallic acids, Selenium, Tartaric-acid, and many beneficial minerals.

An infusion of Sumac bark or roots is alterative, antiseptic, astringent, diuretic, galactogogue, haemostatic, rubefacient and tonic. It is used in alternative medicine for the treatment of colds, diarrhea, fevers, general debility, to increase the flow of breast milk, sore mouths and throats, rectal bleeding, inflammation of the bladder and painful urination, retention of urine and dysentery and is applied externally to treat excessive vaginal discharge, burns and skin eruptions. Powdered bark of Sumac is made into a good antiseptic salve. An infusion of the leaves is used for asthma, diarrhea and stomatosis. A poultice of the leaves used to treat skin rashes. Sumac leaves are also chewed for sore gums and rubbed on sore lips.

An infusion of Sumac berries is diuretic, emetic, emmenagogue, purgative and refrigerant. It is used in the treatment of late-onset diabetes, constipated bowel complaints, febrile diseases, dysmenorrhoea (painful or difficult menstruation). The berries have been chewed as a remedy for bed-wetting. An infusion of Sumac blossoms used as an eye wash for sore eyes. The milky latex from the plant is used as a salve on sores.

When broken or cut, Sumac plant produces a milky substance which forms a solid gum-like body or gall, containing large quantities of tannic and gallic acid. These galls are used in tanning leather. A medicinal wine can also be prepared from them. An oil extracted from the seeds is used in making candles. Brown, red, and black dye are obtained from the berries, said to be excellent for wool.

✓  Direction for Herb tea:
1. Rinse the herbs with cold running water then soak it for 30min.
2. Water : Herbs (1L : 30g)
3. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and simmer for 30-min - 2hr or more.

✓ Root : 1hr - 2hr / Loose leaves : 10min - 30min

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You should continue to take any medication prescribed by your doctor. 

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