It is a tall perennial bearing creamy-white flowers, native to woodsy regions throughout the Eastern United States and Canada. Modern natural-health enthusiasts, like those of the past, use it to nourish the female system. Take one capsule with two meals daily. It contains extracts of chaparral herb, lobelia herb, comfrey leaf, golden seal root, plantain root, red clover herb, mullein herb, marshmallow root, chickweed herb and myrrh gum in a base of olive oil, beeswax, pine tar and vitamin E oil. The tree grows widely in the western U.S. and Canada.
Herbalists classify it as an astringent because it is rich in tannin, a toning substance.
Historically, the husks have been used since the time of the ancient Greeks to support the intestinal system. Available in capsules and an alcohol-base liquid form. It grows up to two feet tall and is found in meadows and along roadsides. From May to June the plant bears pale yellow flowers. Among natural-health enthusiasts the plant is commonly used to support the female reproductive system.