Assertion: elm's bark | /r/HasProperty | steeped in water
Facets:
value: to make
type: PURPOSE
value: as a remedy for throat ailments
type: PURPOSE
value: formerly
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Slippery, or red, elm (U. rubra), a shorter species with a similar but smaller distribution, has a gluelike substance in the inner bark, which was formerly steeped in water as a remedy for throat ailments, powdered for use in poultices, and chewed as a thirst-quencher.
text: Jan Wrede writes in her book Trees, Shrubs, and Vines of the Texas Hill Country that the inner bark can be steeped in water to make a “healthful, soothing tea.
text: Its twigs may be chewed to reduce thirst, and its inner bark, when steeped in water, is a longused remedy for sore throats and fevers.