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wyomingnot replied to your post:danceswchopstck replied to your post…
wtf is “cramp bark”?
Black haw, is the common name I think. Viburnum opulus or viburnum prunifolia, are the two subspecies– black haw is the American version of the plant, and ‘cramp bark’ often refers to the European version, but they’re chemically nearly identical.
I don’t remember where I first heard of them. I read somewhere that you could make tea, but it tastes super nasty. I soak the bark in high-proof vodka for three months instead, then strain it into little ounce bottles, and mix it into something that’s really strongly-flavored, preferably cranberry juice. It’s intensely bitter, and gross. But it’s also really goddamn effective, a lot more so than plain old booze. (I tested.) You don’t need a lot. Which is good because if you did I’d just be hammered. That’s the problem with stuff in tincture.
I’m kind of into herbalism and I don’t know what to do about that.
wyomingnot replied to your post:danceswchopstck replied to your post…
wtf is “cramp bark”?
Black haw, is the common name I think. Viburnum opulus or viburnum prunifolia, are the two subspecies– black haw is the American version of the plant, and ‘cramp bark’ often refers to the European version, but they’re chemically nearly identical.
I don’t remember where I first heard of them. I read somewhere that you could make tea, but it tastes super nasty. I soak the bark in high-proof vodka for three months instead, then strain it into little ounce bottles, and mix it into something that’s really strongly-flavored, preferably cranberry juice. It’s intensely bitter, and gross. But it’s also really goddamn effective, a lot more so than plain old booze. (I tested.) You don’t need a lot. Which is good because if you did I’d just be hammered. That’s the problem with stuff in tincture.
I’m kind of into herbalism and I don’t know what to do about that.
