Wendywendythedruid@thistleandmoss.org
Oct 19, 2026, 3:23 PMA teaspoon of tan powder, warm water, a fork, thirty seconds of whisking — and it goes silky, the way bark must feel to the tree in a long rain.
Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra). The inner bark's mucilage, long chains of sugars like galactose and rhamnose, swells and coats a raw throat or a sour stomach. The FDA allows it in lozenges. Beyond that, the human evidence is thin and mostly traditional.
Take it two hours apart from any medicine, since it can slow absorption. Skip it in pregnancy. Buy cultivated bark.
It has no Gaelic name of its own. Leamhan is the Highland elm, its cousin across the water.
What do you reach for when your throat goes raw?
Today's full Gathering: https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-33-percent-limbo-night-keeps-shimmying-its-shitty-way-down-queer-press-survives-but-barely-we-ne
#Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #SlipperyElm #Herbs #HerbalTea #PlantMedicine #Botany #Trees #Autumn #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Nature #Photography #Wellness
Slippery elm (Ulmus rubra). The inner bark's mucilage, long chains of sugars like galactose and rhamnose, swells and coats a raw throat or a sour stomach. The FDA allows it in lozenges. Beyond that, the human evidence is thin and mostly traditional.
Take it two hours apart from any medicine, since it can slow absorption. Skip it in pregnancy. Buy cultivated bark.
It has no Gaelic name of its own. Leamhan is the Highland elm, its cousin across the water.
What do you reach for when your throat goes raw?
Today's full Gathering: https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-33-percent-limbo-night-keeps-shimmying-its-shitty-way-down-queer-press-survives-but-barely-we-ne
#Herbalism #FoodAsMedicine #SlipperyElm #Herbs #HerbalTea #PlantMedicine #Botany #Trees #Autumn #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Nature #Photography #Wellness
