🌲Russian & Siberian Folk Medicine🍀Celtic & Norse Herbalism
Birch Leaf
Betula pendula
About Birch Leaf
Birch Leaf (Betula pendula) is a herb used in the Russian & Siberian Folk Medicine and Celtic & Norse Herbalism traditions to help with Kidney Support, UTI, Arthritis, and Edema. The leaves are the part traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Betula pendula, commonly known as silver birch, warty birch or East Asian white birch, is a species of tree in the family Betulaceae, native to Europe and parts of Asia, though in southern Europe it is only found at higher altitudes. Its range extends into Siberia, China and southwest Asia in the mountains of northern Turkey, the Caucasus and northern Iran. It has been introduced into North America, where it is known as the European white...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Leaves · internal