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Winter bloom

• Witch Hazel
  Common Name(s)
  witch hazel, hamamelis, snapping tobacco wood, spotted elder, winter bloom
  Scientific Name(s)
  Hamamelis virginiana L. (Hamamelidaceae)
  How is Witch Hazel usually used?
  Witch hazel can be found in leaves and bark (twigs and branches). It is taken orallyorallyto be taken by mouth (swallowed), or through topical, rectal, or vaginal administration.
• Oral (leaves or bark):
• infusioninfusionthe process of steepsteepTo soak an agent (such as tea) to extract its active ingredienting or soaking plant material in hot or cold water to isolate its active ingredient: steep 2 g to 3 g of dried plant material (leaf or bark) in 150 mL boiled water for 10 to 15 minutes, drink, 2 to 3 times per day between meals (adults)
  fluid extractextractto get, separate, or isolate a desired active ingredient: 2 g to 4 g of dried plant material, 3 times per day (1:1, 45% ethanol)
  tincturetincturea desired active ingredient that is extracted from alcoholic solution: 0.4 g to 0.8 g dried plant, 3 times per day (1:5, 25% ethanol)
  Topical:
• bark
  decoctiondecoctionthe process of boiling plant parts in water and straining the liquid for medicine (compress): 2 g to 3 g fine-cut or coursely powdered