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Description
Medicinal Usage
Medicinally the plant was believed to have many virtues. An old Swedish account tells of a peasant who had turned prematurely bald; treated with a boxwood extract, he magically regained a luxuriant head of hair-but unfortunately, dense hair sprouted all over his face and neck as well. Although the plant was once considered effective as a treatment for epilepsy, leprosy, toothaches, and other disorders, herbalists and pharmacologists today agree that boxwood has little if any medicinal value. Herbal lore attributes many healing virtues to boxwood, but it is virtually unused for medicinal purposes today.
General Herb Information
An Old World shrub or small tree, with dense, richly colored evergreen foliage, boxwood has been cultivated in North America since colonial days. It is especially favored for hedges and borders in formal gardens. William Penn, for one, chose it to edge the gardens on his great estate, Pennsbury Manor, and superb specimens can still be seen in the restored gardens at Colonial Williamsburg.
Its wood, however, continues to be prized just as it has been for centuries. Used since ancient times to make decorative boxes (hence its common name), it has also been employed in the manufacture of flutes and other musical instruments, chess pieces, and other fine wooden objects, as well as in inlay work.
Habitat: Well-drained soil.
Range: Hardy from southern New England southward and westward.
Identification: An evergreen shrub or small tree growing 4-15 feet high. Small elliptical to roundish leaves, about 1 inch long, grow in opposite pairs are dark green above and pale green on the undersides. Clusters of small inconspicuous yellow-green flowers (April-June) produce horned capsules that burst open at maturity and release shiny black seeds.
Uses: In modern times its value lies mainly in its dense, durable, finely grained wood. In addition to its traditional use in fashioning decorative boxes, it is used for inlay and other ornamental woodwork.
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Directions
Take 1 capsule, 3 times daily, with meals.
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