From The Forest

8 oz. glass syrup bottle. (Prunus virginiana). Due to the powerful sedative action of prunasin on the cough reflex, chokecherry bark finds its main use in the treatment of irritating, dry or whooping coughs.

The bark is tinctured in 80% food grade alcohol. The tincture is then blended together mixed with a sugar syrup.

Constituents: The pharmacologist’s main interest in Chokecherry bark is due to the presence of the cyanogenetic glycoside prunasin. Benzaldehyde, prussic acid, three, four, five-trimethoxybenzoic acid (= eudesmic acid), p-coumaric acid, scopoletin (coumarin derivative), tannins and sugars.