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Fresh Alder buckthorn is toxic, but one can use it after it has been dried for one year.
European plant except in mediterranean area from 1 to 5 m of which one uses dried bark which has been stored at leat one year before its consumption. Dryed alder buckthorn bark is especially used as laxative and purgative. Also : Biliary insufficiency, obesity. In external use : Scabies, tinea, wounds. Decoction : 3 g for one cup as a laxative. Decoction : 6 g for one cup as a purgative. Two handfuls in one liter of water, boil 15 minutes, in external use against skin ulcers.
 
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