Birch

Scientific name: Betula pendula Roth.

Common name: birch, pendulous birch, white birch.

English name: birch.

Parts used: leaves, flowers, buds, sap, bark and wood.

Components: essential oil from buds (betulene), from leaves and bark (methyl salicylate), from wood tar (phenol, creosote, guaiacolo).

Properties: beneficial for the drainage of body fluids and purification.