As astringent, bactericide, insecticide and antidote, it is taken orally to treat diarrhea, and externally it is used to treat bruise and painful swelling folklorically. It is also used as a dye.
Non-JPS2022: The Japanese standards for non-Pharmacopoeial crude drugs 2022.
C1)The Encyclopedia of Wakan-Yaku with Color Pictures Vol. II, pp 157-158.
Remarks
The root bark of Myrica cerifera L. produced in northeast of the United States is used to relieve diarrhea as astringent and aphrodisiac.