Lot of 6 Allaire Woodward Antique Herbal Medicines 1900s Powdered Elm Bark

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Lot of 6 Allaire, Woodward & Company one ounce herbal paper packets containing Powdered Elm Bark.  Turn of the century apothecary medicine.
Native Americans would use the Slippery Elm's slimy, red inner bark from twigs and branches as a remedy for many common ailments, like fevers, wounds, and sore throats.
They found that when the bark is mixed with water, it generates a sticky material known as mucilage, which is therapeutic and soothing to anything it touches. The Native Americans would also wrap the inner bark of the slippery elm around their meat to keep the meat from going bad.
Slippery elm bark was later picked up by American soldiers to heal gunshot wounds during the American Revolution.