Not quite by accident - I have known about this plant since childhood - I recently found relief from bursitis that had plagued me for over two years. The pain in my shoulder had become so severe I couldn't sleep. My shoulder so stiff I had to start carrying my billfold in my front pocket. I tried every over-the-counter medication with hardly any benefit.
I started wondering about the medicinal properties of a little scrub, indigenous to the Red RiverValley that I had learned about as a child. One morning after a sleepless night I collected a piece of bark and rubbed it on my shoulder. Since that day I have not lost another nights? sleep and I carry my billfold in my rear pocket again.
I have given out many bottles of the extracted properties of the little tree with the same result for almost everyone who has tried it. I'm learning that the claims the doctors of the 1800s made are conservative. It has no equal when it comes to fever blisters, insect bites and open wounds. Everyone is wondering how such a beneficial medicine could have fallen through the crack!
I do not sell this miracle ... I give it away ... but donations are accepted.