Bog myrtle is astringent and antiseptic herb with styptic, wound-healing and diuretic properties. Traditionally it was used as a medicinal herb to treat wounds, acne and digestion problems. In Sweden, the dried bark was used to treat intestinal worms and to relieve itching.

2022年11月4日 · The leaves and nutlets are edible. The leaves can be picked anytime for tea or seasoning, and dried to increase the scent and flavour. Early summer is the best picking time. You can store the dried leaves in a jar out of sunlight. Use them like bay leaves, sparsely and by putting them in dishes whole, cooking and then removing before serving.

Myrica gale is a species of flowering plant in the family Myricaceae native to parts of Eurasia and North America. Common names include bog-myrtle, [2] sweet willow, Dutch myrtle, [3] and sweetgale. [4] Myrica gale is a deciduous shrub growing to 2 metres ( feet) tall and 1 m wide. [5] .

2019年6月4日 · Sweetgale or Bog Myrtle (Myrica gale) is a deciduous aromatic shrub that grows in marshes, bogs, and the edges of lakes and ponds in the Adirondack Mountains. Sweetgale is part of the Myricaceae family, which also includes two other plants that occur in the Adirondacks: Sweet Fern (Comptonia peregrina) and Bayberry (Morella caroliniensis).

Bog myrtle, which is also known sometimes as sweet gale, is a woody deciduous perennial shrub in the Myricaceae family. It can grow from about 60 to over 150 cm tall, but seldom reaches that height in Scotland today because of its palatability to large herbivores such as red deer ( …

Bog myrtle is an aromatic deciduous shrub 2-6 feet tall; the leaves are dull green, almost gray, and grow somewhat sparsely from a brownish stem. The flowers are in clusters at the ends of previous year’s branchlets, catkin-like and pink, blooms April to June. Flowers are followed by bright orange berries.

Names: Sweet Gale is also known as Bog Myrtle, or Sweet Bayberry. Myrica is the Greek name for Tamarix. Gale supposedly comes from old English, gagel, or gaggle, perhaps because it is where geese may congregate?

Myrica gale is commonly known as bog myrtle in Scotland with a folklore name of Sweet gale. It is used for herbal tea, and for cooking mostly with chicken and fish. It's also used as a bittering agent for making ale, sometimes used with heather, in Britain, the EU, America and Canada, by home brewers and micro-breweries.

2023年4月16日 · Leaves. Bog myrtle has simple, alternate leaves that are dark green and glossy on the upper side, with a lighter, greyish-green colour on the underside. The leaves are lance-shaped, measuring about 1 to 3 inches in length, and are dotted with resinous glands that release a strong, sweet scent when crushed. Flowers

2021年3月14日 · The leaves are normally used as a tea, but they do contain poisonous aromatic oil, so some caution is recommended in their use. Bog myrtle should only be used in small amount as it can cause headaches and other discomforts. Highly fragrant essential oil extracted from the seeds is toxic and should never be used internally.