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New Jersey tea
New Jersey tean. A shrub (Ceanothus americanus) of central and eastern North America, having clusters of small white fragrant flowers, reddish roots, and ovate leaves formerly used to make a beverage similar to black tea. Also called redroot.New` Jer′sey tea′
n. a North American shrub, Ceanothus americanus, of the buckthorn family, the leaves of which were used as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution. [1750–60] new jersey tea
 red root red rootRecognized by showy round puffy clusters of white flowers. Pointy oval leaves make tea used as substitute for imported tea with no caffeine, as well as for stomach, lung, blood cleaner, laxative. Root is astringent, expectorant, used for asthma, bronchitis, coughs, spleen, dysentery, hemorrhoids. Strong astringent (stops bleeding) bark tea used externally for venereal sores. Nitrogen fixer. Flowers rich in saponins to make lathering shampoo and soap (won’t remove oils though). Wet flowers can be simply rubbed on body.MedicalSeered root |