There is no information available regarding the use of slippery elm by children.

Slippery elm is also taken by mouth to cause an abortion.

More evidence is needed to rate the effectiveness of slippery elm for these uses.

All potential risks and/or advantages of slippery elm may not be known.

No information is available regarding a missed dose of slippery elm.

Do not take slippery elm without first talking to your doctor if you are breast-feeding a baby.

In general, slippery elm should be protected from light.

It is not known whether slippery elm will harm an unborn baby.

Your doctor, pharmacist, or health care provider may have more information about slippery elm.

Slippery elm may also have uses other than those listed in this medication guide.

Slippery elm may not be recommended in some situations.

Topical forms of slippery elm are intended for external use only.

Take the pill forms of slippery elm with a full glass of water.

Some forms of slippery elm can be brewed to form a tea for drinking.

At this time there is not enough scientific information to determine an appropriate range of doses for slippery elm.

Herbs like ginger and slippery elm do this (the latter is available in certain health food shops).

Allow the lozenge forms of slippery elm to dissolve slowly in your mouth.

Symptoms of a slippery elm overdose are not known.

Nevertheless, stay on the safe side and don't take slippery elm if you are pregnant or breast-feeding.

The use of slippery elm in cultural and traditional settings may differ from concepts accepted by current Western medicine.

Taking slippery elm at the same time you take medications by mouth can decrease the effectiveness of your medication.

Comment: I bought a bottle of slippery elm throat losenges.

They make excellent poultices from the bark of the bass and the slippery elm.

Store slippery elm as directed on the package.

Although rare, allergic reactions to slippery elm may occur.

Slippery Elm (Ulmus rubra)

The larvae feed on Ulmus species, including Ulmus fulva and Ulmus rubra.

The inner bark of the slippery elm (Ulmus rubra), a North American tree species, has long been used as a demulcent, and is still produced commercially for that purpose.

However, given the repeated failure with the two species by research institutions, it is now believed that the "American elm" in question was more likely to have been the red elm, Ulmus rubra.

The hybrid cultivar 'Rosehill' was originally raised by the Rose Hill Nurseries of Kansas City, Missouri, from a selection of Ulmus pumila x Ulmus rubra seedlings made in 1951.

The elm cultivar Ulmus pumila 'Green King' was once believed to have been derived from a crossing of the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila with the American Red Elm Ulmus rubra.

The American hybrid cultivar Ulmus 'Lincoln' was selected from crossings of the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila and the Slippery, or Red, Elm Ulmus rubra made in Illinois circa 1958 and patented in 1983.

Indian Elm, Moose Elm, Olmo Americano, Orme, Orme Gras, Orme Rouge, Orme Roux, Red Elm, Sweet Elm, Ulmus fulva, Ulmus rubra.

Almost certainly derived from a crossing of the Siberian Elm Ulmus pumila and the Red Elm Ulmus rubra, it was originally believed that the American parent was the American Elm Ulmus americana, not the Red Elm.

The mucilaginous inner bark of the Slippery Elm Ulmus rubra has long been used as a demulcent, and is still produced commercially for this purpose in the United States with approval for sale as a nutritional supplement by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.