Our northern woods, fields, and wetlands are rich in botanical treasures. Many of these plants are medicinal as well. In particular,Vermont transitional forests are home to one of our most valued medicinal trees, the wild cherry, or Prunus serotina. We value the wild cherry for its inner bark which is a main ingredient in our wild cherry cough syrup.

Unlike commercial cough medicines which are typically flavored, colored, and sweetened as if containing actual cherry fruits, our formula is made the way traditional wild cherry bark cough syrups have been made since the nineteenth century. It is the bark rather than the fruit that is more therapeutic and medicinal. Of specific influence and inspiration to our formula is Dr. D.C. Jarvis, a twentieth century Vermont folk medicine country doctor, whose use of both apple cider vinegar and raw honey in treating coughs is tried and true. Our Apitherapy wild cherry syrup contains a base of raw honey and organic apple cider vinegar to which we add organic and wild crafted herbs and propolis.