Witch hazel is a plant. The leaf, bark, and twigs are used to make medicine. It has antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial and antifungal qualities. Witch hazel contains chemicals called tannins. Witch hazel extract cure diarrhea, mucus colitis, vomiting blood, coughing up blood, fevers, tumors, and cancer. witch hazel liquid extract is beneficial in skin itching, pain, and swelling (inflammation), eye inflammation, skin injury, varicose veins, bruises, insect bites, minor burns, acne, sensitive scalp, and other skin irritations.

Benefits:

• Witch hazel is a plant. The leaf, bark, and twigs are used to make medicine. You may see a product called witch hazel water (Hamamelis water, distilled witch hazel extract). This is a liquid that is distilled from dried leaves, bark, and partially dormant twigs of witch hazel.
• Witch hazel is taken by mouth for diarrhoea, mucus colitis, vomiting blood, coughing up blood, tuberculosis, colds, fevers, tumour’s, and cancer. Some people apply witch hazel directly to the skin for itching, pain and swelling (inflammation), eye inflammation, skin injury, mucous membrane inflammation, vaginal dryness after menopause, varicose veins, haemorrhoids, bruises, insect bites, minor burns, acne, sensitive scalp, and other skin irritations.
• In manufacturing, witch hazel leaf extract, bark extract, and witch hazel water are used as astringents to tighten the skin. They are also included in some medications to give those products the ability to slow down or stop bleeding. Those medications are used for treating insect bites, stings, teething, haemorrhoids, itching, irritations, and minor pain.