You may be familiar with its name from the bottle of astringent found in your home medicine cabinet, or for sale on pharmacy shelves near rubbing alcohol and hydrogen peroxide.

T he American Witch Hazel plant, otherwise known as Hamamelis virginiana, has been used in folk medicine in the United States ...

Here’s what I found out. “Witch hazel is a botanical extract derived from a flowering plant. Preparations have been made from its leaves and bark for ages,” says Dr. King. The entire plant ...

But how well does witch hazel really work ... Dubbed a ‘magic water’, the liquid is typically made by boiling up the bark and leaves then distilling the mixture. It has been used for centuries ...