- Wild Cherry (Prunus Serotina) Bark can be used as a cough suppressant, mainly in instances of hypersensitivities, coughs and whooping cough. It consists of prussic acid, which settles the nerves associated with the coughing response. Native People were the 1st to discover the healthy qualities of Wild Cherry (Prunus Serotina) Bark, supporting diarrhea and pneumonic sicknesses. Wild Cherry (Prunus Serotina) Bark can also be used as a tea to lessen birth pangs. Thereafter, European colonists use