View photos of the edible and medicinal plant, Arbutus xalapensis (Texas madrone), profiled in Wild Edible Plants of Texas (Volume 1) and Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States.

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the Western Mountain States:

What all this means for the Madrone user is – take the tea daily for the treatment of non–complicated/non–organic UTIs, be them bladder or urethra oriented. Try 2–3 cups a day if in the throes of an active infection or 1 cup at the slightest urinary irritation. If Cranberry is found effective, Madrone should be as well.