Burns from oil

Burns from oil

Purple Coneflower (Echinacea)

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

Genus and Species: Echinacea purpurea

Habitat: open woods and grass and thickets, cultivated in gardens and widely grown as flower garden perennial

Seasons: June to September

Active Chemical Ingredient and Structure:  quercetin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/quercetin

Uses of Specimen:

• • helps infection
  • wounds and sores
  • tea for malaria, sore throat, and toothache
  • tincture for rattlesnake bite, rope burn, burns from fire and oil, sunburn
  • increases capacity of blood cells and other immune system cells to attack foreign particles (infection, bacteria, viruses)
  • externally applied for hard-to-heal wounds, blisters, and dermatitis

Preparation: tea, tincture

Resources:  Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin

 NaturalMedicineFacts.info. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/

Burns from oil

Ninebark (for pain)

Eastern Deciduous Forest

Genus and Species: Physocarpus opifolius

Habitat: streambanks and wooded areas, cultivated in gardens

Seasons: May to July

Active Chemical Ingredient and Structure:  euscaphic acid

http://www.chemfaces.com/natural/Euscaphic-acid-CFN98888.html Uses of Specimen: laxative for constipation anti-inflammatory for pain (broken bone, sprained ankle, etc)

Preparation: tea

Resources:  Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin

 NaturalMedicineFacts.info. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/

Physocarpus opulifolius Ninebark, Common ninebark, Atlantic ninebark, Ninebark PFAF Plant Database. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Physocarpus opulifolius