Knife cut

Gunshot wound

Sassafras (for infection)

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest


Genus and Species: Sassafras albidum

Habitat: normal soils across middle US; prairie and forest

Seasons: April to May

Active Chemical Ingredient and Structure:  linoleic-acid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleic_acid
Uses of Specimen:
  • bark tea for blood purifier and diarrhea
  • bark used for skin eruptions
  • helps infection with open wounds, bites, fungus, and open fractures

Preparation: tea (drinkable and topical)

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/

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Gunshot wound

Weeping Willow (for pain and tourniquet)

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest


Genus and Species:   Salix babylonica

Habitat: moist soils; widely grown as ornamental tree but sometimes naturalized  

Seasons: start to bloom in April/May

Active Chemical Ingredient and Structure:  salicylic acid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicylic_acid
Uses of Specimen:
  • leaves used to treat skin eruptions
  • leaves used as blood purifier
  • used in treatment of toothache
  • salicylic acid treats pain (anti-inflammatory)
    • bear attack, broken bone, knife cut, sprained ankle, and any other painful injuries
  • rub for frostbite
  • chew for sore throat
  • vines can be used as splint for support for broken bone and as a tourniquet to stop blood flow to injured area

Preparation: tea, poultice, vine

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/
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Gunshot wound

Yarrow (for bleeding)

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest


Genus and Species:   Achillea millefolium

Habitat: Fields, roadsides, wooded areas throughout Northern Hemisphere

Seasons: April - October

Active Chemical Ingredient and Structure:  Apigenin

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apigenin
Uses of Specimen:
  • a chief use is as a vulnerary-an agent to stop bleeding of wounds (tincture)
    • axe wound
    • bear attack
    • deep puncture wound
    • gunshot wound
    • knife cut
  • stops inflammation
    • toothache (chewed)
  • helps stomach issues
    • diarrhea (tea)

Preparation: tea, tincture, chewed

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/
 Yarrow. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-151-yarrow.aspx?activeingredientid=151&activeingredientname=yarrow
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Gunshot wound

Cattail (for sutures)

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest


Genus and Species: Typha latifolia

Habitat: fresh marshes, ponds within all lands (prairie and forest)

Seasons: May to July

Uses of Specimen:
  • fibers of the cattail can be used as sutures to close up a compound fracture
Preparation: strip fibers from plant

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

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