Sunburn

Sunburn

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:

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  • 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/

Rope burn

American bittersweet

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

Genus and Species: Celastrus scandens

Habitat: rich thickets and soil in both forests and meadows/prairies

Seasons: May-June

Active Chemical Ingredient and Structure: atropine

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atropine Uses of Specimen: externally, bark used in ointment for burns, scrapes, and skin eruptions leaf tea for diarrhea

Preparation: poultice

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/

American BittersweetCelastrus scandens. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.bio.brandeis.edu/fieldbio/medicinal_plants/pages/American_Bittersweet.htm

Rope burn

Weeping Willow

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) or inflamed skin from burns, etc
• bear attack, broken bone, 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

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/