Tick bite

Tick bite

Jewelweed

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

Genus and Species: Impatiens carpensis

Habitat: wet, shady soil found almost everywhere in our area

Seasons: June to September

Active Chemical Ingredient and Structure: palmitic acid

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmitic_acid Uses of Specimen: "best known for skin healing properties" crushed leaves are poulticed on recent poison ivy rashes poultice remedy for bruises, burns, cuts, insect bites, sores, sprains

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/

Jewelweed, Poison Ivy Treatment from Nature. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://altnature.com/jewelweed.htm

Tick bite

Jo Pye weed (for possible infection)

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

Genus and Species:   Eupatorium purpureum

Habitat: wet meadows and grass, flat land and forest

Seasons: July to Sept

Active Chemical Ingredient and Structure:  eupatorine

https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eupatorine

Uses of Specimen:

• root tea used for diarrhea
• tea used for blood purifier and prevention of infection (all open wounds)
• topical tea used for frostbite
• tea used for swelling and sore throat

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/

 Joe-Pye Weed. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://medicinalherbinfo.org/herbs/JoePyeWeed.html