Dermatitis

Evening Primrose (Oenothera biennis)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: fields, roadsides
Season: May-August
 Active chemical ingredient:
linoleic acid
Chemical structure:









http://www.chemtube3d.com/ClaydenLinoleic.html


Uses: treats boils, bruises, and other skin inflammations because of its anti-inflammatory and anti-basterial properties
Preparation: Make poultice by coursely crushing the flowers and leaves of the Evening Primrose
-Heat the poultice to a temperature that doesn't burn the skin
-Put poultice on the affected skin overnight and wrap it with a bandage
-Apply it until boil comes to a head and is ready to be drained out

http://www.theperiodvitamin.com/evening-primrose-oil-pms.html


English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: fields, waste areas
Season: May-October
Active chemical ingredient: Aucibin
Chemical structure:

http://www.rdchemicals.com/chemicals.php?mode=details&mol_id=7536


Uses: treats frostbite, rattlesnake bites, diarrhea, fever, coughing, infections, inflammation, burns, insect bites, blisters, dermatitis, rope burn, stops bleeding
Preparation: fresh leaves for frostbite; roots used to treat snake bites; decoction of roots for diarrhea, fever, cough; leaf and seed extract (antibacterial); hot-leaf poultice for burns, insect bites, blisters, dermatitis; chewed fresh leaf blended with water and applied to skin for rope burn

Red Clover (Trifolium pratense)
Eastern Deciduous Forest
Habitat: Meadows
Season: Late summer
Active Chemical Ingredient: Arachidonic acid
Chemical Structure: 

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

Uses: Ointments for skin rashes

















Resources: Red clover. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2015. 

 Biological activities of Trifolium pratense. (n.d.). Retrieved September 8, 2015.