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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
















Plantain Poultice: Boils, Blisters & Bug Bites. (n.d.). Retrieved September 2, 2015, from http://www.instructables.com/id/Plantain-Poultice-Boils-Blisters-Bug-Bites/

Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)

Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie

Habitat:

Season: Early summer to late summer

Active Chemical Ingredient: polysaccharides, glycoproteins, alkamides, volatile oils, and flavonoids

Chemical structure:

https://celestemohan.wordpress.com/tag/biol1362/page/4/

Uses: Root or leaf tea is highly antiseptic and used to clean sores and insect bites.

Medicinal Uses of Echinacea. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.gardensablaze.com/HerbEchinaceaMed.htm

Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: Occurs in gravel and rocky dry streambeds, at the base of rocky slopes and along streams, and rarely on wooded hillsides in rocky draws
Season: September-October
Active Chemical ingredient: gallic acid, calcium, oxalate, gallotannins, safrole, catechins, flavonols, quercetin
Chemical structure:











http://www.rdchemicals.com/chemicals.php?mode=details&mol_id=753

Uses: Poultice stops bleeding and alleviates itching
















Witch Hazel: Uses, Side Effects. (n.d.). Retrieved September 3, 2015, from http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-227-witch hazel.aspx?activeingredientid=227&activeingredientname=witch hazel