Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: Occurs in fields, pastures, waste places, rights-of-way, and gravel bars along streams and rivers
Season: May-september
Active Chemical Ingredient: saponins, mucilage and tannins
Chemical structure:
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Saponin
Uses: A flower maceration is used externally to treat bruises, chilblains, eczema, frostbite
Resources: Mullein. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: fields, waste areas
Season: May-October
Season: May-October
Active chemical ingredient: Aucubin
Chemical structure:
Uses: treat frostbite, rattlesnake bites, diarrhea, fever, coughing, infections, inflammation, stop bleeding, burns, insect bites
Preparation: fresh leaves for frostbite, roots used for snake bites; decoction of roots for diarrhea, fever, cough; leaf and seed extract (antibacterial); hot-leaf poultice for inflammations and infections; decoction of dried leaves for bleeding; crushed fresh leaves, salve, cream, or poultice for burns, insect bites
No comments:
Post a Comment