Knife Cut

Shepard's Purse (Capsella bursa-pastoris)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: almost any open or undisturbed habitat, gardens, lawns, pastures, roadsides, waste areas
Season: March-Novermber
 Active chemical ingredient: fumaric acid
Chemical structure:








http://www.chem.purdue.edu/gchelp/molecules/fumacid.html

Uses: cleans wounds (anti-bacterial) and stops bleeding
Preparation: tea

White Pine Tree (Pinus strobus)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: forest areas
Season: April-September
Active chemical ingredient: chrysin
Chemical structure:








https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chrysin.png

Uses: bark used from saplings to stitch up wounds; directly applying sap on wound facilitates healing
Preparation:bark, extract sap