Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: 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:
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Uses: Poultice stops bleeding and alleviates itching
Resources: Witch Hazel. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015
English Plantain (Plantago lanceolata)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: fields, waste areas
Season: May-October
Active chemical ingredient: Aucibin
Chemical structure:
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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
Echinacea (Echinacea purpurea)
Eastern Deciduous Forest and Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: gardens. open-wooded areas, praries
Habitat: gardens. open-wooded areas, praries
Season: Early summer to late summer
Active Chemical Ingredient: polysaccharides, glycoproteins, alkamides, volatile oils, and flavonoids
Chemical structure:
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Uses: Root or leaf tea is highly antiseptic and used to clean sores and insect bites.
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