Toothache

Catnip (Nepta cataria)
Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest
Habitat: roadside, waste areas, woodland
Season: May-September
Active chemical ingredient:
Nepetalactone
Chemical structure:













http://www.chemspider.com/Chemical-Structure.141747.html


Uses: Chew leaves to relieve pain, tea for sweating and headaches
Preparation: chew leaves, tea

Resources: Catnip. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015


White Willow (Salix alba)
Eastern Deciduous Forest
Habitat: damp, cold, and heavily packed forest
Season: Late summer-fall
Active chemical ingredient: Salicin
Chemical structure:











https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Salicin-2D-skeletal.png

Uses: fever, cold, most commonly-pain relief
Preparation:

Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthum tenuifollum)
Tall Grass Prairie
Habitat: adapted to sunlight, grasslands, near wildflower species
Season: June-frosting time
Active chemical ingredient: Carvacol
Chemical structure:











http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Flowers/T/Thyme(Wild)/Thyme(Wild).htm


Uses: tea-mouth sores, coughs, colds, fevers. Crushed flowers-toothache, eliminates pain
Preparation: tea and crushed flowers

Resources: Slender Mountain Mint. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015