Axe Wound

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:

Common Name: Weeping Willow

Genus and Species: Salix babylonica

Active Chemical Ingredients: Salicylic acid

Usage: To treat pain and as a tourniquet

Preparation: Tincture from bark treats pain and vines can be used to tie off limbs as a tourniquet

Sources:

Morstead, P. (n.d.). Willow. Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.digherbs.com/willow.html

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:

Common Name: Sassafras

Genus and Species: Sassafras albidum

Active Chemical Ingredients: Linoleic-acid

Usage: Purifies blood and prevents infection

Preparation: Bark tea when being drank purifies blood and when applied topically, it prevents infection

Sources:  

Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin

NaturalMedicineFacts.info. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:

Common Name: Yarrow

Genus and Species: Achillea millefolium

Active Chemical Ingredients: Apigenin

Usage: To clot/ thicken blood and stop bleeding

Preparation: Tincture from leaves to clot/ thicken blood and place the leaves on wound to stop bleeding.

Resources:  

Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin

NaturalMedicineFacts.info. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/

Yarrow. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-151-yarrow.aspx?activeingredientid=151&activeingredientname=yarrow

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:

Common Name: Cattail

Genus and Species: Typha latifolia

Usage: Fibers can be used as sutures to close up a wound

Preparation: Strip fibers from plant

Resources:  

Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin