Blisters

Eastern Deciduous Forest:

Common Name: Witch Hazel

Genus and Species: Hamamelis virginiana

Active Chemical Ingredients:  kaempferol

Uses of Specimen: Used as a wash to bathe/clean sores and poulticed on blisters

Preparation: Wash and poultice made from the leaves

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/

Tall Grass Prairie:

Common Name: Japanese Knotweed 

Genus and Species: Fallopia japonica

Active Chemical Ingredients: Rutin

Usage: reduces swelling of blisters and helps prevent infection in open wounds

Preparation: poultice of leaves

   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/

Japanese knotweed. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-537-knotweed.aspx?activeingredientid=537&activeingredientname=knotweed