IF BONE IS IN THE SKIN:
Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:
Common Name: Weeping Willow
Genus and Species Name: Salix babylonica
Active Chemical Ingredients: Salicylic acid
Usage of specimen: To treat pain
Preparation: Tincture from bark treats pain
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: Wild Comfrey
Genus and Species Name: Cynoglossum virginianum
Usage of specimen: To use as a cast
Preparation: Mix pulverized roots with water to make pulp and pack around break and it will set like a plaster cast
Sources:
Comfrey a.k.a. Knitbone, Boneset. (2011, April 13). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from https://juswingit.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/comfrey-a-k-a-knitbone-boneset-symphytum-officinale-plaster-cast/
Living Afield. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://livingafield.com/Plants_Plantago.htm
IF BONE IS OUT OF THE SKIN (ALL ABOVE ALSO):
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
Additional Treatment: Put broken limb in a splint using vines and study tree bark
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