Rope Burn

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: Purple Coneflower

Genus and Species Name: Echinacea purpurea

Active Chemical Ingredients: Quercetin

Usage of specimen: To heal open wounds (rope burn)

Preparation: Tincture from roots

Sources:

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

Echinacea purpurea - Natural medicine facts. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/echinacea-purpurea.html

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:

Common Name: Sassafras

Genus and Species: Sassafras albidum

Active Chemical Ingredients: Linoleic-acid

Usage: Prevents infection

Preparation: Bark tea when applied topically, 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/