Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest:
Common Name: Ironweed
Genus and Species Name: Vernonia baldwinii
Active Chemical Ingredients: Linoleic Acid
Usage of specimen: To treat sore throat (pain)
Preparation: Tea of the leaves
Sources:
Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin
NaturalMedicineFacts.info. (n.d.). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/
Medicinal Uses of Ironweed. (2013, June 2). Retrieved September 7, 2015, from http://www.ayurvedicnaturalhomeremedies.com/medicinal-uses-of-iron-weed-or-wild-cumin/
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