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 sprain 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
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