Sunburn

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 and inflamed skin

Preparation: Tincture from bark

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: Treats sunburns and blisters

Preparation: Tincture made from roots heals sunburns when drunk and when applied externally, treats blisters

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