Toothache

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: Ironweed

Genus and Species Name: Vernonia baldwinii

Active Chemical Ingredients: Linoleic Acid

Usage of specimen: To treat a toothache

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/