Snakebite

Plant:   Echinacea: Purple Coneflower


Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Indigenous Forest


Genus and Species:   Echinacea purpurea

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Habitat:   Open plains and Woodland

Season:   June to August 

Chemical structure of echinacoside

Active Chemical Structure:   Echinacoside

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Active Chemical Structure:    Cichoric Acid

Uses and Preparation:  Rattlesnake Bites (poultice)
                                        Toothache (poultice)

Resources:   Tilford, G. L. (1997) Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West. Missoula, Montana: Mountain Press Publishing Company.

Plant:   Black eyed Susan

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Indigenous Forest


Genus and Species:   Redbeckia hirta
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Habitat:   Fields, Roadsides, Edge of Woods (Meadows) 

Season:   June to October

Chlorogenic acid

Active Chemical Structure:   Chlorogenic Acids

Uses and Preparation:  Sores, snakes bite, swelling (root tea)

Resources:   Foster, S. & Duke, J.A. (2014) Peterson Field Guide to Medical Plants and Herbs: of Eastern and Central North America. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing company.

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