Dermatitis

Plant:   Echinacea: Purple Coneflower

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Indigenous Forest

Genus and Species:   Echinacea purpurea

Habitat:   Open plains and Woodland

Season:   June to August 

Active Chemical Structure:   Echinacoside

Active Chemical Structure:    Cichoric Acid

Uses and Preparation:  Rattlesnake Bites (poultice)

                                        Toothache (poultice)
                                        Insect bites or Rashes (root or leaf tea: pour over)

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

Plant:   Which Hazel

Eastern Indigenous Forest

Genus and Species:   Hamameis virginiana

Habitat:    Woods

Season:   September to October

Active Chemical Compound: Astragalin

Uses and Preparation: Dermetitis among others

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.