Sprained ankle/wrist

Plant:   Weeping Willow

Eastern Indigenous Forest

Genus and Species:   Salix babylonica

Habitat:    Floodplains, along creeks and rivers, wet or low habitats

Season:   Early spring

Active Chemical Structure:   Salicylates

Uses and Preparation: leave and bark used for pain

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.

Plant:   Prairie Willow

Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Indigenous Forest

Genus and Species:   Salix caroliniana

Habitat:    Floodplains, along creeks and rivers, wet or low habitats

Season:   Early spring

Active Chemical Structure:   Salicylates

Uses and Preparation: leave and bark used for pain
                                       induce vomiting, alleviate fevers, headaches and diarrhea (tea                                                root)

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.

Plant:   Stoneroot, Horse-balm

Eastern Indigenous Forest

Genus and Species:   Collinsonia canadensis

Habitat:    Rich woods

Season:   July to September

Active Chemical Structure:   rosmarinic acid

Uses and Preparation:  Burns, bruisesn wounds, sores, sprains (leaf poultice)
                                        Diarrhea, dysentery, indigestion among other things (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.