Tick Bite

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.