Axe Wound

Deciduous

Small Flowered Agrimony

• Agrimonia parviflora
• Found in Damp Thickets, in clumps.
• Active chemical ingredient is catechin (Source)
• Catechin: a crystalline flavonoid compound C₁₅H₁₄O₆ or its derivatives having antioxidant properties and used in dyeing and tanning(Source)

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• herbal tea made with whole plant as astringent, stops bleeding; use for wounds, diarrhea, inflammation of gall bladder, urination incontinence(Peterson Field Guide)

Sweet or Black Birch Tree

• Betula lenta
• Found in rich woods
• Active chemical ingredient is methyl salicylate(Source)
• methyl salicylate: methyl salicylate a natural or synthetic oil with a characteristic wintergreen odor and taste; used as a counterirritant in ointments or liniments for muscle pain and  also as a flavoring agent. Called also wintergreen oil(Source)

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• Used for fragrance, in bark tea for fevers, stomachaches, lung ailments, twig tea for fever. to alleviate pain or sore muscles, the oil is applied.

Cardinal Flower(all sources except labeled)

• Lobelia cardinalis
• found near damp shores, meadows, swamps, streams, ponds, and wetlands
• active chemical ingredient is Lobeline

• Lobeline: a crystalline, poisonous alkaloid, C 22 H 27 NO 2, obtained by extraction from lobelia: used chiefly in the form of its sulfate or hydrochloride as a respiratory stimulant and,because of its nicotine like pharmacological action, as an agent to discourage tobacco smoking. (Source)

  

  Lobeline [90-69-7]      C₂₂H₂₇NO₂ 

• A tea made from leaves is used for treatment of croup, nosebleeds, colds, fevers, and headaches.
• A tea made from roots has been used in the treatment of epilepsy, syphilis, typhoid, stomach aches, cramps, and worms

Deciduous and Prairie:

American Hazelnut

• Corylus americana
• found in thickets

active chemical ingredient is Caffeic-acid(Source)

• Caffeic-acid: :  a yellow crystalline acid C₉H₈O₄ obtained by hydrolysis of chlorogenic acid(Source)
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• Cherokee drank bark tea for hives, fevers; astringent, also emetic
• Bark poultice  used to close wounds and cuts and to treat tumors, old sores, and skin cancers(Peterson Field Guide)