Comfrey
- Symphytum officinale
- often cultivated
- active chemical ingredient allantoin(Source)
- Allantoin: a powder, C 4 H 6 N 4 O 3, produced by oxidation of uric acid and the major excretory product of purine degradation in many vertebrates: used medicinally to heal skin ulcers and in lotions,lipsticks, etc., for its soothing effect.(Source)(Source)
- External application of the leaf is approved for bruising, pulled muscles and ligaments, and sprains(Peterson Field Guide)
- Leaves and roots poulticed to "knit bones," promote healing bruises, wounds, ulcers, sore breasts
Deciduous:
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.
Prairie:
Sweetfern
- Comptonia peregrina
- found in dry soil, common weedy shrub
- active chemical ingredient is Betulin(Source)
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- Cherokee used tea of leaves for roundworms; delaware used a wash to treat blisters; also to purify blood
- use leaf tea as tonic beverage or wash for poison ivy rash
- use for sprains, swelling,a nd tuberculosis(Peterson Field Guide)
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