Broken Bone

Deciduous and Tall Grass Prairie

Comfrey
  • Symphytum officinale
  • often cultivated
  • active chemical ingredient allantoin(Source)
    • Allantoin: a  powder, C 4 H 6 N 4 O 3produced 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)
  • 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 flavoring agent. Called also wintergreen oil(Source)
  • 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

  • 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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