Diarrhea

Deciduous and Tall Grass Prairie

Coreopsis
  • Coreopsis tinctoria
  • Found in moist fields 
  • active chemical ingredient is alkaloids
    • any of a large class of organic, nitrogen-containing ring compounds of vegetable origin and sometimes synthesized, some of which are liquid but most of which are solid, that have a bitter taste, that are usually water-insoluble and alcohol-soluble, that combine with acids without the loss of a water molecule to form water-soluble hydrochlorides, hydrobromides, or the like, and that usually exhibit pharmacological action, as nicotine, morphine, or quinine.(Source)
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  • Root tea for diarrhea and as an emetic(Petersons Field Guide)

Prairie and deciduous:

Cinquefoil

  • Potentilla anserina(Source)
  • found in dry fields, wet meadows and banks and pastures along with damp marshy fields
  • active chemical ingredint is loperamide(Source)
    • This medication is used to treat sudden diarrhea(Source)



  • tea and tincture used for diarrhea




Deciduous:

Ironweed
  • Vernonia cinerea(all sources but labeled)
  • found in north america
  • active chemical ingredient is Palmitic-acid
    • Palmitic-acid: a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C 1 6 H 3 2 O 2,obtained by hydrolysis from palm oil and natural fats, in which it occurs as the glyceride, and from spermaceti: used in the manufacture of soap.(Source)



  • Used for diarrhea, cough, colic, labor pain, ringworm and vermifuge



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