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)
- Root tea for diarrhea and as an emetic(Petersons Field Guide)
Prairie and deciduous:
Cinquefoil
- 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)
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