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 syntheticspan style="background-color:; color: #404040; font-family: inherit; line-height: 19.5px;"> 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.
- 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)
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