Gunshot Wound(fleshy)

Deciduous:

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)

  • 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 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.
Deciduous and Prairie:

American Hazelnut

  • Corylus americana
  • found in thickets


  • active chemical ingredient is Caffeic-acid(Source)

      • Caffeic-acid: :  a yellow crystalline acid C9H8O4 obtained by hydrolysis of chlorogenic acid(Source)




    • 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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