Deciduous adn Tall Grass Prairie
Comfrey
- Symphytum officinale
- often cultivated
- active chemical ingredient allantoin(Source)
- Allantoin: a white powder, C 4 H 6 N 4 O 3, produced 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)
(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(Peterson Field Guide)
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 a flavoring agent. Called also wintergreen oil(Source)
(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:
Asiatic Dayflower
- Commelina communis
- found in waste places
- active chemical ingredeint is P-coumaric-acid(Source)
- one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the mostimportant of which is a white crystalline substance,
HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H ,obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also producedartificially(Source)
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- leaf tea gargled for sore throats
- roots used for fevers
- leaves were eaten as greens, also reduces pain, used for lung ailments(Peterson Field Guide)
Partridge pea
- Chamaecrista fasciculata
- found in sandy soil
- active chemical ingredient jasmonic-acid(Source)
- Jasmonic acid:
- (organic chemistry) An oxylipin lipid, containing acyclopentanone ring, related to the prostaglandins; its esters, the jasmonates, are responsible for the smell of jasmine and act as plant hormones(Source)
(Source)- used root tea to relieve fatigue(Peterson Field Guide)
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