Dermatitis

EASTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST AND TALL GRASS PRAIRIE

COMMON NAME: American Bittersweet

GENUS AND SPECIES NAME: Celastrus Scandens

Season: fall and winter months

Habitat: woodlands, bluffs, stream banks, rocky hillsides, thickets

Use: tea from roots treats diarrhea and skin problems, bark treats minor skin problems, blisters and burns, leaves treat diarrhea, bark used in ointments for burns, scraped and skin eruptions.

Preparation: make ointment of the bark. place herbs into jar and and pour coconut oil over herbs. let sit for a few weeks then when ready to infuse, submerge the jar into boiling water. Use twice a day

Active Chemical: Atropine

Chemical Structure: C17H23NO3

TALL GRASS PRAIRIE

COMMON NAME: Phlox

GENUS AND SPECIES NAME: Phlox paniculata

Season: Spring

Habitat: open woods, thickets, meadows, moist roadsides, woodlands

Use: tea for constipation and diarrhea, topical tea for blisters, poison ivy, sunburn and fungus infection, and dermatitis

Preparation: Create a topical tea to treat the fungus infection

Active ingredient: phenylethanol

EASTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST AND TALL GRASS PRAIRIE

COMMON NAME: Sassafras

GENUS AND SPECIES NAME: Sassafras albidum

Season: flowers April-May, fruits late August-October

Habitat: border of dry woods, glades, prairies, bottomland soils in valleys, roadsides, pastures, and thickets.

Use: bark tea can be used as blood purifier, bark used for treatment on skin eruptions, helps fight infections with open wounds, bites, fungus as well as open fractures. 

Preparation: boil root to extract oils, remove oil sitting on top of water after separation and directly apply to the skin to result in relief of pain, less swelling and antibacterial effects

Active Chemical: linoleic-acid

Chemical Formula: C18H32O2

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