Snake bite(Rattlesnake)

TALL GRASS PRAIRIE

COMMON NAME: Rattlesnake Master

GeENUS AND SPECIES NAME: Eryngium yuccifolium

Use: repellant to snakes and curer of the bites

Habitat: upland prairies, glades, savannas, and rocky openings of moist to dry upland forests

Medical use: 

Preparation: Boil root in milk and drink mixture. Make leaves into poultice that is applied directly to the bite

Active Chemicals: berberine
Chemical formula: C20H18NO4

TALL GRASS PRAIRIE

COMMON NAME: Black-Eyed Susan

GENUS AND SPECIES NAME: Rudbeckia hirta

HABITAT: Bases of bluffs, openings of moist to dry upland forests, upland prairies, glades, pastures, roadsides, and open, disturbed areas

SEASON: May-October

USE: treats common cold, diuretic, earache, snakebites, minor cuts, sores, scrapes and swellings. Poultice is made for snakebites and an infusion is applied directly for a cut. 

PREPARATION: hot infusion is made by scooping 1-3 tablespoons of dried herb into strainer. Heat 1 cup of water until it boils. Put strainer in cup and pour water over herbs and cover to keep oils from escaping. Follow by steeping for 15min-1hour and strain. Cold infusions are made by moistening bundled herb in cheesecloth and submerge cloth in cold water. secure and allow to infuse overnight. Root tea wash is prepared for snakebites. 

Active chemical: Echinacoside

Chemical Structure: C35H26O30

TALL GRASS PRAIRIE AND EASTERN DECIDUOUS FOREST

COMMON NAME: Joe-pye weed

GENUS AND SPECIES NAME: Eupatorium purpureum

Season: July to September

Habitat: wooded slopes, wet meadows and thickets, stream margins

Use: Infection: teas of roots or tops used as a diuretic, root tea used for diarrhea, tea used as blood purifier and prevents infection-open wounds, tea used to treat frostbite, tea used for swelling and sore throat, and kidney ailments

Preparation: can make root or flower tea. To make root tea, steep oz of dried and crushed root into 1 pint of boiling water for thirty minutes and drink half a cup at a time. To make flower tea, steep 1teaspoon of dried flower into 8oz of boiling water for ten minutes. 

Active Chemical: Eupatorin

Chemical Structure: C18H16O7

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