Burns from Oil

Burns from Oil

Purple Cone Flower
Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

Genus and Species:   Echinacea purpurea

Habitat: open woods, thickets, cultivated in gardens

Seasons: June to September

Active Chemical Ingredient:  Quercetin

Chemical Structure:
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercetin


Uses of Specimen: 

• • helps infection
  • wounds and sores
  • malaria (tea)
  • sore throat (tea)
  • rattlesnake bite (tincture)
  • rope burn (tincture)
  • burns from oil
  • toothache (tea)
  • sunburn (tincture)
  • food poisoning (tea)

Resources:

   Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin