Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning

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:  Alkylamides

Chemical Structure:

http://www.cyberlipid.org/fa/acid0005.htm

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)

Ironweed
Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

Genus and Species:   Vernonia baldwinii

Habitat: richg woods

Seasons: July to October

Active Chemical Ingredient:  Linoleic-acid

Chemical Structure:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linoleic_acid

Uses of Specimen: 

• Constipation
• Diarrhea
• Food Poisoning
• All tea.

Resources:

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