Tourniquets

Tourniquets

Cattail
Tall Grass Prairie and Eastern Deciduous Forest

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Genus and Species:   Typha latifolia

Habitat: around water or wet areas generally, can also be found in forest and prairie commonly though

Seasons: Year round

Active Chemical Ingredient:  Fiber in stalks



Uses of Specimen: 

• Fibrous stems can be used to suture open wounds
• Also can be used as tourniquet to stop bleeding

Resources:

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