Gunshot wound



Queen Anne's lace (Daucus carota)
  • to prevent infection
  • active ingredient: chamazulene
  • found in eastern deciduous forest and tall grass prairie



Weeping Willow (Salix babylonica)
  • pain reliever
  • active ingredient: acetic salicylic acid
  • found in tall grass prairie and eastern deciduous forest

Cattail (Typha latifolia)
  • leaf infusion used as wash on wounds, then a root poultice is applied
  • active ingredient: stearic acid
  • found in tall grass prairie and eastern deciduous forest
Horsetail (Equisetum hyemate)
  • decoction used to stop bleeding and promote heeling
  • active ingredient: caffeic-acid
  • found in.... 


Common Chickweed (Stellaria media)

  • wound immersed into warm infusion to encourage tissue repai
  • active ingredient: linoleic acid
  • found in eastern deciduous forest

Black Cohosh (Cimicifuga racemosa)
  • root used as a tincture (since active ingredient is not soluble) as a sedative
  • active ingredient: salicylic acid, oleic acid
  • found in eastern deciduous forest

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