Sore Throat

Ironweed:

Genus and Species Name: Vernonia Balwinii

Habitat: Eastern Deciduous Forrest and Tall Grass Prairie

Active Chemical Ingredient: Linoleic acid

Uses: To treat sore throat

Preparation: Drinkable tea from the leaves

Sources: Foster, Steven, (2014). Eastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs. Boston/New York: Houghton Mifflin.NaturalMedicineFacts.info. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/
Weeping Willow:

Genus and Species Name: Salix Babylonica

Habitat: Eastern Deciduous Forrest and Tall Grass Prairie

Active Chemical Ingredient: Salicylic Acid

Uses: Treats sore throat

Preparation: tea, poultice, vine, chewed bark

 

 

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

NaturalMedicineFacts.info. (n.d.). Retrieved September 6, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/