Snake Bite

Common name: Purple coneflower

 

Genus: Echinacea

 

Species: Purpurea

In season: Summer to end of fall

 

Habitat: Eastern Deciduous Forest

 

Uses: Snakebites, Malaria, Toothache, Sunburn, Wounds, Burns, and Dermatitis. It also boosts the immune system and relieves pain

Preparation: A poultice or tincture can be made. Tinctures are most used. While the whole plant can be used to make this the roots contain most of its helpful benefits.

Active chemical: Ascorbic-acid


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Echinacea purpurea - Natural medicine facts. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/echinacea-purpurea.html