Tick Bite

Common name: Milk Thistle

Genus: Silybum

Species: Marianum

In season: June to August

Habitat: Eastern Deciduous and Tall Grass Prairie

Uses: Helps treat tick bites

Preparation: Can make a leaf paste that can be applied directly to skin or you can cook and eat the roots

Active chemical: Fumaric-acid

Skeletal formula of fumaric acid
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumaric_acid

Silybum marianum - Natural medicine facts. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2015, from http://www.naturalmedicinefacts.info/plant/silybum-marianum.html
Milk Thistle. (n.d.). Retrieved September 10, 2015, from http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-138-milk thistle.aspx?activeingredientid=138&activeingredientname=milk thistle



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