Questions
- Identifying a plant correctly is crucial to survival. It is important to recognize plants correctly so that you do not accidentally ingest plants that could be harmful or potentially fatal.
- It is important to recognize medicinal and edible plants of all regions because there is no guarantee that you will be in a familiar region when you need to use these resources for survival. If you survive a crash and are stranded in an unfamiliar territory, you will need to identify the region and already know the plants that reside there.
-It would make a significant difference to your medicinal plant knowledge if you were traveling in different seasons. Plants grow and mature in the seasons they are living through. Within their different life cycles, plants will develop different chemical properties, giving them a different medicinal uses depending on what season it is.
-I would be significant to develop relationship with locals about their plant habitat because the region they live in might have new or unspecified plants that outsiders have no knowledge on. The only way to learn of the properties of these plants would be to contact the people that live around them or use them.
-If I was found without traditional medicine, I would trust my knowledge of local flora to treat an illness or disease. I would rather at least try to heal myself so I have a chance at survival, rather than not giving myself a chance at all by not doing anything.
Axe Wound: Purple Prairie Flower (Anti-bacterial/ Blood Clotting) // Daisy Flea Bane (Astringent) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Disinfectant) // Solomon's Seal (Anti-inflammatory/Astringent) // Hemlock (Healing) // Sphagnum (Bandage) // Cattail (Thread)
Bear Attack: Queen Anne's Lace (High blood pressure- Stress) // Daisy Flea Bane (Astringent) // Purple Prairie Flower (Anti-bacterial/ Blood Clotting) // Cinquefoil (Stops bleeding) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Disinfectant) // Solomon's Seal (Anti-inflammatory/Astringent) // Hemlock (Healing) // Sphagnum (Bandage) // Cattail (Thread)
Blisters: Goats Beard (Swelling) // Daisy Flea Bane (Fever) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Disinfectant)
Broken Bones: Soapweed (Wash) // Sphagnum (Bandage) // Weeping Willow (Ties) // Oak (Bark splints)
Burn from Fire: Red Clover (Anti-inflammatory burns) //Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Disinfectant) // Hemlock (Healing) // Sphagnum (Bandage)
Burns from Oil: Red Clover (Anti-inflammatory burns) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Disinfectant) // Hemlock (Healing) // Sphagnum (Bandage)
Constipation: Juniper Berry (Laxative) // Cardinal Flower (Stomachache)
Deep Puncture Wound: Purple Prairie Flower (Anti-bacterial/ Blood Clotting) // Cinquefoil (Stops bleeding) // Daisy Flea Bane (Astringent) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Disinfectant) // Solomon's Seal (Anti-inflammatory/Astringent) // Hemlock (Healing) // Sphagnum (Bandage)
Dermatitis: Phlox (Eczema) // Horsemint (Anti-acne) // Solomon's Seal (Skin irritation) // Weeping Willow (Skin eruptions)
Diarrhea: Daisy Flea Bane (Diuretic) // Cinquefoil (Diuretic) // Cardinal Flower (Stomachache)
Flea Bite: Purple Prairie Flower (Anti-Bacterial) // Cone Flower (Disinfectant)
Food Poisoning: Blue Vervain (Emetic) // Cardinal Flower (Stomachache) // Ironweed (Pain) // Horsemint (Indigestion) // Mayapple (Fever) // Spatterdock (Chills with fever)
Frostbite: American Beech (Wash)
Fungal Infection: Soapweed (Antifungal)
Gunshot: Purple Prairie Flower (Blood Clotting/Anti-bacterial) // Cinquefoil (Stops bleeding) // Daisy Flea Bane (Astringent) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Disinfectant) // Solomon's Seal (Anti-inflammatory/Astringent) // Hemlock (Healing) // Sphagnum (Bandage)
Knife Cut: Goats Beard (Bleeding/Swelling) // Purple Prairie Flower (Blood Clotting/ Anti-bacterial) // Cinquefoil (Stops bleeding) // Dogwood (Astringent) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Bactericide/Disinfectant) // Hemlock (Healing) // Sphagnum (Bandage) // Cattail (Thread)
Malaria: Wild Quinine
Poison Ivy: American Beech (Wash)
Rope Burn: Red Clover (Anti-inflammatory burns) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Disinfected) // Hemlock (Healing)// Sphagnum (Bandage)
Sore Throat: Blue Vervain (Cough) // Ironweed (Pain) // Cone Flower (Bactericide) // Milkweed
(Expectorant)
Sprains: Soapweed (Wash) // Sphagnum (Bandage)
Sun Burn: Wood Strawberry (Wash) // Solomon's Seal (Anti-inflammatory)
Tickbite: Cone Flower (Bactericide) // Red Clover (Anti-inflammatory wash)
Toothache: Cone Flower (Pain reliever)
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