Medicinal Plants Powerpoint by Nathan Mussino and Randy Hayes ETHNO BOTANY PLANT BOTANY

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1 Medicinal Plants Powerpoint by Nathan Mussino and Randy Hayes ETHNO BOTANY PLANT BOTANY

3 INTRO During the course of this sesmester we chose to do this project hoping that we will learn about the different types of plants of the Ozarks. we expecially wanted to know how to use plants as medicine and know which ones we could eat.

4 OBJECTIVES Learn about the medicinal plants of the Ozarks. Increase our team work skills

5 PROJECT GOALS Make us better workers Better time management Learning how to heal without medicine Knowing plants you can eat.

6 COMMUNITY They will be able to use the plants that we planted if they need to. Also they can learn more about the plants if they wish to and be able to enrich their lives. We intended to ask the Lake Fayetteville Botanical Gardens for help and advise. We did get advise from Kit

7 TECHNOLOGY Bucket Shovel Computer Phone Internet Video Camara

8 SKILLS Learning to work steady throughout the sesmester. Learned to do a little at a time Learned to make sure to have contact with partner Learned to be more organized

9 PERSONNEL AND LABOR Randy- computer website and helped multch and plant and water, Powerpoint Nathan- Powerpoint and helped multch and water. Pulled weeds - Both

10 RESOURCES AND REFRENCES We give credit to Lohn Schmol, Jack Outlaw, Megan Suterland Micheal Wallen, Hannah Sala, Ryan Ward, Vanu Bagga, Bryan Wyman. Also the websites found in the powerpoint. Thanks Randy Hayes and Nathan Mussino for making this project possible.

ECHINACEA PALLIDA DAISY FAMILY (PALE PURPLE CONEFLOWER) Echinacea species are drought-tolerant perennial flowering plants. While in the daisy family they grow up to 140cm.

11 ECHINACEA PALLIDA DAISY FAMILY (PALE PURPLE CONEFLOWER) Echinacea species are drought-tolerant perennial flowering plants. While in the daisy family they grow up to 140cm. The leaves and the lower stem leaves have petioles and as the leaves progress up the stem the petioles often are shorter in length. This plant is believed to be a stimulator to the non-specific immune system and warding off infections also being used as a laxitive. It has been found that Echinacea can cut the chances of a cold in half.

POLYGONATUM BIFLORUM (SOLOMON S SEAL) RUSCACEAE FAMILY LILY FAMILY Root thick and white Scars on root give plant its name Flowers are in clusters Fruit is blackish

12 POLYGONATUM BIFLORUM (SOLOMON S SEAL) RUSCACEAE FAMILY LILY FAMILY Root thick and white Scars on root give plant its name Flowers are in clusters Fruit is blackish blue color Fruit not edible Diverse healing properties. Gives relief to sports injuries. Known to lower blood pressure, relieve dry coughs, and to increase concentration.

ASARUM CANADENSE (WILD GINGER) Medical Uses: used for many medical purposes including the treatment of digestive disorders and in a poultice on sores. dried powered leaves used to promote sneezing.

13 ASARUM CANADENSE (WILD GINGER) Medical Uses: used for many medical purposes including the treatment of digestive disorders and in a poultice on sores. dried powered leaves used to promote sneezing. promote sweating, reduce fever and for coughs and sore throats. Many of these uses may be somewhat valid as the plant has been shown to have certain antimicrobial properties. This plant grows in dense forest. You can know that it is ginger by stratching the root then smelling your finger Family of Aristolochiaceae

14 IRIS PSEUDACORUS IRIS (IRIS FAMILY) The juice is sometimes used as a removal of freckles from the skin. The juice of the fresh roots, helps in dropsy not moisture-loving - ordinary border soil, well cultivated, suits it well and the heavy clay soils are more or less inimical to its growth. If the best results are to be obtained, deep and firtle beds should be prepared for these Irises, Although they may be moved at any time of the year, April is the best month. They will not flower the same year, but they will during the summer, if attended to, become sufficiently strong to bloom freely the succeeding year. Winter is the worst time to move them, as in heavy soil, the plants often remain dormant without forming a single root-fibre until the spring. But they are easily increased in spring by dividing the rootstocks and replanting and watering into rich soil.

15 ACHILLEA MILLEFOLIUM (YARROW) Yarrow Tea is a good for severe colds, being most Useful in the fevers cases of obstructed perspiration." Family Asteraceae These were the only two big plants that were in our ethnobotany gardens. /p/achillea_yarrow.htm

16 CIMCIFUGA RACEMOSA (BLACK COHOSE) RANUNCULACEAE Discovered More than two centuries ago, discovered that the root of the black cohosh plant (Actaea racemosa, formerly known as Cimicifuga racemosa) helped relieve menstrual cramps and symptoms of menopause Relieves hot flashes, irritability, mood swings, and sleep disturbances. Read more: cles/black-cohosh htm#ixzz1tdFO4Ya0 Dry root for tea available in capsules, tablets, and liquid recommended for use in menopause. Black cohosh should not be confused with blue cohosh, a nicotine-like herb that has similar effects but has not been thoroughly tested for its safety and effectiveness. Read more: les/black-cohosh htm#ixzz1tdFpEm2E

17 MONARDA CITRIODORA RUSTACEAE BERGAMOT a tea for early settlers called 'Oswego Tea'. Used for pimples Omaha Indians used the leaves for the hair Give body more energy Helps the urinary system. Nausea Colds Contains hydrocarbon Google.com

SPIDERWORT Tradescantia Ernestiana http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=trer4 All species of the Spiderwort are considered edible.

18 SPIDERWORT Tradescantia Ernestiana All species of the Spiderwort are considered edible. The most common use is to mix the young leaves into a salad. These same leaves can be cooked for a mere ten minutes to offer a potherb that can be enjoyed with a meal. Medicinally the leaves can be made into a poultice and used to treat insect bites and sores on the skin. The roots are considered a laxative and a tea of the root has been used for stomach aches.

19 PRANELLA HEAL ALL PRUNELLA VULGARIS LABIATAE Lives in woodland edges Wastelands Natural slopes Dye is from the leaves and stems Trives in damp soil Long history of treating wounds Sore mouth Bleeding Anti Bacterial inname=prunella+vulgaris

20 ERIGERON PHILADELPHICUS DAISY FAMILY:ASTER One of the common plants in the fields of Northwest Arkansas. Grows in open woods and grasslands Flowers May- July Made tea Used roots to chew Helped coughs and colds ronphil.html pdf/cs_erph.pdf Google.com

Leaves: Basal leaves are long and narrow. Leaves have 3 ribs.

Leaves: Basal leaves are long and narrow. Leaves have 3 ribs. Common Name: English Plantain Scientific Name: Plantago lanceolata General: 10-23 inches. Common in waste places and yards. Flowers: Tiny whitish flowers on a short cylindrical head. Flower parts indistinguishable.