Food Poisoning

Food Poisoning
Foodborne illnesses are illnesses that originate from eating food contaminated by infectious organisms. The symptoms include upset stomach, dehydration, diarrhea, and fever. Click here for more on food poisoning.

Treatment:
Cardinal Flower

• Common Name: Cardinal Flower
• Scientific Name: Lobelia cardinalis
• Family: Campanuleaceae
• Habitat: Tall Grass Prairie
• Uses:  Emetic for an upset stomach from eating something bad.
• Active Chemical Ingredient: Lobeline
• Preparation: mashed blossoms, leaves, roots boiled together to create a decoction to drink

Lobeline

Treatment:
Blue Vervain

• Common Name: Blue Vervain
• Scientific Name: Verbena hastate
• Family: Verbenaceae
• Uses: emetic
• Active Chemical Ingredient: Hastatoside
• Preparation: powder from seed

References:

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•  Lobelia cadinalis. (n.d.). In United States Department of Agriculture (Plant Guide ed.). USDA.
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