Common boneset

Description:

Wildflower

Habitat:

Prairie http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symb...

Notes:

Boneset alludes to the use of the plant to treat broken bones, although it may also come from its use to treat dengue fever, which was also called breakbone fever because of the pain that it caused. The name thoroughwort also comes from Eupatorium perfoliatum, and refers to the the leaf. Boneset, although poisonous to humans and grazing livestock, has been used in folk medicine Eupatorium has many more presumed beneficial uses, including treatment of dengue fever, arthritis, certain infectious diseases, migraine, intestinal worms, malaria, and diarrhoea. Boneset infusions are also considered an excellent remedy for influenza.