Sore Throat

Sore Throat 

                                                                                                            Tall Grass Prairies

Blue Giant Hyssop
Agastache foeniculum 

Habitat: Parries and dry thickets. 

Seasons: June - September 

Uses: For chest pains due to cough and for colds. Used in steam baths to induce sweating. Leaf tea for fevers and colds. 

Preparation: Tea. 

Active Chemical Ingredient: Polyphenols

Chemical Structure: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyphenol

Resources: Foster, Steven, (2014). Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs of Eastern and Central North America. New York, New York: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.