Tick Bites

Pineapple Weed

Matricaria discoidea

Habitat: Eastern deciduous forest & tall grass prairie

Season: May-September

Active Chemical Ingredient: Myrcene (C₁₀H₁₆) 

Uses: Pineapple weed can be used to relieve itching of insect bites such as flea or tick. It can also soothe sunburns.

Preparation: Rub leaves on skin to repel insects or relieve itching. Making a salve or ointment out of the pineapple weed will soothe a sunburn.

Myrcene. (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2015, from http://www.rdchemicals.com/molimg/big/8081.gif

Pineapple Weed(Matricaria matricaioides). (n.d.). Retrieved September 9, 2015, from http://www.wildmanstevebrill.com/Plants.Folder/Pineappleweed.html