View photos of the medicinal plant Acalypha ostryifolia (Hornbeam copperleaf), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest (as Acalypha spp.).

A passage from Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest:

Copperleaf is best used topically to speed the resolution of slowly healing wounds and ulcers. It is particularly beneficial to skin afflictions that linger due to lack of regional vitality. Where it is applied topically, Copperleaf stimulates phagocytosis, cellular mediators, and general oxidation, essentially delivering more biological activity to the area.

View photos of the medicinal plant Acalypha neomexicana (New Mexican copperleaf), profiled in Medicinal Plants of the American Southwest.