My life long cure for Poison Ivy in Ohio has always been the Jewelweed. For 40 years, when ever I did get the itch, I seek out this plant. It is a natural combative and has always made it go away in a few days or so. Just break the tubular plant off at a joint, crush up the joint and rub on affected area. 2-3 times a day.
The Jewelweed is also called "touch-me-nots"; or as my wife and kids use to call them "pinchie-poppies." You see these plants with their little orange or yellow trumpet flower growing in ditches and shady /damp areas almost everywhere. The little seed pods in the fall are "spring loaded" and will explode the seeds a couple foot or more if you so much as bump them. You can eat the little seeds. Not the coiled spring. They taste kinda like walnut. It was great fun for them to go looking and pop the seed pods! The big ones really blow!(well... as far as "blowing seed pods" go that is.)
The plant can sometimes even be found growing near poison ivy
"Jewelweed is best known for its skin healing properties. The leaves and the juice from the stem of Jewelweed are used by herbalists as a treatment for poison ivy, oak and other plant induced rashes, as well as many other types of dermatitis. Jewelweed works by counter-reacting with the chemicals in other plants that cause irritation."-
The Jewelweed is also called "touch-me-nots"; or as my wife and kids use to call them "pinchie-poppies." You see these plants with their little orange or yellow trumpet flower growing in ditches and shady /damp areas almost everywhere. The little seed pods in the fall are "spring loaded" and will explode the seeds a couple foot or more if you so much as bump them. You can eat the little seeds. Not the coiled spring. They taste kinda like walnut. It was great fun for them to go looking and pop the seed pods! The big ones really blow!(well... as far as "blowing seed pods" go that is.)
The plant can sometimes even be found growing near poison ivy
"Jewelweed is best known for its skin healing properties. The leaves and the juice from the stem of Jewelweed are used by herbalists as a treatment for poison ivy, oak and other plant induced rashes, as well as many other types of dermatitis. Jewelweed works by counter-reacting with the chemicals in other plants that cause irritation."-
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