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I think the folksy name for jewelweed comes from the fact that the blossoms
are so delicate. Also, one is supposed to rub it on just after the poison
ivy contact. When the blisters appear would be way too late. I have seen
them in the same vicinity farther south, where both grow in more abundance.
I've never personally tried the remedy, because I am quite careful of poison
ivy; but I do remember people telling me that it does work.
-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 8:36 PM
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
Hi All, Aug 27, 2010
The gelatinous sap from a healthy Aloe vera leaf is better even than
Calomine.
The notion that Touch-me-not (Jewelweed) and Poison Ivy grow
conveniently close together strikes me as folksy un-wisdom. I can't think of
one instance where they are close and, even if they were, one would likely
be inconveniently distant when Poison Ivy rash appeared several days after
exposure.
Also, would not Touch-me-not be a better name for Poison Ivy ?
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
----- Original Message -----
From: David&Jane Schlosberg
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 6:22 PM
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
Yes. Many times. It's in the Euell Gibbons book, Stalking the Wild
Asparagus. I believe you are supposed to rub the flowers and leaves on your
skin.
-----Original Message-----
From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca
[mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]On Behalf Of Anne Woolaver
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2010 4:32 PM
To: Nature Nova Scotia
Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
Hi all,
I was told years ago (by someone who I imagine would know) that a
useful remedy plant for poison ivy is jewelweed, which -- I was also told --
may often be found growing conveniently close by poison ivy stands. Not
sure whether you squeeze the leaf juice onto affected parts or ?? Has
anybody else heard this?
A. Woolaver
> From: soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca
> To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
> Subject: [NatureNS] Re: Poison Ivy
> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:18:26 -0300
>
>
> Nuke Poison Ivy (PI)? That may be a slight over-reaction. What
surprises
> me is that PI (Toxicodendron radicans) is included in the Atlantic
Coastal
> Plain Flora, as per the N.S. Nature Trust's "Guide to the Atlantic
Coastal
> Plain Flora of Nova Scotia" (2005), in spite of its wide range in
Eastern
> Canada and U.S. Could someone comment?
> I continue to be surprised by how many outdoorsy people cannot
identify
> it in the field, in spite of having spent years in the out of doors.
> In a recent medical article I've read that 80 % of the population is
> allergic to the above species. Sadly, there was no indication of the
source
> of this tidbit of information. Which population? I suspect that the
> percentage refers to the fraction of the population who become
allergic
> following repeated physical contact with the plant.
> Dusan Soudek
>
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